Skin.....

gmonkehgmonkeh Registered Users Posts: 312 Major grins
edited October 23, 2007 in People
Was bored tonight so thought I would play around with some skin smoothing. Used some dodging and burning using curves adjustments and masks. No blurring involved in the process at all whatsoever.

Half sepia using a highpass filter set to layer mode "color".
I would love to know what you guys think of the process?

Alex

Cropped:

87665170.jpg

Full sized:

87665100.jpg
http://www.reverbphotography.com
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Comments

  • BluxxBluxx Registered Users Posts: 6 Beginner grinner
    edited October 22, 2007
    I quite like the look - I am a bit of a novice, can you explain the work flow?

    thanks
    Bluxx
    gmonkeh wrote:
    Was bored tonight so thought I would play around with some skin smoothing. Used some dodging and burning using curves adjustments and masks. No blurring involved in the process at all whatsoever.

    Half sepia using a highpass filter set to layer mode "color".
    I would love to know what you guys think of the process?

    Alex

    Cropped:


    Full sized:
  • NimaiNimai Registered Users Posts: 564 Major grins
    edited October 22, 2007
    Ooh- I really like that! I love what it did to her eyes. I'll definitely try that out.
    Thanks!
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  • SwartzySwartzy Registered Users Posts: 3,293 Major grins
    edited October 22, 2007
    Alex
    That's a cool look....if you build an action............thanks for the last one...pretty neat! I like the overall tonality of this....should you care to share the workflow..we all appreciate! Nice job.
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  • Shane422Shane422 Registered Users Posts: 460 Major grins
    edited October 22, 2007
    How about a before/after combo so we can see how far you've taken it. It looks very nice, but I'm wondering what it was that this work has fixed.
  • gmonkehgmonkeh Registered Users Posts: 312 Major grins
    edited October 22, 2007
    Hey guys, thanks a bunch for the comments. One of these days I'll get to writing a tutorial :) but for now just playing around with different things. I'm not completely satisfied with it yet. :)

    Here's a before and after though so you see what exactly was done.....

    87723897.jpg
    http://www.reverbphotography.com
    Nikon D300
    Nikkor 85mm f/1.8D
    Tamron 28-75 f/2.8
    Nikkor 80-200 AF-D ED f/2.8
    2 Alien Bees AB800
    Nikon Speedlight SB800
    Elinchrome Skyport Triggers
  • leaforteleaforte Registered Users Posts: 1,948 Major grins
    edited October 22, 2007
    Nice.
    Growing with Dgrin



  • gmonkehgmonkeh Registered Users Posts: 312 Major grins
    edited October 23, 2007
    Here's another before and after, instead of writing a tute I will upload a PSD file of my workflow. You'll laugh when you see how simple it really is. :)

    87732142.jpg

    Here is the link for my PSD file.....

    http://www.snapdrive.net/qs/e1893832b6d6
    http://www.reverbphotography.com
    Nikon D300
    Nikkor 85mm f/1.8D
    Tamron 28-75 f/2.8
    Nikkor 80-200 AF-D ED f/2.8
    2 Alien Bees AB800
    Nikon Speedlight SB800
    Elinchrome Skyport Triggers
  • schmooschmoo Registered Users Posts: 8,468 Major grins
    edited October 23, 2007
    Your PSD doesn't open for me! headscratch.gif

    It says it wasn't saved with a composite image...?
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  • TravisTravis Registered Users Posts: 1,472 Major grins
    edited October 23, 2007
    gmonkeh wrote:
    Here's another before and after, instead of writing a tute I will upload a PSD file of my workflow. You'll laugh when you see how simple it really is. :)



    Here is the link for my PSD file.....

    http://www.snapdrive.net/qs/e1893832b6d6

    Wow! That is a haunting image and I love the effect. Awesome.
    Travis Owney Photography
    My Images | My Lessons Learned and Other Adventures
  • JimWJimW Registered Users Posts: 333 Major grins
    edited October 23, 2007
    Alex,

    I got that file to open. Very interesting. Thank you for taking the time and effort to post that, it's very helpful and generous.

    While I didn't laugh at it's simplicity, I can understand that once you get the hang of that process, you can do it easily.

    This is great, because I didn't have anything else on my to do list. (yeah, right) :D:D

    Jim

    I don't want the cheese, I just want to get out of the trap.


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  • k2butterk2butter Registered Users Posts: 259 Major grins
    edited October 23, 2007
    Alex, thank you for sharing that file, very interesting to see the workflow on that.
  • gmonkehgmonkeh Registered Users Posts: 312 Major grins
    edited October 23, 2007
    I'm glad you guys like the PSD. It just goes to show that there's really no great mystique, in this kind of processing. Just get used to a lot of dodging and burning. :)
    http://www.reverbphotography.com
    Nikon D300
    Nikkor 85mm f/1.8D
    Tamron 28-75 f/2.8
    Nikkor 80-200 AF-D ED f/2.8
    2 Alien Bees AB800
    Nikon Speedlight SB800
    Elinchrome Skyport Triggers
  • Shane422Shane422 Registered Users Posts: 460 Major grins
    edited October 23, 2007
    Thanks for the before and after. It does make your skin technique look good. It looks good without going too far. I'm still using your actions and they are quite handy.
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