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07/07/2005 07:16:13 PM · #1 |
I shot a few pictures for a friend for a hair styling competition. I was just having fun with some of my first portraits and trying to figure out how to create the soft diffused look. I've seen some awesome portraits that are very diffused yet bright and luminous at the same time. I couldn't figure out how do it in PS. Any help? Here's the pic.
Experimented with the zoom blur for this
Thanks for looking!
Message edited by author 2005-07-07 19:17:00. |
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07/08/2005 12:10:26 PM · #2 |
the zoom blur doesn't do a lot for me. if anything, it interferes with the hair.
have you tried just putting a slight vignette on the shot? |
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07/08/2005 12:13:36 PM · #3 |
| I have to agree with muckpond. The zoom effect takes away from the photo. |
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07/08/2005 12:25:22 PM · #4 |
i did this with the melancholytron (my all-time favorite filter)...
this one is a little more involved:
i duplicated the layer and put a 0.8 gaussian blur on the top layer. then i masked it and took a 50% opaque eraser to select parts of it (eye, lips, hairline, little bit of the hair).
then i threw the melancholytron on top. i can't stop myself! |
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07/08/2005 12:43:08 PM · #5 |
Here is my attempt
I create another layer bump the brightness (and contrast a bit), add a gaussain blur, then ramp down the opacity of that layer to below 50%, then flatten the image, and apply neat image. |
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07/08/2005 01:00:35 PM · #6 |
selectively choose just the skin ... ctrl J to make a new layer ... gaussain blur that layer but with the marching ants on it so the blur doesn't spill out ... set that layer at 30%ish opacity.
thats' for the airbrushed magazine skin look |
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07/08/2005 01:59:05 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by hopper:
selectively choose just the skin ... ctrl J to make a new layer ... gaussain blur that layer but with the marching ants on it so the blur doesn't spill out ... set that layer at 30%ish opacity.
thats' for the airbrushed magazine skin look |
Here's how it turned out for me:
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07/08/2005 02:01:45 PM · #8 |
looks good, just the rim of her nose is a little too blurry ... i'd erase the top layer around her nose at about 50%
Originally posted by adine:
Originally posted by hopper:
selectively choose just the skin ... ctrl J to make a new layer ... gaussain blur that layer but with the marching ants on it so the blur doesn't spill out ... set that layer at 30%ish opacity.
thats' for the airbrushed magazine skin look |
Here's how it turned out for me:
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07/08/2005 02:12:30 PM · #9 |
How's that?
Thanks for the "tutorial" Kris. I'm learning lots!
edit for spelling
Message edited by author 2005-07-08 14:13:26. |
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07/08/2005 10:00:24 PM · #10 |
Thanks a bunch Kris that looks awesome. Exactly the look that I had in mind when I posted this thread. I'll have to play around myself and figure this out. And for the record these are just for fun, not one submitted for the competition.
My shot at it
Message edited by author 2005-07-08 23:15:50. |
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07/09/2005 12:16:05 AM · #11 |
Here is my attemp... this is my way to make glow soft focus
if you like it, i can supply psd by email if request
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