In favor of retouching

[freddycr]

I think there's much to be said in favor of "retouching"...what do you think of these?



http://www.dphoto.us/forumphotos/data/500/rebe4_airbrush_original_Med.jpg

http://www.dphoto.us/forumphotos/data/500/rebe4_airbrush_Med.jpg

[elbirth]

the retouch almost seems to have a bit too much yellow in it to me. It does look a bit better, though, the cast is gone, which is good.
Very nice model, as well :)

[LadyHawk]

the retouch almost seems to have a bit too much yellow in it to me. It does look a bit better, though, the cast is gone, which is good.
Very nice model, as well :)

I didn't notice the difference until I read this post, and now I see the yellow cast too. I like what it did to her hair though.

[felix21685]

what tools did you use ? in photoshop i assume

[Alan B]

I had ago.(hope you dont mind?)

http://images.fotopic.net/?iid=y8j8qe&outx=600&noresize=1&nostamp=1

[tim]

I like your retouching, but i'd have taken it a bit further and smoothed her skin out a bit more.

[charlesu]

Very pretty girl. I agree with Tim though. A little moe smoothing on the skin and possibly soften the shadow transition on her face a bit (on her upper cheek and on her upper lip).

[Sailfish]

what tools did you use ? in photoshop i assume

I too would like to know how this is done?

[laurenn]

how about this?

http://laurenn.divinereverie.net/retouch.jpg

[soarprod]

before was better

[freddycr]

Alan B; nice , but too sharpened

Laurenn:,,too much..you erased the features.

Thanks for your efforts

I guess as in everything with PS, there must be several ways to do it...the way I do it is first I create a duplicate layer of the whole pic and work on that.
I use the brush tool, the one that's fuzzy, I set it at 35 % intensity, and use the ALT key to sample each area before air-brushing on it.
When it's finished I set the transparency at something like 80 % , so some of the skin texturte in the layer underneath is visible.

Regards

[Bitmap]

How about this

[berto]

all i did was smoothen her skin a little nothing more.

http://photos10.flickr.com/11696652_ed85110cc1_o.jpg

[Doug Rowan]

I too would like to know how this is done?

Since this was asked & not really addressed...

In PhotoShop (I believe the same can be said for PaintShop Pro too, although the tools may have different names), skin retouching can be done in more ways that I could possibly remember. Some techniques are...for PShop CS, using layers & the:

1. "Patch" or "Healing Brush" tool for obvious blemishes.
2. "Select" (or other) tool(s) to capture the skin & then apply a Gaussian Blur (about .05%). Also using the same tool to apply a "Diffuse Glow" using a darker than tone than the normal skin color.
3. Adding a white "Diffuse Glow" for High-Key images (ususally works well in those with white backgrounds, light clothing, etc....see below). This method does create a type of porcelain skin look...

http://images.snapfish.com/3437%3B48723232%7Ffp54%3Dot%3E2337%3D644%3D%3A%3B3 %3DXROQDF%3E232365243993%3Aot1lsi

[LadyHawk]

Here is another try. I used Kodak's Digital Gem Airbrush plugin, removed some of the effect from her hair, then added a little color to her lips and cheeks.

[InTheDark]

Since this was asked & not really addressed...

In PhotoShop (I believe the same can be said for PaintShop Pro too, although the tools may have different names), skin retouching can be done in more ways that I could possibly remember. Some techniques are...for PShop CS, using layers & the:

1. "Patch" or "Healing Brush" tool for obvious blemishes.
2. "Select" (or other) tool(s) to capture the skin & then apply a Gaussian Blur (about .05%). Also using the same tool to apply a "Diffuse Glow" using a darker than tone than the normal skin color.
3. Adding a white "Diffuse Glow" for High-Key images (ususally works well in those with white backgrounds, light clothing, etc....see below). This method does create a type of porcelain skin look...

Personally if you want a more natural look I would stay away from the gaussian blur as much as possible unless you intend to use multiple layers and allow some of the skin texture to blend through. First create a duplicate layer, then use the healing brush set between 15 to 30 percent pressure taking care to only to short clicks and not a brushing motion. If an area has too much of a contrast between light and dark you will need to use the clone tool which I also try to set at about 15 to 35 percent, and then come back over it with the healing brush. Use those two tools to remove any blemishes such as an unsightly pimple, or a slight bit of skin irritation, scars etc. If you still need a bit more smoothness then use the magic wand selection tool while holding shift down to select the models entire area of showing skin(to avoid differences in texture) and then gaussian blur at about .15 to .25. Then adjust the opacity of the layer you used for retouching until you get the desired skin texture.

Not meaning to offend you Doug, but I think that picture screams photoshop. I like to retouch pic where it improves the picture but not to the point where it is obvious it was retouched.

[Doug Rowan]

You didn't offend me...that image turned out just the way I wanted it to. I used it as an example of adding a diffuse glow to an entire image.