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Can anyone help me figure out how this skin was retouched?
Jul 3, 2015 11:40:04 #
I have done over 200 portraits of older folks in the 65 to 90 category, and I can attest that Portrait Pro is all I use. I can make a 70 year old look 30. Some of my clients have said,
"that is the best photo of myself in 30 years". Of course, I had made them look 30 years younger.
"that is the best photo of myself in 30 years". Of course, I had made them look 30 years younger.
Jul 16, 2015 13:05:40 #
aisajib wrote:
I gave PortraitPro a go and I think it's best for eye enhancing. For skin retouching, I still have a long way to go. :(
Portrait Pro is a wonderful program but you have to play with the many sliders to achieve the best results. Over time you will master it. I will mention that if you shoot in raw format you can achieve everything that Portrait pro can do except it requires deep knowledge and many steps in Lightroom or camera raw and PS.
How artificial does the after image look? :(
Portrait Pro is a wonderful program but you have to play with the many sliders to achieve the best results. Over time you will master it. I will mention that if you shoot in raw format you can achieve everything that Portrait pro can do except it requires deep knowledge and many steps in Lightroom or camera raw and PS.
How artificial does the after image look? :(
Jul 27, 2015 11:54:29 #
Kingmapix wrote:
One look at this photo tells the viewer that it was over-manipulated.
Agreed! I like some realism in my portraits as seen below. I use Photoshop, then Authentic Imaging's Perfectly Clear, then I finish it off with Imageomic's Portraiture. The blond is a bit over processed but I like the result for my business card. The Brunette is in my humble opinion beautiful to begin with and required only slight softening in Portraiture.
Rada (blond referenced) No sliders used
Ruth (Brunette) No sliders used..
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Nov 1, 2015 08:23:26 #
rmbanas
Loc: Michigan
-Open your image in PS
-double click on the foreground color to open the color picker
-under the RGB settings in color picker make R read 127, G read 127,
B read127
-select brush
-under mode select Color Dodge
-under opacity select between 12and15%
Brush over the entire image or just the subject.
Do it in one entire brush (while holding down the left mouse button) because each time you left click to brush will add another 12-15% dodge.
Change the opacity if you want a little more without blowing it out.
See how it looks and go from there.
-double click on the foreground color to open the color picker
-under the RGB settings in color picker make R read 127, G read 127,
B read127
-select brush
-under mode select Color Dodge
-under opacity select between 12and15%
Brush over the entire image or just the subject.
Do it in one entire brush (while holding down the left mouse button) because each time you left click to brush will add another 12-15% dodge.
Change the opacity if you want a little more without blowing it out.
See how it looks and go from there.
Nov 1, 2015 08:25:46 #
Nov 1, 2015 13:12:52 #
I will bet it is portrait Professional..they have a free download to try..try it and you might be hooked like I was...it is very fast and it cut my editing time 90%
I don't work from them either..
I don't work from them either..
Nov 1, 2015 13:14:08 #
I will bet it is portrait Professional..they have a free download to try..try it and you might be hooked like I was...it is very fast and it cut my editing time 90%
I don't work from them either..
I don't work from them either..
Nov 1, 2015 16:02:21 #
I use it all the time! lol the new one with make up controls is a blast!
Nov 8, 2015 15:06:10 #
aisajib wrote:
I've been following this guy for a while now who t... (show quote)
This is just my opinion- no body actually looks that perfect. It is so obviously manipulated. I think women, even models, prefer to look natural, not overly "photoshopped"
Nov 8, 2015 16:40:15 #
Nov 12, 2015 09:28:01 #
Sdubois wrote:
Agreed it's better to make it look natural.. like this?
Yes. Terrific shot of a very pretty lady. Not overly processed. ( On very close examination I can see slight smile lines). On an overly manipulated image none of these "flaws" would be visable.
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Nov 12, 2015 17:39:53 #
Thanks She is a beauty, Hard to believe she's only 17 years old. But that lens is so sharp the images survive a slight softening and still look natural.
Nov 13, 2015 11:30:23 #
I think a portrait is a very personal thing, having been lucky enough to have had a studio until we moved last year I learnt that the most important thing is to control your lighting. Post processing is again a personal thing it is how you want your work to look, a few years ago people seemed to want their models to look like they were wearing a plastic mask now that are not quite so bad this model for me is over done, the eyes and skin have lost all their natural beauty. I tried portrait pro I bought it but I was not impressed as it even changed the shape of the face etc. People should look natural after all that is them, remove blemishes etc by all means put a slight blur on the skin and sharpen the eyes if you need to. The cameras we have today will do the work for you once set up correctly so why spend hours post processing ? If I knew how to put a pic in here I would upload a couple of examples, you could see what I mean.
Regards Charlotte
Regards Charlotte
Dec 5, 2015 08:47:01 #
Dec 5, 2015 08:48:49 #
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