Thanks captain stevo

darker is before, the lightened one is after...

Nice tutorials here

I would like to add one thing..someone said they wanted to get Photoshop ..well that is a very expensive program ...if they get Photoshop Elements they can do all the things the average person needs to do at a fraction of the cost..

Its not just me saying this but Mark Galer who has written several books on this and does testing for Adobe told me this. You can pick up his books at most book stores full of very good suggestions..

Also I notice you are in fashion photography..ever use Portrait Professional...? it is an absolutely incredible program for portrait enhancements..takes an ordinary woman and makes her look fantastic! And the studio edition has a photoshop full version and elements plug in...and its cheap!

I tried to upload some examples but for some reason I cant do it!! :( Got some kind of error message..

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 134217728 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 48820353 bytes) in /home/ak47/public_html/includes/class_image.php on line 2401

If you can figure this out I will post the photos..

Nice work here, i'm sure i saw someone who did photo work say there was a plugin or filter you can use that helps with removing the appearance of light dirt on paintwork??

I've only got CS, but hoping i can do something with it.

I would never EVER recommend portrait professional. That should be opposite portrait unprofessional with a sad face.

I will not expend on my retouching skills because there is so much, retouching itself is an art form. You are absolutely right that adobe elements will do it but... If you are in the slightest interested in photography it's worth it. My friend and Author professor Katrin Eismanns book "restoration and retouching" is hands down one of the best books. Even though it's only for photoshop cs2 you can still apply her technique also when you buy the book she is accessible. You can mention me if you get the book and have additional questions or email me.


Blurring of the skin, unless spatial frequency techniques and I would only advise if you know the proper integers.

Nice however remember not to blow out your highlights so the front tone down just a bit. Don't be afraid to be selective :-) but good job

I was having trouble with that. T that area up front was getting bad to. I try and later everything. I'll mask the layer and then use the gradient however I need it to get a decent effect but I really was having trouble with the front of the car.

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Heres my go. two layers.

Why would you not recommend portrait professional? What is it you can do in Photoshop that Portrait cannot do, especially when it becomes part of Photoshop as a plug in?
My experience has been that you can do exactly the same things in Portrait professional that you can in Photoshop but the entire process is much much easier and faster..

If you have the basic understanding of retouching that something "quick", never is "good". I'm not going to argue I do all my retouching manually. All the retouchers would laugh. It removes pore and detail structure from face yielding fake plastic skin. Detail is crucial.


ThePhotographer

Ok! no need to argue why dont you show us a model and take us through the steps of enhancement that you would do and show me the difference..

I will not release my retouching to the public. It is done manually with a neutral soft layer dual curves and a frequency separation technique. You could essentially get the same effect that with horrible pore less skin with surface blur and manually painting that on.


ThePhotographer

Will you share it with me. :yum:

I love you Steve, but not that much. If your name was Channing tatum; yes


ThePhotographer

But... but... I thought... :( :crying:

Will sex make up for this crime?


ThePhotographer

I'm not that kind of girl. :bowrofl:

Its OK , I understand the need to keep your competitive advantages under wraps. :tup:

Awesome thread, I just got cs6 and know nothing about it! Repped :tup:

Exactly.


ThePhotographer

Quality retouching takes A LOT of work

Nice tutorials!

For someone starting out, I think Adobe Lightroom is fantastic and pretty easy to use. It may not have the depth of Photoshop, but it will yield great results...even fantastic results once you know your way around. You can easily touch-up, like skin smoothing, without losing detail. PS is still king for heavy lifting, but for most people, editing in lightroom is enough.

For some people it is, for me and BOXstudios other large reputable companies will not do LR.


ThePhotographer

lol, what do you have against lightroom?

I don't prefer it doesn't mean you don't have to dislike it.

With that being said I have Lightroom, I've used it once and that was to adjust my K temperature across the bored.

However most in the industry are using Capture one.


ThePhotographer

Just update Attachment 49089. Also if someone wants a tutorial email t to me and I'll do it on my blog!

info@clintearhart.com


ThePhotographer

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ThePhotographer

http://www.the370z.com/members/hyuns...ure52531-2.jpg

Any more improvements I can make out of this ? :)

Now that's a pretty nice shot :)

Yep... Close that garage door!

:icon17: Agreed. That's a pretty SICK shot hyunsoo1803!

Thanks for the compliments, and yes, the garage door needs to be closed :)

just photoshop out the trash can and other garage items.. then less visual distraction..

First of all, great thread OP! Lots of helpful info in here.

Here's my attempt at the last picture that was posted by "hyunsoo1803". I am by no means a professional, I just like messing with PS.

I tried that and here's what I came up with. (Could be better by spending more time on it or by someone with more experience)

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...orchange-1.jpg

And then here's my attempt at changing color. I use a different technique than what the OP showed on page 3.

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t...lorchange2.jpg

Here's a tutorial (not written by me) that can be used for the color change technique that I used: In Photoshop Change Dress Color Using Variations | BuildTutorial.com

Constructive criticism welcome!

@Randy LOL,

This thread keeps on winning!!!

Cool! I really like the color

Thanks :tiphat:

Definitely. I would lighten the wheels do some manual HDR.


ThePhotographer

These are two entirely seperate photographs. Look at the reflection on the front fender, different. Positioning of tree in background is different and light holes through trees are in different places. So the difference is perspective. Photographer shifted slightly to the left.

If anyone needs help feel freeto shoot me an email : info@clintearhart.com !


ThePhotographer

That, or we're looking at a bar game screen where you have to identify the differences in the photos:

http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/f/20...s3-d5mvrqt.jpg

Did I win?

:icon17:

Yes!
:tiphat: