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From: "Mark Roberts"
Subject: Re: PESO: Another Overprocessed Portrait
William Robb wrote:
Hi, this is Sammie again.
http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/pictures/newer_still/4233.html
I'm trying a few post processing techniques out.
Techie stuf:
K7, 70mm LTD. ISO 100 f/8.
Illumination from one head in a beauty dish.
Really, really good. I'd have expected a much more complex lighting
setup than you indicate here. Do the post-processing techniques
include the layer mask you were enthusing about a couple of days ago?
:)
Oh boy, lets see if I can remember.
I copied the background to a new layer and fixed as many of the zits and
skin flaws as I could in 20 minutes, then copied that layer twice. I ran two
different Portraiture filters, one on each layer and then adjusted the
opacity of each. I layer masked each layer and did some airbrushing on them
(eyes and lips), and then merged them.
Put a layer mask on that and did some more airbrushing (pretty much
everything but skin) and then adjusted the levels on the background to make
they eyes sparkle a bit.
Another layer was then hit with Gaussian blur and then the opacity brought
down to about 30%, another layer mask and more airbrushing.
Flattened that and then a B&W layer with adjustments and a colour cast
added.
At least that hits the high points.
I'll perhaps try to fix the hair, but I have a feeling that was just fall
off from the single light causing it.
Thanks for looking and commenting to Dave and Dario as well.
William Robb
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