hairy tummy

goldilocksandmy3bears

I just did a maternity shoot and the lady had a very hairy tummy. She was very self concious about it and I'd like to figure out a way to remove the hair in photoshop..anyone know some good techniques?? Thanks!
Court

anonymouscuban

:lurk

SteveM

Hi Courtney,

Toss them in a passworded gallery, and paste me the link here (not the password) and I'll see if I have any suggestions for ya!

ivar

If you can/are willing to you can also share one representative example here, and see if other people can help

Might I add that you have a very appropriate avatar, anonymouscuban

gluwater

Hi Court!

This can be a tricky situation. If she's self conscious about it then she'll be even more self conscious if you try to remove it and don't do a good job. Not saying you won't do a good job, just tread lightly. I would try to soften it instead of remove it. I'm not a fan at all of soft glowing photos so by soften I don't mean Gaussian blur. Some retouching action sets have something called "Powder your Nose" or something along those lines. It will soften the hair and make it less prominent. But please, please be careful with how heavily you use these filters. It is very easy to over do them. Use it to reduce the hair/blemishes/stretch marks. Do not try to remove them completely in most cases because that will look out of place and un-natural. If you'd like you can IM me a link to one of the images you're working with so I can give you more specific feedback.

anonymouscuban

gluwater wrote: »

Hi Court!

This can be a tricky situation. If she's self conscious about it then she'll be even more self conscious if you try to remove it and don't do a good job. Not saying you won't do a good job, just tread lightly. I would try to soften it instead of remove it. I'm not a fan at all of soft glowing photos so by soften I don't mean Gaussian blur. Some retouching action sets have something called "Powder your Nose" or something along those lines. It will soften the hair and make it less prominent. But please, please be careful with how heavily you use these filters. It is very easy to over do them. Use it to reduce the hair/blemishes/stretch marks. Do not try to remove them completely in most cases because that will look out of place and un-natural. If you'd like you can IM me a link to one of the images you're working with so I can give you more specific feedback.

Totally Rad Action set has one called Pro Touch Up. I think it may work well for this. I've used it to soften up my wife's cousin's mustache (female).

@Ivar... . You're right. The pic is pretty Anonymous huh.

ivar

anonymouscuban wrote: »

@Ivar... . You're right. The pic is pretty Anonymous huh.

I was actually thinking about the belly part, but yeah

anonymouscuban

Oh yeah... that too. I do have a bit of hair there but as you can tell, not too self conscious about it. Feel free to use my image as practice for tummy hair removal.

pathfinder

This thread is concerning post processing, not shooting techniques, and has been moved to Finishing School where it may get more suggestions.

Sam

I know this isn't going to help you now, but if she is so self concious about it, why didn't she shave it?

I'm just saying....

Sam

The photographic message here is that it's better to properly prepare the subject and get it right in camera than try and fix it in post.

anonymouscuban

C'mon Sam. Who shaves anymore now that we have Photoshop.

r3t1awr3yd

anonymouscuban wrote: »

C'mon Sam. Who shaves anymore now that we have Photoshop.

People who suck at photoshop, duh!

goldilocksandmy3bears

Sam wrote: »

I know this isn't going to help you now, but if she is so self concious about it, why didn't she shave it?

I'm just saying....

Sam

I dunno Sam I was kinda thinking the same thing however if I would have suggested it during the photoshoot then I'd prob. be stuck trying to remove razor burn, bumps, redness or something like that.

goldilocksandmy3bears

I haven't started working on these pictures yet but as soon as I do I will post one up here to show ya'll - to see what you guys can do.
Thanks for your help!
Court

SimpsonBrothers

Found this:
http://www.psdvault.com/photo-effect/how-to-quickly-and-effectively-clean-out-body-hair-in-photoshop/

http://www.magnet-photo-frames.com/tutorials/remove-hair2.html

Sam

Thanks for the link!!!!

Maybe she didn't need to shave.

Sam

malch

Try the good old Dust and Scratches filter (standard one with Photoshop).

It often works remarkably well on problems like this -- attenuating unwanted fine textures. You'll have to experiment with the radius and opacity but you should know within a minute or so whether it's going to work on your specific images.