New Technique

[Paulie]

Hi all,
Just wanted a bit of feedback on a new technique i've been learning. I've attached an image of one of my attempts.

[Duv]

Looks awesome Paulie. The effect really brings out her eyes. How did you achieve this lool?

Cheers
Duv

[DannyRaphael]

The subtle eye and lip color is very effective within the overall image. I'd like to see just a slight hint of shoulder / blouse on the left side of the image. Completely isolating the head from the rest of the image looks a bit unnatural to me.

Overall this is a very appealing look. Well done.

~Danny~

[Paulie]

Thanks for the input guys. I read about the technique here:
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/read....essage=3842725 I really liked the effect of the final image, so i tried it myself to see if i could replicate it, & i was pleased with the results!

[Duv]

Hi Paulie

The technique calls for converting to B/W using DigiDan. Is this purchased software? Can you achieve this effect using standard PS methodology?

Duv

[DannyRaphael]

Duv:

RE: The technique calls for converting to B/W using DigiDan. Is this purchased software?

No. It's referring to one of many methods for converting a color image to grayscale.

RE: Can you achieve this effect using standard PS methodology?
Absolutely...

http://www.digidaan.nl/indexframedigidaan.html?channelmixer/index.html

At the end of the tutorial is a download for an action if that sort of thing is interesting to you.

I believe I read somewhere that Digidaan's approach is a knockoff of (or very similar to) the Russell Brown technique. Take that with a grain of salt.

In any event since you're manipulating the image considerably to achieve the final sketch effect, I think using Channel Mixer in monochrome mode is more than adequate for this particular technique.

~Danny~

[Eman714]

Great job how did you do it?

[agila]

Nice try Paulie! I really learned a lot in this forum.

[sage150]

I like the look achieved in the photo.Thanks for pointing me
to the action Danny.I'll play around with this little tool.

Joseph