Skin softening - CC please

Thanks everybody for all your input. Some I've liked, some I haven't, but I've learned a lot - which, after all, was the object of the exercise, wasn't it?

Non of these come near the OPs first post IMO. Some are really dreadful

I took a go at it - hope you like it... very pretty girl

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neil_r wrote in post #2844340
Non of these come near the OPs first post IMO. Some are really dreadful

Thank you Neil.

The interesting thing about this thread is that it produced many different flavors of the same image. I'd almost like to see all of the images matted in a very long horizontal frame.

i hope u don't mind, i need to practice my PS and I thought I'd give it a try. She is a very pretty model.

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well, if everyone's gonna take a go at this pic...

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I have to wonder what kind of monitors some of you are looking at. The range of color and brightness in this thread is astonishing.

I agree.

rowdyred94 wrote in post #2848427
I have to wonder what kind of monitors some of you are looking at. The range of color and brightness in this thread is astonishing.

I wonder if it is so much the monitor or personal preference... I always love these threads not only because it gives me an opportunity to practice in my feeble way but I like to see what others come up with and how they go about their process. I am so new to all of this and appreciate all the knowledge that is shared here.

rowdyred94 wrote in post #2848427
I have to wonder what kind of monitors some of you are looking at. The range of color and brightness in this thread is astonishing.

I am using a calibrated monitor and a colour managed browser (Safari) and some of these really are way out both in terms of colour and brightness (or lack of)

I think it is great to have this type of thread as it is very helpful for improving on PP technique but it does highlight the need to have a correctly calibrated monitor, otherwise all your hard work will only look good on your own machine.

Now it's my turn. Used Portrait Professional.

Before:

neil_r wrote in post #2851640
I am using a calibrated monitor and a colour managed browser (Safari) and some of these really are way out both in terms of colour and brightness (or lack of)

I think it is great to have this type of thread as it is very helpful for improving on PP technique but it does highlight the need to have a correctly calibrated monitor, otherwise all your hard work will only look good on your own machine.

Neil - I quite agree with you about the wide divergence of tones in some of the posted variations of my original.. Could you do me a favour and post a version of it that looks good on your calibrated monitor? That way, I (and many others) would get an idea what it should look like - or it would tell them to get their monitors adjusted. Of course, you may think that my OP was more or less right, in which case don't bother posting a pic!

This may not work given that I can not see what is on your monitors but below is a collection of screen grabs taken of the pictures posted here the OP's picture is top left.

This is how I see them on a commercially calibrated monitor using a fully ICC compliant browser.

I HAVE DONE NOTHING TO THESE PICTURES OTHER THAN GRAB PAST AND RESIZE.

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