Candi McGrail Posted July 30, 2018 Posted July 30, 2018 https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001333725257&hc_ref=ARRG_I69STmJi552vdm7XggEpE2j-VD262fj1p-ypK5dVHXko7YjbcdrdxYpNqUAjPA&fref=nf
Candi McGrail Posted July 30, 2018 Author Posted July 30, 2018 i tried to post another link but it deleted my first one...here is another similar edit I love-wondering if it's the same technique?
Damien Symonds Posted July 30, 2018 Posted July 30, 2018 Definitely not the same technique. The Noelle one is good light, and more or less good clean processing, but a bit over-the-top with the editing on things like the teeth. Mainly it's beautiful because of the wonderfully blurred background (do you have a lens which can achieve it?) cleverly changed in colour slightly to be harmonious with the child's clothing. If you can provide a suitably-located, suitably-posed and suitably-lit photo, I can help you with the editing. But in essence, it will edit itself. This is more a question of photography, really. The Aleksey one genuinely is an editing question. He's spent quality time with D&B to get that look. (But of course the lighting in the photo plays a big role too.) Dodging the highlights in the hair, the lower irises, the lips ... and burning arms etc. Your photo is a little more side-lit than his, but I think it has potential. Once we've done the normal clean processing on yours, it will be fun to try the D&B. So let's discuss it in class first, then we'll come back here.
Candi McGrail Posted July 30, 2018 Author Posted July 30, 2018 Great! I will take a look at my raw file from this image and submit it in class, it’s an older edit... im excited to learn this. i do have an 85mm 1.2 -which should be sufficient to create the blurred background as in the noelle. I’ll shoot something specific for this too.
Candi McGrail Posted July 30, 2018 Author Posted July 30, 2018 Here is one more Noelle image-which seems like way more than just a good clean edit?
Damien Symonds Posted July 30, 2018 Posted July 30, 2018 54 minutes ago, Candi McGrail said: Here is one more Noelle image-which seems like way more than just a good clean edit? This one is a bit more exaggerated, yes. But still in no way related to the Aleksey editing style.
Candi McGrail Posted August 7, 2018 Author Posted August 7, 2018 ok, I am back...how does this work? Shall i do some skin work with frequency separation first? some dodging and burning?
Damien Symonds Posted August 7, 2018 Posted August 7, 2018 If she needs Frequency Separation or some other kind of smoothing, then yes, do it first.
Candi McGrail Posted August 7, 2018 Author Posted August 7, 2018 (edited) How did you do that? I love what you did to her hair! something about her eyes is bothering me but I love everything else... Edited August 7, 2018 by Candi McGrail
Damien Symonds Posted August 7, 2018 Posted August 7, 2018 Yeah, I'm not fond of the eyes either. Its a variation of "The Orton Effect" for which Google will find you lots of tutorials. 1. Add a new blank layer above all the other layers at the top of your layers panel. Hit Ctrl Alt Shift E to make a new merged layer of the whole photo. 2. Duplicate that new layer twice. Now you'll have three identical layers at the top of your layer stack. 3. Turn the first and second layers into Smart Objects. Leave the top one as a normal pixel layer. 4. Name the bottom layer "Burn" and apply some Gaussian Blur to it. I'm not sure how much - maybe 30 pixels? The aim is to soften everything so the young lady is still visible, but not quite recognisable, if you know what I mean. 5. Then change that layer's blend mode to "Multiply". Then add a black mask to hide it. 6. Choose the second layer and name it "Dodge". Apply the same amount of Gaussian Blur to it. 7. Change its blend mode to "Screen", and add a black mask to hide it. 8. Choose the top layer and name it "Sharpen". Change its blend mode to "Overlay" and then go to Filter>Other>High Pass. Maybe a radius of 5ish? Just enough to add some sharpening. Then add a black mask to that one as well. At this point, to re-cap, you have three layers, all hidden by black masks, called "Burn" (Multiply mode), "Dodge" (Screen mode) and "Sharpen" (Overlay mode). When you've done that, show me a screenshot.
Damien Symonds Posted August 7, 2018 Posted August 7, 2018 What the heck???? Where are all your other layers?????
Candi McGrail Posted August 8, 2018 Author Posted August 8, 2018 oops...well-i used portrait pro to do some retouching and it only uses a jpeg...guessing I should do that as a last step...sorry about that!
Damien Symonds Posted August 8, 2018 Posted August 8, 2018 10 minutes ago, Candi McGrail said: oops...well-i used portrait pro to do some retouching and it only uses a jpeg...guessing I should do that as a last step NO. If that's all it can do, you must not use it AT ALL. 1
Damien Symonds Posted August 8, 2018 Posted August 8, 2018 What do you mean, what's next? You haven't done the first bit right yet. Show me the screenshot of the layers applied to your PSD.
Damien Symonds Posted August 8, 2018 Posted August 8, 2018 No it's not. There should be dozens more layers than that. 1
Candi McGrail Posted August 8, 2018 Author Posted August 8, 2018 Yeah, you’re right. I guess I didn’t save the entire psd. do you want me to start over ?
Damien Symonds Posted August 8, 2018 Posted August 8, 2018 I guess you'll have to We would never do artistic stuff like this on a half-edited photo.
Damien Symonds Posted August 17, 2018 Posted August 17, 2018 Where are you at with this, @Candi McGrail?
Candi McGrail Posted September 2, 2018 Author Posted September 2, 2018 I’ll re work it and post tomorrow ?
Candi McGrail Posted September 7, 2018 Author Posted September 7, 2018 Sorry that took a while. Had to clear off some space on my computer...
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