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What is this 'metallic shiny' look on skin retouch
Re: What is this 'metallic shiny' look on skin ret
Heavy dodging. As usual with that kind of treatment, highlights are dimmed and brought to something between yellow and red to get the tones even (that's why you have rich highs on her face whilst the reflections on the torso and legs don't stand out that much).
Re: What is this 'metallic shiny' look on skin ret
Probably a combination of these various Dodge and Burn (D&B) techniques listed in the 'Tutorial' Section of RetouchPRO were used to get this effect..along with a pretty model, good lighting and practice cubed:
Re: What is this 'metallic shiny' look on skin ret
Obvious things are:
Selections, you need to select things to dodge and burn them right.
A lot of burning.
Color corrections.
Healing has been taken to perfection here.
She was, obviously, at least somewhat tan, and channel mixer combined with skin selection could have pushed it a bit further, can't tell as there is no original.
BTW. And to tease those highlights even more, you can make a selection from channels, add contrast to it, than use it to dodge or lighten , which will give you that crispness.
Re: What is this 'metallic shiny' look on skin ret
I may be getting confused, but the OP posted these pictures as raw files for people to retouch here on RP: http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/pho...-practice.html
why don't they just ask the retoucher how they did it? Or perhaps they won't tell?
That was nicely done. I'm surprised you got it down that far with curves without creating problems though.
That's why I used the Channel Mixer. Had I used Black and White, it would've broken up.
BTW. Maybe you're referring to my DnB curves. Yes, I do that a bit differently now, I established this file a while back, and never worked on it, so I forgot to make my curves less aggressive today.
Re: What is this 'metallic shiny' look on skin ret
1- What is in BANDPASS ? hard to tell. same for SEPARATE! , Looks like modified FS, it is FS, but this two layers confusing me.
2- How the Channel mixer work? how is it affecting only the Blue Channel? I don't see any mask! (I hid your BLUE CHANNEL TO MULTIPLY adjustment, created my own above it, did not get same results!)
I like your subtle treatments, especially in the CC folder.
Re: What is this 'metallic shiny' look on skin ret
1.ALT+Click on the layer eye to see what it contains, BandPass here is solving a problem with the mole on the arm. So, it's painted in that area. Separate is for separate cloning and healing, and in this case it contains some fingertips and part of the shower cap strap that was removed from her left cheek.
2. Channel mixer adjusts the opacity of one channel in the other. Default setting is that every channel has 100% of it's values, and 0% of other two. By pulling the sliders, you can mix and mach channels.
Channel Mixer adjustment layer in this instance is replacing all channels with the Blue channel(red has 0 red and 100 blue, green has 0 green 100 blue) and the layer is set to Multiply to make it even darker(not to get into math of Multiply mode). Result is an image consisting only of blue channels. No mask needed, it's a blue channel in it's entirety, only used as an adjustment layer, making it editable and keeping file size smaller.
Re: What is this 'metallic shiny' look on skin ret
You Should!
1- I see, geez! it is too tiny, it is what I did initially, Alt click but did not see anything first time, I see it now that you told me where to look.
2- My bad! I did not pay attention, I went through the channels seeing 100% in each, did not pay attention that it was all blue!
Re: What is this 'metallic shiny' look on skin ret
Usually, having a gray scale or monochrome copy -you don't really want a copy since it is static, you need some sort of adjustment layer that reflects your work in monochrome - on the top of the layer stack helps while editing. If it looks good in gray scale or monochrome, it looks good in color, this is the basic premise behind it. Monochrome version shows skin anomalies that helps identify problem areas to target, it also help with tones.
As your work progresses, you keep turning on and off the tone helper group to get an idea of how your effort is progressing.
I looking for a solution to create a glossy skin - the model on the photo has no glossy makeup. She has now more or less a smooth light skin. The smaller picture shows the direction it should end up. Contrast should be enhanced, too. Any tipps?
Hello I am fairly new to retouching and I love this type of glam retouch but I am not sure what was used to make it. If anyone know I would be so greatful if you filled me in thanks in advance!
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I am trying to learn the art of photo retouching. I have been reading all the Tutorials and searching the web. Im trying to learn how to do the retouching that pageant retouchers do.
I have attached some eye lashes that IM trying to master. Any suggestions? Any...
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