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 01/29/2007 03:34:38 PM · #26
I think you did a beautiful job! The only minor thing that I see is at the eyebrow over her right eye, but I only saw it because I looked at the original. Other than that, it's perfect! I have worked on a face similar to that and it's very challenging, but so rewarding when you let the person see the end result. Believe me, she might not have commented on it, but I'm sure she knows....(she was too busy seeing the double-chin to notice..ha)
 01/29/2007 03:35:39 PM · #27
Holy crap. Good job.
 01/29/2007 04:13:49 PM · #28
Originally posted by Bosborne:
I think you did a beautiful job! The only minor thing that I see is at the eyebrow over her right eye, but I only saw it because I looked at the original. Other than that, it's perfect! I have worked on a face similar to that and it's very challenging, but so rewarding when you let the person see the end result. Believe me, she might not have commented on it, but I'm sure she knows....(she was too busy seeing the double-chin to notice..ha)


Good call on the eyebrow. I really didn't do much except remove the snow from it, and I guess I must have goofed it up a bit.

Any ideas on how if I use the liquify tool I can remove the "double chin" effect at the bottom of the face? I think it will be easy to bring in the cheeks, but the bottom of the chin seems more challenging.

Message edited by author 2007-01-29 16:17:27.
 01/29/2007 04:41:28 PM · #29
Originally posted by boomtap:

Any ideas on how if I use the liquify tool I can remove the "double chin" effect at the bottom of the face? I think it will be easy to bring in the cheeks, but the bottom of the chin seems more challenging.


Hmm I don`t think you should "thin" her... One thing is to take away some skin imperfections (that with a lot of make up can go away also) but other is to make a person someone who is not. By taking off her cheeks and double chin she will get self concious about her weight. And it will not be "her" in the picture...

But yep, you can use liquify filter, in the mode "shrink" , or the one with the finger to take up the double chin.
 01/29/2007 04:44:49 PM · #30
It was at her request. She would like this for an album that she is working on. She loved the photo, but wanted to "get rid of the double chin". I was actually kind of shocked by the request, but I said I would see what I can do.
 01/29/2007 07:52:03 PM · #31
Hey give BradP a pm. He's one of the BEST at Photoshop!
 01/29/2007 07:55:47 PM · #32
Originally posted by Bosborne:
Hey give BradP a pm. He's one of the BEST at Photoshop!

I second that :) and he is usually more than willing to help which is awesome.
 01/30/2007 12:20:03 AM · #33
Or sometimes he just butts in and does it...


----- The Original ------- Your "non-overedit" ----- and the makeover ----

What's fun, is to open each in it's own window, then switch between them in the task bar to see the progression.

Message edited by author 2007-01-30 00:35:23.
 01/30/2007 12:28:53 AM · #34
LOL - I love the last one but I suspect they might not recognise the person :-)
 01/30/2007 12:30:04 AM · #35
BradP, I love what you did with her eyes, but the chin and eyebrows are way too unbelievable in my opinion. They look too obviously photoshopped.
 01/30/2007 12:32:18 AM · #36
ya' think? :))

Well Jason did say he wanted to remove the double chin, and figured I do the extreme edition...
;)
 01/30/2007 12:35:03 AM · #37
Holy Cow! Dang that is good. It is somebody else for sure but wow what a diffrence.
 01/30/2007 12:36:27 AM · #38
Hey, if Dove and other ad agencies can do it, so can I.
:P
 01/30/2007 12:42:42 AM · #39
I really need to learn that skill. I know lots of people that need a makeover. (including myself) lol. Really great talent you have there.

I keep looking at the transformation and realize that everything I have ever seen in a magazine is a lie...lol.

Message edited by author 2007-01-30 01:00:30.
 01/30/2007 01:02:31 AM · #40
Originally posted by Bosborne:
Hey give BradP a pm. He's one of the BEST at Photoshop!


I would say this is 100% no joke. He should be crowned grand photoshop champion.
 02/03/2007 01:18:07 AM · #41
I tried again with a diffrent pose where the chin was not as prevelant. I just wish I had the mad photoshop eye making cool skills of BradP to finish this up. How do you make the eyes dazzle like that?

02/03/2007 01:21:42 AM · #42
the problem isn't in your editing imho it's in your lighting. You have the idea of lighting almost down, if you would have turned her chin just a little to the left there would have been light come into the eyes and you wouldn't have had to edit so much and it would have popped better.

really good start, and a bit of fun and useful editing. keep it up
 02/03/2007 01:58:59 AM · #43
B-R-A-V-O
 02/03/2007 12:09:10 PM · #44
Dang! Jason. Good job.
 02/03/2007 12:30:38 PM · #45
I just thought of this. Plastic Surgery, Photo Shop. To bad it pays less to be a photoshoper.
 02/03/2007 12:32:53 PM · #46
Originally posted by boomtap:
I tried again with a diffrent pose where the chin was not as prevelant. I just wish I had the mad photoshop eye making cool skills of BradP to finish this up. How do you make the eyes dazzle like that?


You mean kinda' like this?


I took your edited pic - wow - great job too!
and i did print screens along the way during the editing and will come back in a bit and do an impromptu tutorial of how I got there.
It's a lot easier than you think.
 02/03/2007 12:42:42 PM · #47
Dang! Those eyes just come alive! Man I piddle farted with that all night and could not get those results. I would love the tutorial.
 02/03/2007 01:04:43 PM · #48
I can never say this enough but, BradP, you're my hero! ;-)

and boomtap, you did an awesome job as well especially after seeing the original. It was a realistic edit, I think.
 02/03/2007 01:42:19 PM · #49
I also included a bit of the layers and History on the right,
as well as the toolbar, so you can see settings and such.
Note: Sizes used in the tools were selected based on the 725x480
image being edited, obviously a full-sized one would require larger ones.

Step1

Layer, New layer via copy, then use the elliptical Marquee tool and drag
and ellipse around the first eye, hold down the Shift button, then drag an
ellipse around the second eye, then click anywhere to deselect.

Step 2

Image, Adjustments, Levels, and when the Histogram window pops-up, click
the Options button on the bottom. That brings up the second pop-up as shown.
In the 2 boxes, type in 0.5 and click Save as Default and click OK, then
click OK again on the levels/histogram pop-up. Those levels will now be
the defaults anytime you go through a levels, options adjustment, which is
nearly the ideal setting in Photoshop.
(never knew why they weren't defaults to begin with)

Step 3

Go to the eraser tool on the left, select a soft-edged brush, 100% opacity
and 100% flow, and slowly start erasing back what you didn't want changed
in the previous levels adjustment step. Work slowly and up to the edges,
but take care not to get too close to the division lines. I also erased
back the left eye (our left) whites, as they were just a touch over cooked,

and when done, should look like this, then Layers, flatten.


Tip:
When erasing, a quick & easy way to see if you have truly erased everything you wanted,
go to Image, Adjustments, and Invert. You will now see readily what areas you did & didn't do,
and can continue erasing while inverted, then invert back when done to check your final editing.

Step 4

Layer, New layer via copy, then I went to desaturate the whites of her
eyes, and went to the sponge tool, selected a 5 pixel size, 100% flow,
zoomed in to about 600% and started dragging the spnge tool over the
whites of her eyes. This will take repeated draggings, as it doesn't do
a true 100% per pass. By desaturating rather than painting white over,
the natural details will be preserved in the whites of her eyes.
Do both eyes, then flatten the layers.

Step 5

New layer via copy again, then I made the whites of her eyes, well, white.
This can be done by dodging the highlights, but I prefer this method
as it will retain the natural details. I selected a soft-edged brush
on the left, set it to about 5 pixels in size, then in the toolbar, set
the mode to overlay, opacity at 10-15%, flow at 100%, zoomed in and
started painting over the whites of her eyes. In opacity mode, it won't
just paint white, it applies a light white transparent layer, retaining
the details underneath. When done, flatten layers.

Step 6

Now to make her irises pop. Layer, new layer via copy, back to the elliptical
marquee tool, selected one Iris, hold the Shift button and select the other.
Then with both selected, I went to Image, adjustments, Brightness/Contrast
and adjusted both up about 20%, hit OK, then clicked away to deselect.
Then repeated the eraser steps previous explained, and erased anything
I didn't want changed in the Brightness/Contrast adjustment, such as
everything outside of her irises then when done, Layers, flatten.

Step 7

New layer via copy again, then to add the brilliance to her irises, it's
as simple as going to the sharpen tool, selecting about a 20 pixel size,
setting the strength to 10-15% and start dragging over her irises until
satisfied with the results. This should be done at the normal viewing
size on screen so you know just how much to do. When done, flatten
layers, and you should basically have:



Once familiar with doing this, this whole process takes only a couple minutes.
(not basic edit legal by the way)

Hope this helps.

Message edited by author 2007-02-03 17:16:47.
 02/03/2007 01:45:55 PM · #50
You rawk my PS world, Brad...
I am so trying all this later today :)

Thank You!!
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