d&b tutorial download

[aiksing]

Thanks much Nienna.. really nice of you. The curves/desaturate Tool is definately something I will use for my new retouch.

Thanks!

[Sveltepig]

Hi all
I downloaded unrarx, but it shows errors when I try to use it on these rar files.
help?
(I successfully xtracted the last tutorial, but had only a trial version of divx converter to do so, so can't use it this time)
karin

[Fact]

Try with http://mac.softpedia.com/get/Compres...Expander.shtml

[Lo_45]

another amazing video. thank you so much nienna

[JoaJoa]

Originally Posted by karin l

Hi all
I downloaded unrarx, but it shows errors when I try to use it on these rar files.
help?
(I successfully xtracted the last tutorial, but had only a trial version of divx converter to do so, so can't use it this time)
karin

All Rar files have to be in the same folder, e.g. Downloads. Just extract the first one - the rest follows automatically. If the extraction fails for the third/fourth file - rename the files to be *with* underscores.

Hope that helped

[Sveltepig]

Hi all
thanks for suggestion re rar.
In the meantime, I downloaded the composite file overnight - the .mkv file
what file format is that?
what software should I use to view it? (on MAc OS 10.5.6
(Divx player can't read it)
karin

[d00dle]

u'll need vlc media player to play mkv file. it's free. just google it.

[Sveltepig]

thanks d00dle
VLC seems to open it
much obliged
k

[Calbeee]

thanks for the link
i cant wait to see the video, yet i m still downloading slowwwly
woot

[mike9]

...Can't thank you enough, Nienna, though I couldn't download you VDO as yet since the net at my end is pretty bad at the moment. I did learn a great lot from your first one and kind of know what I can learn from this soon to get one.

...Again, thanks and my appreciation on your greate retouching skills.

[gamedonechanged]

Downloading now Nienna thanks. Judging from all the comments this should be interesting!

[fotogen]

Thank you very much for the video. I learned so much from it. WOW.
I am still a bit confused about GROUP 3 in the video that is used as tools to show skin imperfections. Can someone please explain how to create these "tool" layers? These are different than the black paint in "overlay" and "color" mode that is explained earlier, correct?
What is a good "tool" layer for the burn?

[mistermonday]

Fotogen, the lower layer is filled with solid black and set to color blend mode. This has the effect of turning the view to grayscale so that you can view the spots that need to be dodged/burned; colors often make it more difficult to see the luminosity difference. The other layer is also filled with black and set to Overlay blend mode. This has the effect of adding a lot of contrast which also makes it easy to visualize the dark fspots from the lighter ones. You may find on many images that the Overlay mode plugs all the shadows and you can't see any detail at all. In that case try another blend mode like soft light. The other thing you can do instead of this contrast layer is to just add an old fashion S curve to tailor the contrast to exactly how you need it for that image. Also, instead of the black layer set to color, you can place a Gradient Map adjustment layer uding the default black and white gradient. This may give you some additional flexibility.
Reagrds, Murray

[fotogen]

Originally Posted by mistermonday

Fotogen, the lower layer is filled with solid black and set to color blend mode. This has the effect of turning the view to grayscale so that you can view the spots that need to be dodged/burned; colors often make it more difficult to see the luminosity difference. The other layer is also filled with black and set to Overlay blend mode. This has the effect of adding a lot of contrast which also makes it easy to visualize the dark fspots from the lighter ones. You may find on many images that the Overlay mode plugs all the shadows and you can't see any detail at all. In that case try another blend mode like soft light. The other thing you can do instead of this contrast layer is to just add an old fashion S curve to tailor the contrast to exactly how you need it for that image. Also, instead of the black layer set to color, you can place a Gradient Map adjustment layer uding the default black and white gradient. This may give you some additional flexibility.
Reagrds, Murray

Murray

Thank you for the reply. If you noticed in the video, she does not use the black layer set to color and another one set to overlay. Instead, she is using Vibarance layer? I am assuming this is set to 0 saturation to turn the image to B&W? Also, she is using curve layers to see the imperfections in the skin as you mentioned. Am I correct in this observation?

Thanks
Hadi

[mistermonday]

Fotogen, you may well be correct. I was looking at one of her other videos, not the one referenced in this thread. I will take a look at this one tonight when I am back on line. There are probably 50 different ways to do essentially the same thing - basically ending up with something that desaturates and creates increased contrast. With experimentation you may find a method that works best for you.
Regards, Murray

[fotogen]

Originally Posted by mistermonday

Fotogen, you may well be correct. I was looking at one of her other videos, not the one referenced in this thread. I will take a look at this one tonight when I am back on line. There are probably 50 different ways to do essentially the same thing - basically ending up with something that desaturates and creates increased contrast. With experimentation you may find a method that works best for you.
Regards, Murray

Murray,

Do you have the link to her first video please?
Also. she was mentioning that she does not recommend what she did in the video on this thread due to the fact that she went at pixel level and the image came out too flat, do you know if was referred to her first video? May I should ask her directly as well

Do you have a web site where I can see your work?
Thank You for your help
Hadi

[mistermonday]

Hadi, OK you and I are not on the same video. You are watching the most recent video (3rd one).
Yes, in this one she is using a Vibrance layer which I assume is pulled all the way back to desaturate the image. A Vibrance desaturation seems to cause no shift in luminance whereas both gradient map adj layer and Hue/Sat adj layer cause to some extent luminance shifts. Having created a grayscale view, she adds two contrast curves, each of which is hand tweaked and targeted to where she needs the extra contrast. I can see where multiple custom contrast curves would be more efficient than a single one.
Here is the link to her page with all 3 videos.
http://nienna1990.deviantart.com/journal/22156120/
The public section of my website is currently be rebuilt. I can send you alink when its back up.
Regards, Murray

[mistermonday]

Hadi, if you click on the Devin Dygert video on the link in my previous post, it will take you to a download page for the video and you can download the image. The vibrance slider is set to 0; the Sat slider is at -100. The curves are actually very simple shallow curves - one darken and one lighten. The vidoe originally referenced when this thread was started last summer referred to her 2nd video.
Regards, Murray

[fotogen]

Murray, Thank you for getting back to me on this. I really appreciate it

[gamedonechanged]

I don't suppose anyone has that contour facemap for dodge and burn do they? I remember asking for it a while back but can't remember where I saved it.

Thanks

[Der_W]

gamedonechanged, do you mean that one? http://www.abload.de/img/dodgeburnfemalereln.jpg

[fashionbug]

Originally Posted by Miss Liz

I found this great video tutorial on deviantart.com by Nienna1990. It pretty much shows you how to create the professional retouched look.

http://nienna1990.deviantart.com/

to download it, just click the link in her journal on the right side. it's a megaupload website where you download it from.

hope it helps a bit for those who wanted to see how it's done.

i cannot see the video.

[Heretic]

this video and her tutorials are fantastic