Anyone know of a tutorial for this post method?

Argh!

I have scoured the net in search of information on this technique, and while I have figured out a number of techniques that come close simply by exploring high-passes and gradient overlays in photoshop...

I was wondering if anyone knew a good place to learn the work-flow.

If this is an old question on these boards I apologize. I promise I read through posts for a good 40 minutes before posting my own.

Anyway, here are a couple links to examples...

http://www.deviantart.​com/deviation/42774041​/
http://www.deviantart.​com/deviation/37779056​/
http://www.obeo.com/26​3390

I saw the post about "virtual old painting" but that's still not quite it.

Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.


-D

drogonizer perhaps..

http://www.atncentral.​com/download.htm

It's called the Dragan Effect. Do a search in DPR's Retouching forum for posts from about a year ago (or maybe more, hard to remember) and you will find a ton of threads.

The first two look like dragon effect, the last one looks like typically bad realtor shot where they overused shadow/highlight to "save" a bad photo.

SWPhotoImaging wrote in post #3113188
The first two look like dragon effect, the last one looks like typically bad realtor shot where they overused shadow/highlight to "save" a bad photo.

LOL, totally.

I actually think they are overdoing the unsharp mask or using multiple highpass layers.

The reason I included it, is because it's one of the techniques I have found to get some similar effects on portraits.

tzalman wrote in post #3113087
It's called the Dragan Effect. Do a search in DPR's Retouching forum for posts from about a year ago (or maybe more, hard to remember) and you will find a ton of threads.

Ahhh... awesome!

Thanks a lot... muchly appreciated!

-D

pringles808 wrote in post #3112087
drogonizer perhaps..

http://www.atncentral.​com/download.htm

yeah, I came across this in my search for the truth and I was really hoping this wasn't it...

Turns out this is someone trying to automate the actual workflow.

Thanks a lot for your help though Pringles.

no problem...

Dodge and burn wwith lots of work in channels too
then a bunch of sharpening
Really though, just start learning dodge and burn tools in PS

Last one looks like a really bad HDR.