Hi Markus Here's one suggestion on how to treat the face in photoshop:
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2987328 Here's the details: Since there are highlights in many parts of the image (eg. the background), you cannot just solve it by using the levels or curves tool. You will want to adjust the tones of the face separately. First, convert the image to 16 bit colour, since this gives you a larger palette to work with. Then use the magic wand to select the highlighted areas in the face. I set the sensitivity to 10, and it took me 3-4 clicks to select most of the face. Don't worry if the selection looks irregular. This will be smoothened out in the next step. When you're happy with the selection, use "Feather" on the Select menu. This is the crucial step, your result will depend totally on selecting the right number of pixels for feathering. The feathering will make your selection smooth, and will create a gradient between "selected" and "unselected". If you copy and paste this into a separate layer, you will see that the selection will have a gradient from selected area to transparency (this will be our next step). The reason why the size of the gradient is so important is that it has to match a gradient in the face of the clay figure. There is a gradient in lighting between the highlighted parts of the face and the rest, which is exactly what you want to balance. I used 20 pixels feathering. You may want to adjust the number. Then use copy, and paste the selection into a new layer ("face layer"). Make sure the face layer is the selected layer, and then create a new adjustment layer of Levels, where the face layer is used as clipping mask. Adjust the gamma (the middle slider below the histogram) to the desired brightness. I used gamma=0,21. This will result in a overly saturated face, but with the right brightness. Finally, you should add another adjustment layer, this time with Hue/saturation, and bind it to the face layer as before. Then reduce the saturation, and adjust the hue and lightness to your desires. My values were Hue: -14, Saturation: -55 and Lightness: +18. Jostein Quoting Markus Maurer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hi Pentax workshop group: > > Here is a picture of an arrangement of the same raw clay figure I posted as > PESO, but: > > The details on the face are completely lost, what would be the best way to > correct that if even possible > and still keep the yellow color and gold of the "thing", so that the yellow > is not getting darker. > > Any help of even better a step by step instruction for a Photoshop beginner? > > The link (122KB) > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2986352&size=lg > > thanks a lot > Markus > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.
