Retouch this Picture to your hearts content

[edgework]

Been a while since I've done one of these. No glitz on this one, no blur, no filters. Worked mainly on smoothing skin and removing flyaways. Made the catchlights smaller and added some color to the eyes.

So whatdaya think?

http://edgework.tripod.com/50percent.jpg

[Jucstice]

Hi I'm new here. Thought I would give this a try. Critique is welcome
Thanks!

[thecuke]

My quick job of it.

[martinsmith]

Hi, first post here, comments/tips appreciated.

Cheers
Martin.

[jsauer]

Here is my attempt. Let me know what you think of it, and if you have any tricks for maintaining texture in heavily cloned areas. Thanks.

[Canna W]

Here is my effort. It's the first time I have worked with such a good quality image. A whole new ball game.

I started off by doing "the quick degrunge trick" tutorial http://retouchpro.com/tutorials/?m=show&id=213
Then I mostly used the clone and heal tools. I also used different layers with different blends, (at low opacities and with masking to reduce the effect still further.) I was trying to get the image to pop a bit without losing detail.
I also used curves to reduce the red on the face/hair.
I also applied a bit of make up using various tools and layers.

I have posted the image large at flickr - I think this is okay. Let me know if you want me to remove it.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/86426405@N00/4270036892/

I would be most grateful for any crits.

[Canna W]

Whoops, have just realised that because I have posted the pic on a free acount at flickr, I haven't been able to upload the largest size. It is nevertheless larger than the one shown here...

[rick m]

Thought I'd give it a shot.

Large file http://www.blackdawgimaging.com/Personal/untitled1.html

[shelly_and_roy]

I might be a little late to the party, but I also took a stab at it. There's a large (not to say original size) version on Flickr.

Having been instructed on the fine art of attaching an image, I've attached a cropped version of my edit to show the main work area. The version on Flickr is uncropped and saved at a higher quality setting.

[GRUDOLPH]

I Gave it a try, how does this look, critiques appreciated. The Full size image is at
http://home.windstream.net/reindeer/...uch-gr-big.jpg

[ringus]

Hello, 204studios.

Thank you for great image. I thought it'd look great after retouch, so I tried my strenghts and here's the result.

What I did:
- removed imperfections
- softened face and neck
- fixed her right eye a bit
- fixed her mouth
- fixed her right chin
- removed any tiny hair from face
- fixed her eyebrows
- corrected shape of her face and neck with d&b
- corrected skin tone
- added contrast to eyes, hood, mouth
- changed hair color a little
- corrected hood color
- corrected lightness and contrast with levels and curves
That's about it.

I'd like to know what do you think about it, guys.

By the way, if you want full resolution - let me know.

[Carol Heath]

Thank you for the opportunity to work on this photo. I hope your model does not mind; I made a few structural changes.

This is the first time I have retouched anything form this forum and posted an image so I hope the links work ok. Critique is welcome. I spend my days restoring images so it was fun to work on a beauty retouch for a change. I'd love to do more of these. Here is the link to a higher res image for anyone who may be interested; http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/j...CarolHeath.jpg

I can already see a few things I would change. lol.

PS. I forgot to add; I am working on an uncalibrated monitor so hope the colour and exposure are ok?

[hri]

Hello! I'm new in this game and I must admit I use extremely unsophisticated, lazy methods to retouch. Either way I gave it a try, criticize and comment as much as you'd like!

I gave this girl some EYEBROWS! yeah!
Here we go:

http://i49.tinypic.com/2q2ha9e.jpg

[Carol Heath]

Hi all,

I have had another play, with fresh eyes, and fixed a few of the areas that were bugging me. This time I have hosted the image on Flikr. http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4043/...115614ee_b.jpg
Much lass compression than Photobucket so hopefully a little clearer for anyone who may wish to provide feedback.

Thanks again for supplying such a great image to play with. I have had fun.
Carol

[e3kphoto]

thanks Michael

[W.Smith]

Shame of those ugly catchlights.

[shelly_and_roy]

I took another stab at it. This time, I worked on the original size image and tried out a couple new ideas I had about editing. I went with a cool color scheme instead of warm this time.

Fixed the mouth, removed stray hairs, blemish clean-up
Reshaped jaw/chin
Smoothed skin
Enhanced eyes and lips
Added contouring shadows and highlights

The image uploaded here is scaled down, cropped, and saved with relatively low quality. The full-size image is here, where you will admittedly see that the hair-removal process was imperfect.

[shelly_and_roy]

Not that I'm an expert, but I figure some feedback is better than none. Maybe this will encourage others to jump in.

I like the brightness and color balance in your fix. The reworking of the mouth is great. Overall, it's a very appealing image.

While you made the eyebrow area immaculate, as you come down the face, the texture is gradually more realistic (or "flawed"), and the neck texture stands out even more. So I think more consistency in skin texture would have helped.

The other thing I find to be a detraction is the kind of patchy redness on the upper eyelids.

[tyche]

I'm new here, and I thought I'd give this one a try, so please tell me what you think about it

[tepic]

Here's my attempt.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2777/...32681262_b.jpg

[roone]

sorry for bringing an old thread back to life, but i need the practice...

after and original image attached.

[Der_W]

I gave it a go as well, thanks for the image Michael!

And I uploaded it to my DA-Account as well (rollover), hope that's okay: http://jw-pixx.deviantart.com/art/Ice-Lady-154810378

[tom60634]

but here's what I could accomplish.

Thanks for the very nice file to experiment with.

[kilty560]

This is what I came up with.

[_Steve_]

hey hey!

First of all thx for great pic..i loved the original, of this very cute girl..
I fell for the fur, and thought cold weather at once. Since i'm from norway it's pretty much natural for me thinking that way
therefor i went for a cold look...kinda ice-queen-thingy going on..
The only part i'm not so sure about is the snow-crystal i added...might be over the top..adding suchs a drastic element.....well, here it s, and hope u will give me a little feedback

[erealmgraphics]

gave it a shot
There are a few different versions there

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d1...phics/var1.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d1...phics/var1.jpg

[anakngpasig]

gave it a try...

here's a bigger size: Flickr

[tommythecat]

Have sized down to 600pixels to get under 100k so doesn't show much of the detail but here's my before and 2x after versions..

critique very welcome.

Thanks
Tommy

[amandaleigh]

Here is my go at it.

[Panpan]

I tried to get rid of the frizzy hair ends falling on her neck. I failed to do it in a believable way. So here is what I got, frizzy ends and all.