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03/05/2008 10:39:36 PM · #1 |
Hey everyone, I need some help. I'm getting married soon, and my sister recently took our engagement photos. The pictures turned out awesome on screen. The problem I have is that I'm VERY white and my fiancee is black. When the pictures print, my fiancee comes out very dark. Currently I have Gimp and Irfanview. What's the quickest, easiest way to lighten up the fiancee a bit without totally washing me out? Step-by-step help would be awesome. I'm attaching a smaller copy of the original so you know what we're working with.
Thanks in advance!
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03/05/2008 10:45:49 PM · #2 |
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03/06/2008 12:19:57 AM · #3 |
OK, this is going to sound REALLY stupid. I can't figure out where the PM is!!!
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03/06/2008 12:20:51 AM · #4 |
should have been send to the email address you use
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03/06/2008 12:20:57 AM · #5 |
awwwwwwww, you two are so cute!
You're pm should be in your email. :)
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03/06/2008 12:24:14 AM · #6 |
Ok, as soon as I posted, I figured it out. I never changed my email address to my new one.
Thanks for thinking we're cute! I think so too! ;-)
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03/06/2008 12:29:10 AM · #7 |
| That's an awesome shot. And congratulations! |
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03/06/2008 03:46:18 AM · #8 |
//i122.photobucket.com/albums/o268/jimbo_for_life/New.jpg
Hows this?
Message edited by Manic - please keep images under 500px and 30kb, or post links or thumbs instead. |
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03/06/2008 03:51:42 AM · #9 |
or this?
//i122.photobucket.com/albums/o268/jimbo_for_life/New2.jpg
Message edited by Manic - please keep images under 500px and 30kb, or post links or thumbs instead. |
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03/06/2008 01:29:37 PM · #10 |
Hi Squishy,
Please click below for my attempt. Let me know what you think.
And CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
Engagement |
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03/06/2008 02:34:20 PM · #11 |
Hi Lila,
There is a lot that can be done, but not in Irfanview, as both of your skin tones kinda need their own separate post-processing. I have no idea about what to do in Gimp, as I've never used it.
In Photoshop, his skin was lightened mostly with the shadow/highlight tool and a toned B&W applied over in a light adjustment layer. I added the glow effect to soften overall, as the original is very pixelated and of such small file size (41Kb) and did some sharpening with a custom USM action and also manually blurred some parts to lessen the jpeg artifacts in the original you linked to. (btw - you look soooo happy there - congrats!)
Message edited by author 2008-03-06 14:35:20. |
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03/06/2008 05:49:04 PM · #12 |
I did a version too. [thumb]655290[/thumb]
Message edited by author 2008-03-06 17:50:57. |
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03/06/2008 07:58:21 PM · #13 |
Cool, everyone! Thanks!!!
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03/06/2008 11:40:00 PM · #14 |
My attempt:
[thumb]655356[/thumb]
Congrats! |
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03/07/2008 12:05:50 AM · #15 |
Originally posted by mad_brewer:
My attempt:
[thumb]655356[/thumb]
Congrats! |
I've had a look at the photos above and I really like this one as your fiances face has detail without getting lost in the shadows. |
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