Re: Fashion retouch

im late too but i wanted to practice my skills and this picture seemed perfect to do, so here is my try...

what i did...
LOTS OF D&B
CLONING
COLOR ADJUSTMENTS
ADDING MAKEUP
LIQUIFYING...

Re: How can I get this color\lighting?

the easiest way is just by using an adjustment layer called "selective color" and experimenting with the settings like making the blacks "blue-ish" make yellow pops and add more magenta

Re: retouch critique please...



what is the best way of removing flying hair? Usually I'd go with the clone stamp but sometimes it gives me blotchy results...

and about the expression change I made, was only for my personal taste, the before image gave me...

Re: retouch critique please...



thank you, I think I increased the contrast a little too much LOL I'll have it in mind next time......

Re: retouch critique please...



Sorry i didn't notice the credit were missing...

don't know who the photographer was but i took this picture a while ago from http://katanaz-stock.deviantart.com/

and i don't know if the before was already r...

here's a retouch I made yesterday just for a bit of fun and practice.
here is the before: http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/5061/beforeb.jpg
and here is the after: http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/7430/afterm.jpg

I'll appreciate honest comments.

Re: What you think about this fashion work

as a photographer and retoucher myself, i should say your job is pretty amazing, but i have a few tips that may help...
you may consider working on your website, it needs a better design, something more elegant and simple, because it looks...

Re: How to get following look...

Well i think this will help you a lot http://zachhodges.com/blog/twilight-...how-we-did-it/
everything you need to know about that!!

Re: Dark and noisy wedding photo

here is my try, i used selective color adjustment, desaturation, reduce noise filter etc....

Re: April 2009 Contest - Creativity

well i just wanted to do sommething fun... here is my try......

Re: Photo to play with

fun picture to play with :P made some changes to achieve a near fashion magazine look!
btw didn't removed some small details because im working without my wacom tablet :S im just using my trackpad ......

Re: Give it some "Umphhhh!"



thank you,
the bloches with dodge and burn, and some surface blur, overall i've used a lot of d&b to create even surface around the gym ceiling and floor. then for the crisp look, bring back some texture by sharpening...

Re: Give it some "Umphhhh!"

well i gave it a more commercial look! hehe i made the colors even, corrected some bloches, removed some cables and distractors, added some reflections, removed distortion, added sharpness etc, etc...

hope u like, i think i...

Re: Pictorialism

you did a great job judyn! keep it up

Re: Pictorialism

it's not difficult to so something like that in PS, i've achieved something pretty similar by just blurring and using different blending modes, such as multiply, screen, hardlight, softlight.
and some adjustment layers like hue&saturation, color balance....