Can someone help my kitty? - DPChallenge Forums

06/24/2005 10:24:16 PM · #1

I just took this photo of my cat boots. I've been working on his eyes- I tried and tried to remove the glazed look and balance the color of both, but have had absolutely no luck. Anyone want to give it a shot?

Here is the photo with no mods other than a resize:

06/24/2005 10:26:44 PM · #2

I'll work on it after I finish this Spades Tournament I'm playing in...

Robt.

06/24/2005 10:27:50 PM · #3

Thanks and good luck in the tournament!

06/24/2005 10:29:07 PM · #4

You use Photoshop?

R.

(I'm waiting out a bye...)

Message edited by author 2005-06-24 22:29:26.

Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8 L IS

06/24/2005 10:32:54 PM · #5

Yep- I use CS. I think my issue is that I'm missing some little tool or how to use it :\

kirbic

Canon EOS R5

06/24/2005 10:43:43 PM · #6

Here's a quick edit:

Edit: Added edit steps to image details.

Message edited by author 2005-06-24 22:49:24.

Brad

Olympus OM-D E-M1

Olympus 40-150mm f/2.8 PRO M.Zuiko

06/24/2005 10:44:34 PM · #7

Originally posted by thewriterside:

Yep- I use CS. I think my issue is that I'm missing some little tool or how to use it :\

Had a girlfriend tell me that once....

DustDevil

Canon EOS-70D

Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM

06/24/2005 10:47:42 PM · #8

Message edited by author 2005-06-24 23:52:55.

06/24/2005 10:58:38 PM · #9

Thanks, Kirbic and DD. Both are great!

Kirbic- the depth of the eyes is incredible. I really think I need to familiarize myself with more tools in photoshop. I still haven't even figured out what masks, layer masks, quick masks and whatnot are.

Thanks again guys!

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

06/24/2005 11:00:10 PM · #10

Just saw the second one you added to your post, DD. I think I prefer that one over the first. The color balance between the eyes is perfect. Great work and thanks a lot!

aboutimage

Canon EOS-30D

06/24/2005 11:07:00 PM · #11

If you want to learn how to do it, PM me your email address and I'll send you the Photoshop file with the layers.

1. Duplicate eyes (pen tool is my preferred method)
2. Apply Unsharp Mask to left eye (about 90%, I think)
3. Apply Unsharp Mask to right eye (about 40%)
4. Add hue/saturation adjustment layer to left eye (colorize, -46, -13, -5)
5. Add hue/saturation adjustment layer to right eye (colorize, -50, -14, 0)
6. Blur rough edges of both eye copies
7. Apply gentle curve adjustment on whole image (hard to define, you'd have to see it)
8. Apply levels adjustment layer to whole image (7, 0.78, 203)

Message edited by author 2005-06-24 23:50:09.

pcody

Canon PowerShot G6

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8

06/24/2005 11:07:24 PM · #12

06/24/2005 11:44:31 PM · #13

And now for something completely different... it needs more work on the definition of the eyes, but that really needs to be done at full scale, and anyway I donno if the very bright eyes are worth it LOL. But here ya go:

Robt.

Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM

06/24/2005 11:51:26 PM · #14

Wow! Thanks everyone! And Robt, I think I'm going to set yours as my wallpaper.

DustDevil

Canon EOS-70D

06/24/2005 11:55:13 PM · #15

Nice bear....all I did was adjust brightnes/contrast to -10/5 to each eye and colorized 33 / 96 and messed with levels on the whole image.

Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM

06/24/2005 11:57:39 PM · #16

Thanx, guys. Mine is pretty extreme, so it's not "realistic", but it does bring the eyes up to allow the image to have a dominant focal point, which was lacking before.

R.

Message edited by author 2005-06-24 23:58:03.

DustDevil

Canon EOS-70D

06/25/2005 12:10:08 AM · #17

PS watch out for sand bags bear.

mcmurma

Nikon MF 180mm f/2.8 ED AIS

06/25/2005 12:19:31 AM · #18

I did an AutoLevels first, to try and get closer to the "true" color of kittys eyes. I decided they were really close to the shade seen here (could be wrong) but that different light sources were causing lots of color conflicts, which happens a lot in cats eyes.

Anyway, to get the eye on the left looking more like the one on the right I selected the muddy upper portion (lasso tool, feather of 3 pix) and adjusted the color with color mechanic, then selected just the lower portion and adjusted with color mechanic. To me, the balance looks natural enough to not be overly disturbing as it is, but it could be blended better.

06/25/2005 12:27:07 AM · #19

That's pretty natural looking, mac: nice leveling work. I think they prolly need some warm in 'em tho, albeit not as much as I juiced 'emw ith LOL.

Robt.

mcmurma

Nikon MF 180mm f/2.8 ED AIS

06/25/2005 12:42:15 AM · #20

Originally posted by bear_music:

That's pretty natural looking, mac: nice leveling work. I think they prolly need some warm in 'em tho, albeit not as much as I juiced 'emw ith LOL.

Robt.

Thx Robt.

I'm curious to hear if the color matches the cats eyes as they really appeared in that light. With auto levels you never know.

06/25/2005 01:05:17 AM · #21

Originally posted by mcmurma:

Excellent job. The eye color is actually looks like his natural color. I'm surprised!

Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX DG Macro for Nikon

06/25/2005 02:03:10 AM · #22

There it is from the horse's mouth, Gotta go back and tweak, I guess. LOL

Robt.

koltrane75

Nikon D100

06/25/2005 02:03:45 AM · #23

Here is my take:

06/25/2005 02:07:51 AM · #24

Originally posted by bear_music:

There it is from the horse's mouth, Gotta go back and tweak, I guess. LOL

Robt.

My mouth isn't horse-like at all. HAHA