Any Bored Photoshop folks on here today.....

[rgregory1965]

I have this photo that I keep messing up in photoshop.....it need lighting, blemish removal, skin smoothing,....ect....I have been messin with it for hours.....I wouldnt even mess with it but its a photo of the wife and would like to get it looking nice......

its cool if there are no takers, as I know this is not a moochers forum, but if your board and want to try be my guest....thansk

 

[Buckster]

I'll play...

 

[KmH]

Board? Bored?

Why not just re-shoot it, and expose it properly. (and have her lower her chin a little.)

In the meantime you could read up some on posing too.

Looks like her teeth flouresced from the flash.

 

[marmots]

hows this?

 

[KmH]

Not bad. the whites of the eyes are still a lot darker than her teeth. Spot heal the red spot down near her necklace and shirt.

Her nose and chin are real red.

A little more smile, a bit more open eyes, and just a tad longer face:

 

[jake337]

I'd agree with KMH and do a reshoot. It is your wife so I don't think she'll mind.

+1 on the posing.
The Rules Of Good Portraiture

 

[marmots]

hows this?

 

[rgregory1965]

Board? Bored?

Why not just re-shoot it, and expose it properly. (and have her lower her chin a little.)

In the meantime you could read up some on posing too.

Looks like her teeth flouresced from the flash.

Bored as is not entertained....

I was going for a low key look.....I may have overdone the teeth myself a little in my epic failure attempt of photoshoping it....that is why it still remains in the beginners section......

 

[rgregory1965]

May I ask what you use to soften the skin.....I have watched a few youtube infomercials...lol and I currently have the book "Layers" comming in the mail, but have not recived it yet. Hopefully I can learn how to use this awsome software better.....Its a complicated thing for a newcommer....lol


I have seen a few photoshop plug-ins that can do these things for you like using a filter, but have not been able to identifiy where to get them from...any help would be awsome.

thanks

 

[mikemicki]

I gave it a try.

 

[Dominantly]

I'll give it a go, wait one.

 

[Dominantly]

1. Remove areas you don't want detail loss in

2.Open HIgh pass filter, set it to about 10. Hit Ctrl D to desaturate, then CTRL I to invert (sharpen to smooth). Hit Ctril O to overlay

3.Results so far

4. After about 43 Control Points in Viveza 2, to keep with low key look, this is what came out.

5. My final treatment is a selective desaturation. It's my preference, especially with this one and the low key tone (fixed that pesky red too).

The teeth did give me some trouble, and in the end I still wasnt happy with the results.

 

[marmots]

lightroom actually has a very effective skin softening brush, without over doing it

 

[CCericola]

I tried 2 ways. Thanks for the practice.

and

 

[bianni]

here is an edit.