Professional hair retouch - Ludovic Taillandier

[skauskas]

Hi everybody..
I founded a before-after image and wondering how to retouch hair like this.
The retoucher is Ludovic Taillandier. He has profile on facebook (Skin Up - Ludovic Taillandier)
Any ideas? is it pure painting or smth else? Would appreciate any ideas.
Here are before-after images

[Godmother]

Originally Posted by skauskas

Hi everybody..
I founded a before-after image and wondering how to retouch hair like this.
The retoucher is Ludovic Taillandier. He has profile on facebook (Skin Up - Ludovic Taillandier)
Any ideas? is it pure painting or smth else? Would appreciate any ideas.
Here are before-after images

oh honey...
that's not good, he is using the high pass filter everywhere. U do that for a serious job and ...well... u're out of a job.

if u're interested in learning that anywaydo a search for high pass thing or degrounge
xx

[skauskas]

high pass here is the final stage I think.. what about not straight hair which was made straight?

U do that for a serious job and ...well... u're out of a job.

well.. if you see his profile and the list of his clients I think he is fine, honey

[Godmother]

Originally Posted by skauskas

high pass here is the final stage I think.. what about not straight hair which was made straight?


well.. if you see his profile and the list of his clients I think he is fine, honey

1- He didn't "Make it straight" he used parts of the existing straight hair (Maybe even other shoots we can't see)

2- The final image is very noisy (Even in the small preview) I can't imagine what the big tif looks like.

3- I don't see who he has worked with but I can tell u... I really don't care that much, because I know what I see and any retoucher who has worked for any known hair product company is going to tell u the same thing.

4- He has some GREAT beauty tho - Really great that Davolo photographer is very good.

5- I wish Ant were still here

xx

[snook305]

Originally Posted by Godmother

oh honey...
that's not good, he is using the high pass filter everywhere. U do that for a serious job and ...well... u're out of a job.

if u're interested in learning that anywaydo a search for high pass thing or degrounge
xx

Quite a crappy attitude Godmother.
If you do not care than why did you comment.
Also when you made such a Harsh comment, I looked at your "flckR" site and you need some brushing up on your skills as well.
Nothing impressive about your retouching really either.

Did you have a bad day?

Snook

[skauskas]

Originally Posted by snook305

If you do not care than why did you comment.

exactly..


so any ideas about the hair retouch?

[Godmother]

Originally Posted by skauskas

exactly..


so any ideas about the hair retouch?

I'm not having a bad day and I don't have a bad attitude either. So I'm not allowed to dislike something???

u're asking again and I told u how he does it.

He is using the straight parts and transforming them to fit the areas. I'm guessing he also does a bit of drawing with the finger on a new layer sampling the tones.

Then he finishes it off with the high pass thing.

now... ppl... I'm not a grumpy lady and anyone who has talked to me can say so.
xx

[skauskas]

Originally Posted by Godmother

So I'm not allowed to dislike something???

that's a point.. nobody asked you whether you like it or not.. I asked how did he do it..
but anyway. let's not create the conflict from nothing thank you for tips Godmother

[0lBaldy]

Originally Posted by skauskas

Hi everybody..
I founded a before-after image and wondering how to retouch hair like this.
The retoucher is Ludovic Taillandier. He has profile on facebook (Skin Up - Ludovic Taillandier)
Any ideas? is it pure painting or smth else? Would appreciate any ideas.
Here are before-after images

How I draw hair in Photoshop By capriccio

[snook305]

Ole Baldy no disrespect but is NOT the way the posted images was done. NO WAY.
It is what Godmother suggested. Warpoing and transforming REAL hair into the shape.
I technically know how it is done , but could not offer help to the person asking help as I would not want to lead them in the wrong direction.
The method you posted I use sometimes or the smudge tool and smudge existing hair when needed.
But the image posted is no way done by scratch. It is tweaked from real hair I would say.
Snook
The tutorial posted always looks fake or smudge.

[Iconogenic]

Originally Posted by snook305

But the image posted is no way done by scratch. It is tweaked from real hair I would say.

I believe the same, images with hair were used.

[DJSoulglo]

Originally Posted by skauskas

that's a point.. nobody asked you whether you like it or not.. I asked how did he do it..
but anyway. let's not create the conflict from nothing thank you for tips Godmother

now now people let's play nice here. You're asking someone for advice, how was something done. Someone donates their time to answering your question, which she really did (NO REALLY) but in the process of giving you information for nothing, she also describes her opinion.

You get one with the other, as this is still an internet forum. Also tellin you that it's a pretty shitty image is helpful. If you train yourself looking at stuff, then you recognize good work, which will help you in effect to do better work.

And she was also spot on on how this was done, I'd say there's some extra shots, that were straightened, warped, etc and put in.

[0lBaldy]

Originally Posted by skauskas

wondering how to retouch hair like this.
Any ideas? is it pure painting or smth else? Would appreciate any ideas.

Originally Posted by snook305

Ole Baldy no disrespect but is NOT the way the posted images was done. NO WAY.
The method you posted I use sometimes or the smudge tool and smudge existing hair when needed.
But the image posted is no way done by scratch. It is tweaked from real hair I would say.
Snook
The tutorial posted always looks fake or smudge.

T'is OK Snook,... because I agree.... the 'after' photo presented by the OP is probably a total replacement or composite using hair from different hair source images or mats. I think any retoucher worth his/her salt should have a vast library of resource images for hair, skin, pores, lips, eyebrows, makeup, etc.., or anything else that may possibly be used as mats..

On the other hand I have seen work by people who have an extensive art background who also use Photoshop and they do photo-realistic drawing within their Photoshop work that anyone would be hard pressed to distinguish from real or hand drawn from scratch... Just because we can't do it does not mean it can't be done... it sort of depends on your individual expertise.. my drawings look like they were done by a two year old instead of by Van Gogh or da Vinci

[Insensitive.]

First of all, what is going on with all the Assholism in this thread? Natalia is simply saying that his work is not what she thinks the poster shoul be striving to recreate. That is all. While everyone is bitching about no one asking her for her opinion, quit worrying about other people and just answer the question. No need to go to peoples flickr pages and tell them they need to work on their techniques because we all do or we would not be here.



ANYWAY.


As it has been mentioned before, the photo is a mixture of cloning and additional photos.

[Quantum3Studio]

I just cannot understand how it was done...