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10/02/2007 10:46:32 AM · #1 |
Ok, this is not my style at all, but I have a client asking for an image where there is a soft glow surrounding the subject. She showed me an example and it's more than soft focus. The subject's skin was soft and glowing.
I tried searching here on glow but could not find a recommended technique.
Any thoughts or recommendations?
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10/02/2007 10:47:01 AM · #2 |
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10/02/2007 10:54:16 AM · #3 |
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10/02/2007 11:18:11 AM · #4 |
Is the glow you're trying to achieve a Photoshop glow or one you can get with lighting technique...or both?
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10/02/2007 11:20:52 AM · #5 |
Open shot in photoshop
duplicate bottom layer
convert new layer to BW
set mode on new layer to overlay or softlight (all depends on what you like)
gaussian blur between 7 and 20, according to taste
fade the layer
thats what I do. but many others will have different ideas and styles. |
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10/02/2007 11:23:27 AM · #6 |
You'll probably either need a 3rd party filter or offer your model some plutonium. ;-)
Message edited by author 2007-10-02 11:28:59. |
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10/02/2007 11:23:40 AM · #7 |
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10/02/2007 11:28:07 AM · #8 |
Diffuse Glow in "filters/distort" in CS2...
R.
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10/02/2007 12:10:07 PM · #9 |
I like Diffuse Glow on a Soft Light layer with a bit of gaussian blur to it.
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10/02/2007 12:17:16 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by scalvert:
You'll probably either need a 3rd party filter or offer your model some plutonium. ;-) |
Harsh LOL
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10/02/2007 12:25:23 PM · #11 |
ok... looking at input from Simms and dwterry, soft light layer with diffuse glow and gaussion blur sounds like a starting point. I hard tried just plain diffuse glow and that was.... not good.
Thanks for all the great responses!
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10/02/2007 12:33:04 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by Nusbaum:
ok... looking at input from Simms and dwterry, soft light layer with diffuse glow and gaussion blur sounds like a starting point. I hard tried just plain diffuse glow and that was.... not good.
Thanks for all the great responses! |
This one was done using basically that technique, and including diffuse glow. But I lost track of exactly how I was making it...
R.
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10/02/2007 01:18:05 PM · #13 |
eurgh! plenty of reasons there to throttle back on the processing. I am a bit of a layer-fiend when it comes to my advanced editing challenges, but this is really far too much, it moves out of the realms of soft glow into gaudy over-the-top-lets-see-how-many-effects-photoshop-can-produce dom.
Compare that to this portrait of yours, and you can see why less is most defintely more..
The basic subtle lighting here makes this a far more attractive image.
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by Nusbaum:
ok... looking at input from Simms and dwterry, soft light layer with diffuse glow and gaussion blur sounds like a starting point. I hard tried just plain diffuse glow and that was.... not good.
Thanks for all the great responses! |
This one was done using basically that technique, and including diffuse glow. But I lost track of exactly how I was making it...
R. |
Message edited by author 2007-10-02 13:19:52. |
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10/02/2007 01:20:50 PM · #14 |
Oh, it's a horrible bit of post processing, I agree. It just happens to glow :-) It's not something I will do again, but it was fun to make it happen. That's a totally backlit image with no fill light whatsoever, a grab shot.
R.
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10/02/2007 01:21:51 PM · #15 |
//www.atncentral.com/download.htm
There is a gothic glow action hear, along with several other diffusion and glow actions.
They're all free, so try til ya find one ya like.
If I remember correctly Edgarian Blur is pretty cool.
Dave Beaman's Ethereal Glow is pretty cool too.
Message edited by author 2007-10-02 13:23:28.
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