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Radical Portrait Edit.

Tom K.Tom K. Registered Users Posts: 817 Major grins
edited December 9, 2007 in People
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    Chrissiebeez_NLChrissiebeez_NL Registered Users Posts: 1,295 Major grins
    edited November 24, 2007
    while i'm not too fond of this kind of processing, your subject can take it.

    good exposure as always thumb.gif
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    Tom K.Tom K. Registered Users Posts: 817 Major grins
    edited November 25, 2007
    I did a few more.

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    saurorasaurora Registered Users Posts: 4,320 Major grins
    edited November 25, 2007
    I like Jack's Fries. The change in skin tones on his hand and her face is a little distracting, but overall I think the image works well with this type of post-processing.
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    Izzy GaravitoIzzy Garavito Registered Users Posts: 228 Major grins
    edited November 26, 2007
    I like the effect
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    leaforteleaforte Registered Users Posts: 1,948 Major grins
    edited November 26, 2007
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    On the last one of the series, I really like how the colors of the patrons attire matches the decor (even the bulletin board) of the shop. Plenty of great shapes and lines in the shot. Including the brief case, floor tiles, the base of the table, even the ceiling and walls. It looks like the gentleman in the green shirt in the middle of the shot is about to take offense to his photo being taken. Nice shot.
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    tnoisawtnoisaw Registered Users Posts: 48 Big grins
    edited November 26, 2007
    I like 'em! How do you do that???
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    SystemSystem Registered Users Posts: 8,186 moderator
    edited November 26, 2007
    great shots without the effects and even better after-
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    Tom K.Tom K. Registered Users Posts: 817 Major grins
    edited November 27, 2007
    tnoisaw wrote:
    I like 'em! How do you do that???

    Put these into ACR (assuming you have CS3 and the latest version of ACR)....or Lightroom.

    [FONT=Geneva, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] Here are the ACR settings.

    Exposure: 0
    Recovery: 100
    Fill Light: 90
    Blacks: (this will be your final adjustment. Tweak to taste. First image is set at 51.
    Brightness: 0
    Contrast: 100
    Clarity: 100
    Vibrance: 100
    Saturation: -74 (or tweak to taste)
    [/FONT]

    It works with B&W too.

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    vandecarrvandecarr Registered Users Posts: 86 Big grins
    edited November 27, 2007
    i really like them. any idea how to pull this effect off in ps 7?

    thanks,
    mike
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    ShepsMomShepsMom Registered Users Posts: 4,319 Major grins
    edited November 27, 2007
    When i first saw processing like this a while back, i really liked it, but now, it's just doesn't do nothing for me. I ran across this site
    http://www.lucisart.com/ If anyone familiar with it, i would like to hear an opinion. The software is $169.00 i believe, and i don't know if effects can be produced just by using PS or LR. Anyway, i don't know if buying this will jastify money spent.

    Your images looks great without processing, you're very talented and i don't think you need to process your images, well, for fun of it may be Laughing.gif.
    Good work!!
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    Nikon 70-200 2.8/50 1.8/85 1.8/14.24 2.8
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    SystemSystem Registered Users Posts: 8,186 moderator
    edited November 27, 2007
    I really like this effect, particularly on a busy shot, like the two crowd photos-

    of course, it's all a matter of taste, and some would prefer a straight 'realisitic' photo-

    I certainly don't have a problem with that, and I like photos like that-

    hell, anymore, I think I like all freakin' photos-

    so all you photographers out there, I really like your photos, past, present and future-
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    SystemSystem Registered Users Posts: 8,186 moderator
    edited November 27, 2007
    oh gee, I can really get carried away at times-
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    SystemSystem Registered Users Posts: 8,186 moderator
    edited November 27, 2007
    and I have to say that tom's stuff looks better'n mine-

    so, I've got some work cut out-
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    Tom K.Tom K. Registered Users Posts: 817 Major grins
    edited November 28, 2007
    ShepsMom wrote:
    When i first saw processing like this a while back, i really liked it, but now, it's just doesn't do nothing for me. I ran across this site
    http://www.lucisart.com/ If anyone familiar with it, i would like to hear an opinion. The software is $169.00 i believe, and i don't know if effects can be produced just by using PS or LR. Anyway, i don't know if buying this will jastify money spent.

    Your images looks great without processing, you're very talented and i don't think you need to process your images, well, for fun of it may be Laughing.gif.
    Good work!!

    If I were you I wouldn't drop the cash on Lucisart. Use ACR or Lightroom instead.
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    PhyxiusPhyxius Registered Users Posts: 1,396 Major grins
    edited December 8, 2007
    I missed this thread the first time around, but caught it when I was reading the "at work" threads. I have CS3 and I've been playing with some random RAW files, but I'm not getting quite the same results. Any suggestions?
    Christina Dale
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    Tom K.Tom K. Registered Users Posts: 817 Major grins
    edited December 8, 2007
    Phyxius wrote:
    I missed this thread the first time around, but caught it when I was reading the "at work" threads. I have CS3 and I've been playing with some random RAW files, but I'm not getting quite the same results. Any suggestions?

    Play with the sliders once you perform the initial edit. Don't be afraid to change exposure and black and see what changes they make to the image.
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    TravisTravis Registered Users Posts: 1,472 Major grins
    edited December 9, 2007
    Take a look at the Lightroom Killer Tips Oct. 2 blog at http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/page/8/ . Matt K. does a video tutorial on this effect using Lightroom but you can apply the same thing to Camera Raw.
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