Official "The Look" Thread

[Svald7]

Originally Posted by d00dle

nvm. ok, after image->apply image. u should get dialog w/ blending option, then change it to subtract.

Got it! thanks much, plus, I realized that the instructions vary slightly when working in 16 bit, like I always do.

[skilove73]

a photo with some of the techniques explained in calvin hollywood webinar yesterday.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3011/...0ee8bb32_o.jpg

[Svald7]

Following skilove73 pointers, I have edited the following image. I seem to understand the freq separation procedure but still working on the Luminosity Mask steps. Thanks, skilove73.

PS. I realized that I didn't have proper authorization from the model to post these images; I will do the same procedure with another model and post. Sorry!

[nick24a]

Skilove, Hey, I was in the webinar too but i missed a little of the start. Do you remember how Olaf did the sharpening to get rid of the halo's? I missed that bit.

[skilove73]

you duplicate the background
apply smart sharpen on the layer
duplicate the layer
set the first one on lighten
the top one on darken
play with opacity.
another method with the edges :
duplicate background
apply smart sharpen on the layer
go to the channel palet, choose the desire channel ctrl click to load it
click on the mask icon.
then alt click on the mask to see it
go to fliter stylize, find edges
apply a level adjustement for more accurate edges
run a gaussian blur and invert the mask.
regards

[nick24a]

Your a ledge. That webinar was awesome, but my memory is like a siv

[Fadewoodarts]

Originally Posted by skilove73

you duplicate the background
apply smart sharpen on the layer
duplicate the layer
set the first one on lighten
the top one on darken
play with opacity.
another method with the edges :
duplicate background
apply smart sharpen on the layer
go to the channel palet, choose the desire channel ctrl click to load it
click on the mask icon.
then alt click on the mask to see it
go to fliter stylize, find edges
apply a level adjustement for more accurate edges
run a gaussian blur and invert the mask.
regards

Hey skilove I sent you a private message, but I am not sure if you received it or not, you may have like 3 messages from me, it says I have nothing sent, but I did send you them.

[Red_Sky]

Wow! I'm surprised you used a NIKON D70.

[Red_Sky]

Hey skilove73,

I guess stuck after step 9... I apply the Luminosity action on the background layer and no mask shows up...could you post some screen shots?

THanks

[skilove73]

to fadewoodarts
olaf has a new technique to bring out details
duplicate twice the background
on the top layer : invert, set to vivid light
then, filter, blur, surface blur (thresold to the max, radius from 0, play with it)
then run a gaussian blur to your taste.
merge down (ctrl E)
set the blending to overlay or soft light.
Calvin described a little further the ACR settings is using in this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr12ZfPK2co
in the second part (the black and white ACR)
don't push too far the clarity for halos (not more than 40)
play with the color cursor for luminosity.
regards

[skilove73]

to red sky
you have to load your luminosity mask in your channel palet
Ctrl click on the channel you want to load (dark, light, midtones)
then click on the mask icon to apply on the image
cheers

[Fadewoodarts]

Originally Posted by skilove73

to fadewoodarts
olaf has a new technique to bring out details
duplicate twice the background
on the top layer : invert, set to vivid light
then, filter, blur, surface blur (thresold to the max, radius from 0, play with it)
then run a gaussian blur to your taste.
merge down (ctrl E)
set the blending to overlay or soft light.
Calvin described a little further the ACR settings is using in this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr12ZfPK2co
in the second part (the black and white ACR)
don't push too far the clarity for halos (not more than 40)
play with the color cursor for luminosity.
regards

Thanks a bunch Skilove! Any more images coming from you yet? I will have some shortly

[HelloPiccadilly]

I really want to say: thx Calvinhollywood ! ))
this is what I did with his technique+ a lot DB

http://hellopiccadilly.deviantart.co...baby-130432667

[skilove73]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3652/...cb46b502_o.jpg
a composite with this tutorial to cut out splash water
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6Er4W-gfwU

[igot2pman]

Originally Posted by HelloPiccadilly

I really want to say: thx Calvinhollywood ! ))
this is what I did with his technique+ a lot DB

http://hellopiccadilly.deviantart.co...baby-130432667

Great job here, your lighting is not quite the same. But overall i really like it. Love the theam.

-Keven

[HelloPiccadilly]

thx!)
yeah, lighting was different..
Do u remember what Calvin said about setup for this kind of shot? I supppose he used smtng like ring flash on camera for front light. I don't have this one.

[igot2pman]

it was two even slasher lighingting for the cheeks and i think it was a above camera beauty dish for the fill. But he does often use a ring light so i am not sure.

