erichard
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Thanks, it was much easier to work the photo from the original, which wasn't available at first, and which I didn't realize was unretouched.
I thought I'd try to follow the workflow from this tutorial I listened to last night:
http://www.nobsphotosuccess.com/tutorial/introtutwmv/introtutwmv.html
I did some other custom adjustments with masks for sharpening, softening with gaussian blur, and exposure (multiple layers for different exposures, and masked into the appropriate spots). The sharpening was done primarily around the eyes and hair highlights, and blurring ever so slightly where the skin would benefit (paint it in with a black mask, white brush, set to opacity of say 10%.) Using that same painting in technique, I painted her eyes brighter using a layer that was somewhat overexposed and contrast enhanced either via curves or levels (adjust the opacity of the layer to suit your taste.) I believe the saturation was boosted maybe 10%, and probably gave the face a little extra red in curves (lab mode), again using a mask (also, probably brighter in the face than the background, using the same mask by copying it to a curve layer).
One other point, I worked in Lab Color mode from the beginning. I guess it's somewhat debatable as to whether this makes a difference.
I don't have the exact recipe, as it is long gone from the history panel. The main point is to do subtle changes on things like skin softening, so you wouldn't normally recognize it's been done.
Take a look at the tuturial. It's pretty good.
Regards, Richard
I thought I'd try to follow the workflow from this tutorial I listened to last night:
http://www.nobsphotosuccess.com/tutorial/introtutwmv/introtutwmv.html
I did some other custom adjustments with masks for sharpening, softening with gaussian blur, and exposure (multiple layers for different exposures, and masked into the appropriate spots). The sharpening was done primarily around the eyes and hair highlights, and blurring ever so slightly where the skin would benefit (paint it in with a black mask, white brush, set to opacity of say 10%.) Using that same painting in technique, I painted her eyes brighter using a layer that was somewhat overexposed and contrast enhanced either via curves or levels (adjust the opacity of the layer to suit your taste.) I believe the saturation was boosted maybe 10%, and probably gave the face a little extra red in curves (lab mode), again using a mask (also, probably brighter in the face than the background, using the same mask by copying it to a curve layer).
One other point, I worked in Lab Color mode from the beginning. I guess it's somewhat debatable as to whether this makes a difference.
I don't have the exact recipe, as it is long gone from the history panel. The main point is to do subtle changes on things like skin softening, so you wouldn't normally recognize it's been done.
Take a look at the tuturial. It's pretty good.
Regards, Richard
