Mike Marketello posted a picture of a baby in need of retouching on the retouching challenges page.
http://www.retouchpro.com/gallery/sh...php?photo=1378
I thought this was a good place to discuss it and offer solutions.
I worked on this for about five minutes or so. I left it in black and white, though it could be easily colorized if so desired. I used only the blue channel, since it's the only one with facial detail. I duped it and used levels to increase the contrast, then lightened the now too-dark background and a bit of the hair area by erasing it with a big fuzzy eraser before merging the layers. Then I cloned the eyes and mouth from the original, since their detail had become lost in the shadows, then made the whole thing b/w once again and flattened it.
It still needs some skin smoothing and final touches, but now at least you can see the facial details.
Phyllis
http://www.retouchpro.com/gallery/sh...php?photo=1378
I thought this was a good place to discuss it and offer solutions.
I worked on this for about five minutes or so. I left it in black and white, though it could be easily colorized if so desired. I used only the blue channel, since it's the only one with facial detail. I duped it and used levels to increase the contrast, then lightened the now too-dark background and a bit of the hair area by erasing it with a big fuzzy eraser before merging the layers. Then I cloned the eyes and mouth from the original, since their detail had become lost in the shadows, then made the whole thing b/w once again and flattened it.
It still needs some skin smoothing and final touches, but now at least you can see the facial details.
Phyllis
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