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Akos74 · Mar 29, 2005

Nice!
I like the first the best

Akos

Nick Collura said:
Hey all, i had a pretty tough photo shoot this psat saturday. 7
Models in 7 hours including tear down and set up. Anyways, I just
started lookin' at 'em today, and Post Processed a few, and would
like to share.

Please post any and all comments/critiques!

^I know the hair in the eye REALLY irritates me, i thought it might
look ok, but now it urks me. You start to not notice as much after
5 or 6 hours you know.

Tim Simmons · Mar 29, 2005

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eclipsechaser · Mar 29, 2005

I did a heap of model shots in my university. Only now I know how to actually process them!

Thanks,

Daniel

Nick Collura said:
actually it's a little different, and a little easier than you
described.

Make a copy of the layer and apply enough gaussian blur to make the
skin look smooth. then add a layer mask to that layer and turn it
black to hide it all. Then with a soft tip brush and light pressure
(if using a wacom tablet) or low opacity with a mouse, slowly brush
on the "smoothness" in areas that you want. i find it more natural
to do it this way.

lx200 · Mar 29, 2005

Nick Collura said:
Hey all, i had a pretty tough photo shoot this psat saturday. 7
Models in 7 hours including tear down and set up. Anyways, I just
started lookin' at 'em today, and Post Processed a few, and would
like to share.

Please post any and all comments/critiques!

^I know the hair in the eye REALLY irritates me, i thought it might
look ok, but now it urks me. You start to not notice as much after
5 or 6 hours you know.

FireEng833 · Mar 29, 2005

I know this would be a pain, but can you take a picture of your set up? It never hurts to ask!

Fitz
Salt Lake City

Nick Collura · Mar 29, 2005

Sure but im at school, ill get to the forum when i get home around 7 or 8pm.

adam c said:
I suspect your "10 mins photoshop" would take me about 10 hours!!

You kindly gave you technique for the gaussian blur above - would
you be good enough to give just a bit more detail on the settings
used - ie amount of GB, brush types etc?

Very many thanks!

Adam

Nick Collura said:

I used a custom brush i made from a real background from somewhere
(you can make them from any texture you like, i bet a dead leaf
would be interesting, and used various shades of (whatever color)
on separate layers. Then blurred them when i got the right mix.
All that after i extracted her from the BG.

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adam c · Mar 29, 2005

Nick Collura said:
adam c said:

I suspect your "10 mins photoshop" would take me about 10 hours!!

You kindly gave you technique for the gaussian blur above - would
you be good enough to give just a bit more detail on the settings
used - ie amount of GB, brush types etc?

Very many thanks!

Adam

Nick Collura said:

I used a custom brush i made from a real background from somewhere
(you can make them from any texture you like, i bet a dead leaf
would be interesting, and used various shades of (whatever color)
on separate layers. Then blurred them when i got the right mix.
All that after i extracted her from the BG.

Click to expand...

Click to expand...

Joe Baguley · Mar 29, 2005

Do it with the history brush.

Open image, gaussian blur, then in history palette click on step before blur (probably "open"), then click in the edit box next to the blur step.

Now, with the history brush, select lighten for the brush option at the top and paint away - it's very cool because it only replaces dark pixels with lighter ones that have been blurred on top of darker ones and is a very elegant way to do it...

Essentially you are painting the lighter pixels from the blur over the darke ones only using the history brush - very cool.

Credit to Scott Kelby for that one...

eclipsechaser said:
Thanks,

Daniel

Nick Collura said:

actually it's a little different, and a little easier than you
described.

Make a copy of the layer and apply enough gaussian blur to make the
skin look smooth. then add a layer mask to that layer and turn it
black to hide it all. Then with a soft tip brush and light pressure
(if using a wacom tablet) or low opacity with a mouse, slowly brush
on the "smoothness" in areas that you want. i find it more natural
to do it this way.

Click to expand...

Jeff Peterman · Mar 29, 2005

Specifically, what lighting did you use, how was it configured, and what light modifiers were in place?

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andrewD2 · Mar 29, 2005

Nick Collura said:
Hey all, i had a pretty tough photo shoot this psat saturday. 7
Models in 7 hours including tear down and set up. Anyways, I just
started lookin' at 'em today, and Post Processed a few, and would
like to share.

Please post any and all comments/critiques!

I like the off center but looking straight ahead, she looks friendly and the eyes engage. I like the overall colour scheme from warm background gaining density through the hair then to the face.

Nick Collura said:

I like the hair over one eye forcing you to look at her right eye. The curl of hair around the bottom of the face stops your eye moves your eye back up the photo.