-Keven

[FelixTheCat]

He did not talk about lighting and I have both sessions recorded by the way.
And the second one was pretty lame actually. The first one was way better.
They also made it seem like Olaf was going to show how he was doing/did the Hulk pictures. Even in the forum chat I asked him if he was going to go through it and they said yes. Then he talked about Sharpening for about 45 minutes. Then Calvin talked about one image really and it was short and pretty much the same as the first live deal but less informative, atleast for those who saw the first one.
Great effort by them and the idea is great but many waiting for 2 weeks for this show and it just was not worth the wait if you ask me and I saw the other one. The other Calvin talked about 3 images of different types of photoshopping where this one he talked about one image where the simple Nik color effects filter or Lucis plug in on low opacity is what gives the image some "Look" as you all call it here. The other was his Hue Saturation (color checked) on a Softlight layer.

Not much more information than that really, which has been explained many times here.

If you ask me the the retouch pro sessions are much better and cost 10.00$ pretty good deal and they last about an hour or so. Gry's lasted 2 hours the other night.
There is an old saying, you get what you pay for..
2 Side notes:
When I gave my opinion they tried to cut me off all the time, when all I was trying to do was give constructive criticism which they did not like and some other guy GAST 10 kept calling me snook , which I did not understand until I came in here and saw all his post (snoks).
In any case for those who missed it, SkiLove (sp) has explained it here and much better if you ask me.
Just like Calvin repeats in his tutorials, there is no trick.
He choses the short cut of using filters and others use Luminosity masking. And he does the same thing told here over and over again.
contrast, usually B&W on a softlight layer. The Lucis or Nik with a smoothing or denoising layer and that is about it. No trick. Get the lighting right off the bat and you'll be 80% there.


Cheers
Felix






Felix

[Fadewoodarts]

Originally Posted by Red_Sky

Wow! I'm surprised you used a NIKON D70.

I know huh? Haha

[HelloPiccadilly]

Originally Posted by skilove73

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3652/...cb46b502_o.jpg
a composite with this tutorial to cut out splash water
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6Er4W-gfwU

3 shots?
1 - background
2 - person
3 - splash water?

How did u do spash water? Why don't we shot person and splash water for 1 time?

[Maya]

HelloPicadilly,

your image looks great, the lightning has that real surrealistic look, but you sensed something was not quiet right.

If I may say so.. I have some general suggestions for you. There are two points of focus in this composition and a composition comes out stronger if there is only one. I suggest the lady as the focuspoint.

Than I would suggest to create more space around the pink lady, certainly above her head.

Having a real square as canvas can solve a lot of such composition problems, instead of the usual long square.

Hope I was of some use with my suggestions.

Maya

portfolio

www.artwanted.com/Gabrielle

[skilove73]

to hellopicadilly
with the splash water cutout you can easily transform it and place it wherever you want

[HelloPiccadilly]

Originally Posted by Maya

HelloPicadilly,

your image looks great, the lightning has that real surrealistic look, but you sensed something was not quiet right.

If I may say so.. I have some general suggestions for you. There are two points of focus in this composition and a composition comes out stronger if there is only one. I suggest the lady as the focuspoint.

Than I would suggest to create more space around the pink lady, certainly above her head.

Having a real square as canvas can solve a lot of such composition problems, instead of the usual long square.

Hope I was of some use with my suggestions.

Maya

portfolio

www.artwanted.com/Gabrielle

Maya, thx for feedback!!
I wanted to make some crop for this image, but really couldn't choose which whould be right)
p.s. I like ur surrual pictures.. Was it made in PS, or painted in oils?


to skilove73:
I have no idea how to make the splash water cutout. But i gonna try! Do u have tutorials for that?

[skilove73]

i posted the link with the last photo

[HelloPiccadilly]

Originally Posted by skilove73

i posted the link with the last photo

I can see only backstage video. It won't show me what should I do in PS )

[Horsy]

Hiya guys

I'm new to this forum but I was reading through loads of threads last night including this one, got linked up to several tutorials and thought I would have a go this morning, and I'm really pleased! I'm so glad I found this place, I've always wanted to know how they did this look. Have to say I haven't followed any of the techniques on the thread, just learned the basics and messed around to find my own way.

Could probably go even further with this one but this is it so far. What do you think?

Before
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m...SC8220copy.jpg

After
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m...experiment.jpg

[HelloPiccadilly]

next slide from the same series:
http://hellopiccadilly.deviantart.co...y-n2-130578840

[skilove73]

another splash cutout
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2474/...1e9dda52_o.jpg

[TimeActor]

Originally Posted by HelloPiccadilly

thx!)
yeah, lighting was different..
Do u remember what Calvin said about setup for this kind of shot? I supppose he used smtng like ring flash on camera for front light. I don't have this one.

Hi, Calvin doesn´t use a ringflash but often a beautydish with white reflector in front of the subjects. I know this because i´m a member of his forums and 2 Weeks ago i´m where on an Workshop called "Creative Lighting".

[Fadewoodarts]

Originally Posted by skilove73

another splash cutout
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2474/...1e9dda52_o.jpg

So is this model you've been using... you? haha or someone else.