Skin retouch qstra style

[cybermantis]

How i can take effect this type skin :

[Overdoze]

http://www.cybermantis.ayz.pl/
Is this your gallery?

[cybermantis]

yes its my cybermantis.pl / nikodemszymanski.pl

[Overdoze]

Originally Posted by cybermantis

yes its my cybermantis.pl / nikodemszymanski.pl

Really nice portfolio. Really nice photos, lighting and postprod.

Just imagining why you ask how to archieve the skin look like in your examples. You already got many just like or better made in your gallery.

Only little difference for my eyes is the little different lighting for pictures.

edit: except, some of you gallery photos are smoothed out more than the example ones.

[cybermantis]

thx, but i want learn more and more, for me this photos have very interesing skin smoth and tonality - evry time you can somthing new

[Overdoze]

Can I be curious and ask what method are you using at the moment? =)

[cybermantis]

I use healing + dodge & burninig on different sizes of brush + some time invert highpass , some time ago i used surface blur but its not best idea

[Overdoze]

Originally Posted by cybermantis

I use healing + dodge & burninig on different sizes of brush + some time invert highpass , some time ago i used surface blur but its not best idea

Agree.. that blur is bad way to go =D
So far most best results ive seen comes out of healing + d/b.
I havent mastered that perfectly yet but learning all the time.

Have you tried the frequency separation method?

[Overdoze]

http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/pho...tml#post260737

Flexmanta describes how to do the frequency separation in that post.. 9th post i think.

I´m still checking out qstra photos.. And for me it looks like nice careful healing and d/b + toning. Most of the pictures at the qstra portfolio has been taken with middle format camera which provides lovely details <3 If only i could get my hands on one of those ;D

[cybermantis]

last time i experiment with luminocity mask but its in this moment to chaotic for me, going to bed

[Overdoze]

Yep. gotta try to sleep too. But still.. All the forums, topics and posts that ive read so far.. Best way is to heal + d/b, you get the most out of the pictures. I´m not sure, but I think the most "best" retouchers use the d/b too.

Should propably ask from Flexmanta, Godmother or CalvinHollywood if they know any other methods worth learning.. (So far the most impressive looking and best explained work at retouchpro. There is other great ones too but these 3 came first in mind.)

[berghatch]

I think it looks like a high pass filter masked and set to soft light...