[sawdust]

Pimp my Wifegod she would kill me for that title
Have a go at this for me ,I'm not to good with the Dodge and burn maybe I can pick up some pointers

[Dabhand16]

Here is my offering - but no dodging or burning in this one.



Cloned burnt areas with very low opacity (7 - 30%) and sampled from different places. Did this on seveal layers. New layer>levels and took gamma to RHS. Added layer mask and painted in everywhere except burnt part of hair. Flattened image>new layer selected eyes (eyebrow to cheekbone)>feather>levels gamma to lighten. Select whites of eyes>levels>gamma to lighten. Flatten>save.

Not really happy with burnt area of cheek, but no doubt someone else will be able to sort it out better than me.

[sawdust]

Good start though Graham gave me some tips thanks

[Dave]

Converted to Mono using Channel Mixer at R40%, G30%, B30% (best for skin tones).
Ran image through noiseware with sharpness at -4, to get that softer feel to skin.
Added "Curve" dragging top right of line up, to get that lighter look

[Dave]

Thought I better try this colour malarky

- Shadow/Highlights - Shadow set to 50% to reduce shadow impact
- Noiseware twice as above
- Smart Sharpen 100%, 1 Pixel to get sharpness back round eyes
- Hue changed to reduce red in skin tone

[Dave]

or cartoon style

[sawdust]

Dave I Like number two is a cracking pimp and even the cartoon

[jobe]

Hi Sawdust

Hope you dont mind me having a go, smoothed the skin a touch, removed a few blemishes, added some contrast using curves, dodging and burning around the eyes and a black vignette

Cheers
Wayne

[sawdust]

Thanks Wayne yousee its the dodging and burning i stugle with

[jobe]

The trick is to use a very low opacity I normally keep it about 5 to 7% with a largish soft brush and then you can lighten or darken very subtly

Wayne

[bigboy_cad]

Originally Posted by jobe

Hi Sawdust

Hope you dont mind me having a go, smoothed the skin a touch, removed a few blemishes, added some contrast using curves, dodging and burning around the eyes and a black vignette

Cheers
Wayne

Hi Jobe,

Like the output of the image, looks natural...would you mind share some Basic Tip in Step by step. Thanks in advance.

[jobe]

Hiya BigBoy

I cant remember every exact steps, but the following is as far as I can remember.
1. I used the Healing Brush and Clone tool to remove a couple of small blemishes such as the scar on her lip and a few dots and spots.
2. Then I used a skin smoothing technique for blotchy skin which I found in my searches. I know this lady didnt have blotchy skin but i find it to be a very good skin smooting technique which keeps the natural look and skin texture, but again I cant remember where I found it and cant give credit to the person who made the tutorial, but from that I created an action.
3. Then with the dodge tool at 5% opacity and a soft brush and the range set at midtones, sweep over the darker areas to lighten them slightly.
4. Using curves to adjust the contrast firstly on the rgb channel, then on the red channel but be very slight on the red channel just needs a very small S curve adjustment otherwise you'll get some funky colour casts.
5. I added a black/blur vignette, which is a personal taste not everyone likes vignetting.

And I think thats it basically, hope this helps.
Wayne

[bigboy_cad]

Originally Posted by jobe

Hiya BigBoy

I cant remember every exact steps, but the following is as far as I can remember.
1. I used the Healing Brush and Clone tool to remove a couple of small blemishes such as the scar on her lip and a few dots and spots.
2. Then I used a skin smoothing technique for blotchy skin which I found in my searches. I know this lady didnt have blotchy skin but i find it to be a very good skin smooting technique which keeps the natural look and skin texture, but again I cant remember where I found it and cant give credit to the person who made the tutorial, but from that I created an action.
3. Then with the dodge tool at 5% opacity and a soft brush and the range set at midtones, sweep over the darker areas to lighten them slightly.
4. Using curves to adjust the contrast firstly on the rgb channel, then on the red channel but be very slight on the red channel just needs a very small S curve adjustment otherwise you'll get some funky colour casts.
5. I added a black/blur vignette, which is a personal taste not everyone likes vignetting.

And I think thats it basically, hope this helps.
Wayne

Hi jobe....thanks for the imfo...its help.

[cdnphotog]

defog
skin smoothing
sharpened eyes and mouth
burned the outer iris
brightened whites of eyes slightly
added upper lashes

forgot to sharpen for web though






not a pimp in any means but a nice natural enhancement.

[sawdust]

fantastic jobs guys would love to show the wife not sure how she would react {dont like having her photo took }

[Suesmith]

Hi I hope you don't mind me having a little go at this, I've not really posted much here but look often and decided to have a go.