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Trying a New-to-Me Procedure
Started July 15, 2010 @ 9:24am by Flo
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Flo
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| Trying a New-to-Me Procedure | July 15, 2010 @ 9:24am | Trying to improve an image I'd made of my great grandson Connor last month.
1. I always store my original images in Apple's iPhoto. To work on an image, I drag the original to the desktop, then open PS's Bridge and click on the image icon on the desktop shown in Bridge. Then I open the image in ACR (Camera Raw).
2. I did the above step, but immediately opened the image in PS CS3 and flattened it.
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3. Went back to Bridge and opened the original in ACR. I got a duplicate, which is what I was hoping would happen. In ACR, the only change I made was to move the Clarity slider all the way to the left. Then I opened that into CS3.
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4. I dragged the dupe image over the flattened original.
5. I created a black mask and used a wide white brush at about 32% opacity and painted only Connor's face several times.
6. Changed the blend mode to Screen. This produced an image with Connor's face too bright. So I changed the opacity to about 53% which tamed down his face to where I liked it.
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What I liked about the result is more light on his face. But I think I lost some of the warm skin tones in the process.
Question 1: Do you think I improved the original?
Question 2: Is there something else I can do to improve this result?
Question 3: What would you do with the original?
Any and all suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
Flo - PPY
"May we live in peace without weeping. May our joy outline the lives we touch without ceasing. And may our love fill the world, angel wings beating." aziza
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Bob Dein
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| July 15, 2010 @ 2:54pm | Flo,
I really like the way that the boy is framed. Actually, I like #1 better than the others. He may "pop" a bit if you make a selective color adjustment layer and add some cyan and black to the yellow channel. Or, not. very nice the way that it is.
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Becky
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| July 15, 2010 @ 8:00pm | I too like #1, Flo. It is amazing how fast children grow!
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Flo
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| July 16, 2010 @ 7:32am | Thanks, Bob sand Becky. Guess I should have left well enough alone, then.
Flo - PPY
"May we live in peace without weeping. May our joy outline the lives we touch without ceasing. And may our love fill the world, angel wings beating." aziza
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Pablo
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| July 18, 2010 @ 6:32am | Hi Flo!
My first impression (besides Connor is a good looking kid) is the technique is better suited to glamor photography that a gritty baseball player..... HA!
The washed out baseball hat bothered me so I tried to fix that, and then decided to crop and add some texture (working with the gritty baseball player theme). Anyway, I am not a portrait photographer and here is my best shot:
Pablo
Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in - Mark Twain
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Trish
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| July 18, 2010 @ 6:56am | Very nice capture Flo, The first is great,The others made him look to waxy IMHO. So be pleased it is a excellent portrait and I do like Pauls crop too.
Trish
PPY anytime and welcome
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Flo
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| July 18, 2010 @ 7:52am | Paul, thank you for diddling with the image. I like what you did very much. You're right about "gritty baseball players" vs glamor shots, lol.
Trish, thanks for your comments.
Flo - PPY
"May we live in peace without weeping. May our joy outline the lives we touch without ceasing. And may our love fill the world, angel wings beating." aziza
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