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This is a candid portrait of my daughter done with the XT, 17-85 IS lens, and 420EX flash in a hotel room. It seems to me that the background color is to close to the color of the face. What do you think? Should I try to change it? I am not good at pp and extracting the hair seems discouraging...

ISO 400, 1/60 sec, f/5.6.



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Ed Richer
 
THAT IS AWSOME!!!

Can I ask you haw you created the background and how did you extracted the hair? I am pretty new at retouching and I am amazed what a pro can do. But I am willing to learn :-)

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Ed Richer
 
I created the background with these two programs:

http://www.digitalanarchy.com/backdrop/backdrop_main.html

http://www.digitalfilmtools.com/light/lightdown.php

As for the extraction I used Russell Brown's technique:

http://www.russellbrown.com/tips_tech.html

Tutorial is named Advanced Masking--Old Stuff Thats New

I followed that with a technique I use to help blend the hair with the new background. I made a PDF of the tutorial, you can download it here (left-click on the link and it will take you to the download page--once there scroll down to the bottom of the page to download)

http://www.file.sc/755534/Hair%20Extraction%20&%20Match%20Color.pdf

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Ed Richer said:
THAT IS AWSOME!!!

Can I ask you haw you created the background and how did you
extracted the hair? I am pretty new at retouching and I am amazed
what a pro can do. But I am willing to learn :-)

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Ed Richer
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Thank you very much. I will study the technique and try to apply it myself.
Did you also change the WB and contrast?

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Ed Richer
 
Very nice. Thank you.

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Ed Richer
 
Wonderful work.....as always.

You are the master at the "right" backdrop.

I am always amazed at how good you do extractions.....will have to call you "the dentist"....LOL.

Very best wishes

Ray
 
Ed Richer said:
This is a candid portrait of my daughter done with the XT, 17-85 IS
lens, and 420EX flash in a hotel room. It seems to me that the
background color is to close to the color of the face. What do you
think? Should I try to change it? I am not good at pp and
extracting the hair seems discouraging...>
ISO 400, 1/60 sec, f/5.6.>



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Ed Richer
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Left the background, used the lightness channel of LAB, adjusted with channel mixer, softened, masked sharpening, added a bit of color tone and a white vignette.



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that is fantastic

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badui bourizk
 
First of all: Thank you!!!

I've seen your PDF.
I don't have idea, how much time it needs create mask?
I think that I'm too slow :(

Recently I've bought a Graphire 4 Wacom tablet, i hope will be useful for this purpose!

Sorry for my english!
 
You might be right. Maybe it is time to recalibrate my monitor....

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Ed Richer
 
Thank you. It does look like a totaly different picture! What do you mean by color tone in a BW?

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Ed Richer
 
That is WILD. I have to say that I like it even though that isn't the look I had in my mind.
Thank you,
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