Andrew

tyue · Mar 29, 2005

Nick Collura said:
Hey all, i had a pretty tough photo shoot this psat saturday. 7
Models in 7 hours including tear down and set up. Anyways, I just
started lookin' at 'em today, and Post Processed a few, and would
like to share.

Please post any and all comments/critiques!

^I know the hair in the eye REALLY irritates me, i thought it might
look ok, but now it urks me. You start to not notice as much after
5 or 6 hours you know.

--
Tim Yue

LeeBase · Mar 29, 2005

Love the first one...fantastic in every way....not so thrilled with the pose in the second...though.

Lee

Philip Smith106453 · Mar 29, 2005

Personally, I like the blur, though I think it's just a bit too soft on the second girl's face.

I use (overuse, to most people's taste, I suspect) gaussian blur a lot, but then again, one of my great heroes in portraiture is George Hurrell. CHeck out his shots of jean Harlow. Glorious. But I think you have to know hot to use it. Personally, I think you got it just right in the first one. Great balance of detail and softness (though perhaps a few areas or sking detail on the face would have struck a more pleasing balance for those who prefer less blur).

Anyway, just my opinion.

LeeBase said:
Love the first one...fantastic in every way....not so thrilled with
the pose in the second...though.

Lee

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adam c · Mar 30, 2005

I'm just learning about Gaussian Blur - any tips on how to use it would be gratefully received!

Thanks

Adam

Philip Smith said:
Personally, I like the blur, though I think it's just a bit too
soft on the second girl's face.
I use (overuse, to most people's taste, I suspect) gaussian blur a
lot....

adam c · Mar 30, 2005

....can you give any more details, like the amount of GB you tend to use and any more details on brush settings etc?

Thanks

Adam

Joe Baguley said:
Do it with the history brush.

Open image, gaussian blur, then in history palette click on step
before blur (probably "open"), then click in the edit box next to
the blur step.

Now, with the history brush, select lighten for the brush option at
the top and paint away - it's very cool because it only replaces
dark pixels with lighter ones that have been blurred on top of
darker ones and is a very elegant way to do it...

Essentially you are painting the lighter pixels from the blur over
the darke ones only using the history brush - very cool.

Credit to Scott Kelby for that one...

KewlioUK · Mar 30, 2005

As easy but you with the history brush you can run out of undos if you change your mind.

With the two layers your not going to run into that problem.

KewlioUK · Mar 30, 2005

Also you can save the layered version and continues editting at another timne. To save the history for re-editting you'll have to do a snap shot and you might as well have just copied the layer.

Henry E · Mar 30, 2005

I think you've done great work on both photos. As always, everyone has their own impression. I think the second shot (Melody..see, I even remember her name

) is the better of the two. It's well composed, and looks teriffic both before and after PP. You did clean her skin up a bit, but you missed the freckle on her left shoulder. Her nose is straight, but her left nostril is a bit too prominent. It's possible to use liquify carefully to reduce that (actaully, as I'm sure you know far befter than I do, there are multiple ways of doing that, It was just the one I thought of at 5 AM Eeastern Time).

Overall, you have great PS talent. You also have a great eye as you showed in the original pics. Each is dead on good, only requiring the retouching to make them great (from a modeling standpoint, not really a portrait standpoint, IMHO). It's clear you havve a great eye. That, with good PP ability are going to carry you far.

Thanks for showing these to us.

Henry
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Tony Hall · Mar 30, 2005

lx200 said:
Nick Collura said:

Hey all, i had a pretty tough photo shoot this psat saturday. 7
Models in 7 hours including tear down and set up. Anyways, I just
started lookin' at 'em today, and Post Processed a few, and would
like to share.

Please post any and all comments/critiques!

^I know the hair in the eye REALLY irritates me, i thought it might
look ok, but now it urks me. You start to not notice as much after
5 or 6 hours you know.

Click to expand...

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Joe Baguley · Mar 30, 2005

I usually GB until I can't see the acne or imperfections, it can look REALLY blurred, but don't worry. With regards to the brush I usually set a hardness of about 60% and the brush size appropriate to what I am doing. Make sure you have the brush set on "lighten" though.

I agree to an extent with the layers thing, and a similar thing can be done with layers selecting lightening in the same way I think, I just don't do that.

I just find the history brush a quick and elegant way to do it.

adam c said:
Thanks

Adam

Joe Baguley said:

Do it with the history brush.

Open image, gaussian blur, then in history palette click on step
before blur (probably "open"), then click in the edit box next to
the blur step.

Now, with the history brush, select lighten for the brush option at
the top and paint away - it's very cool because it only replaces
dark pixels with lighter ones that have been blurred on top of
darker ones and is a very elegant way to do it...

Essentially you are painting the lighter pixels from the blur over
the darke ones only using the history brush - very cool.

Credit to Scott Kelby for that one...

Click to expand...

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