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Awesome work man thanks for the tips
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thanks for sharing this!
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Nice job ..... the eyes are dazzling!
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good stuff... and yes, the eyes really do stand out.
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whew! I'm a beginner using PS, i'll try exploring this technique...
thanks a lot for sharing...your work inspires me....
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thanks for the nice job!
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great work! thanks for taking the time to share :)
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what is USM
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USM= UnSharp Mask.
Click Filters/Sharpen/Unsharp Mask
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This happens to work very well under well-lit conditions. Under intentionally dark conditions, you might want to consider not using the Multiply step. At least, it doesn't work for me. Thanks for the tutorial. It lays a nice foundation
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Great tips, thank you ! Could anyone however explain "add a reveal all mask" ? Thanks !
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Thanks for posting the technique. I like the idea of multiplying with a blurred image. Nice multifunctional move. I usually fail in blending over from sharp areas(eyes) to blurried areas skin. It always looks odd. But you made this transformation perfect.
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I love the green background played against her red hair. Beautiful!
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Nice work... Change the blending mode from multiply to overlay and
you might see a slight diff.
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Thanks guys, glad you liked it!
@ finoseco - layer masks allow you to hide and reveal different areas of a layer without making any changes to the layer itself. a reveal all layer mask means you start with the mask allowing all of the layer it's controlling to show through.
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I'm with Finoseco. I found the Reveal All Mask, and applied it, but what icon/wand/brush do I use to 'reveal' the eyes, and how do I know when that's done?
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I like to use the brush tool, painting black, on the mask. This will "hide" the current layer, where you paint, and allow lower layers to show through. You'll know it's done because you will see the effects real time.
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So after I've added the Reveal All Mask, then click the brush... do i chose a color or any other option (besides the size?). I did this, and painted and there was no black mark. I just did a couple laps around the eyes, but it didn't come across as any sharper.
thanks for the help, after I did the blend, multiply and reduced opacity I really saw the potential here. I just love really, really crisp eyes (aka seseme_elis ( www.flickr.com/photos/sesameellis/267420958/in/set-1557112). Just love how eyes pop, with everything else soft.
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These are great! I think the only thing I would do differently, for a more realistic look, is retain more sharpness in hair. Movement blur is one thing, but gaussian blue (or similar) makes it a bit "soft filter glam" for my taste. It's definitely dreamy :) but if you want to find a balance between the dreamy and more realistic, try masking the hair, brows, & lips back in on your blur layer(s).
Really nice work, racer!
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Looks like you've been dugg.
Nice tutorial.
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Thanks Sara! And, thanks for the tips, I'll try playing around with them.
I've been dugg?!
I don't think that's ever happened before. I've been away from my computers since early yesterday morning, and when I checked in with Flickr today, I noticed that these three shots had jumped by about 2000 views each - so, only a minor digg effect. =]
Thanks for the heads-up, pyrator! I wouldn't have thought to look there to explain the views jump.
Here's a link to the digg discussion - it has a few good tips in it too.
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yes! congrats on being "dugg." as a member of both, its awesome! plus, i learned some tips on how to produce some stunning images for my advanced photography portrait semester project... thank you!
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One of my friend asked me to correct her portrait and after I read your technique I used it on her pic. Actually I use PSP and I used quite the same steps you described.
This is the original potrai. As you can see it was quite blured and colors were quite washed out. As well I corrected a bit her nose (she doesn't like her):
and this is the result I got after applying your technique:
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akimera edited this topic 32 months ago.
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I tried this myself, and even though I don't have an original here to compare it to, i think overall I like the feel of it, but it might be a bit too sofe.
I know these sort of shots aren't suppose to look 100% realistic, and I think it's best geared towards bridal portraits where that soft look is desired. At least it's a good look for that.
Anyway, thanks for the help and inspiration on this.
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using a very similar treatment, but also removed the blur from the lips, clothes, and hair (which i feel is KEY):
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Great job, and thanks for the tutorial!
Here's what I came up with using your steps, though next time, I should probably try using smaller proportions like your second example.
original:
too photoshopped?
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very cool enjoyed doing this!
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This was my result:
Though I think I like these results better in B&W
I also used a 2 second exposure after the flash fired.
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I mean...we should also say that this girl is beautiful by herself :D it's easy to achieve a good result! : )
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The technique here sounds very much like the 'orton technique' which is traditionally used with slide film - taking a blurred overexposed slide and layering a sharp overexposed slide to create a perfectly exposed 'orton' image.
I've used this effect on non-portrait photography to good effect too..
Read more about orton here: www.tonydegroot.com/Tips02.htm
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Fantastic thread. I will definitely try this asap :)
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This is so nice...
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@freakdog - trying to achieve this effect in PS, how do you proceed?
I'm guessing that you duplicate the in-focus layer, apply a Gaussian blur to the new layer, and then set a blend option...any particular one?
Thanks
Tony.
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There is a whole group dedicated to this technique.
Background and instructions on how to achieve it are here: www.naturephotographers.net/articles0106/dw0106-1.html
That site uses it for landscapes. It's really easy. I created an action should I ever want to do it.
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Adam Holte edited this topic 31 months ago.
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Last post was two months ago but thought I'd try anyway.....I got all the other steps but am not sure what "pushing highlights to just below clipping, and allow shadows to block pretty far" means.
And my subject had brown eyes and when I used the paint brush with black as suggested, the eyes showed through the layer as blue! Maybe that has something to do with the highlights and shadows part I don't understand.
When I downloaded the Quick Orton Photoshop preset Action, it uses the eraser and not the paint brush to pop the eyes but it also doesn't change the blurred layer to Multiply. Too me, the Orton effect looks quite different.
Any ideas on the paint brush colour?
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"but, I picked a good face color with the eyedropper and painted out some highlights and shadows with the paintbrush at about 10% opacity."
If you use raw you can do two different one almost blown out aka clipped and the other with shadows almost black...you can merge both or do in one swoop in raw ob the bridge. You can sample with the eyedropper that reside in the tool palette above the magnify tool and take a color off the screen, lower the opacity of the brush to about 10%. If you have an example I might be able give a better explanation. I haven't seen bikracer in these parts for a while, ma'am.
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Wow! Great job. The final result looks really good! Thanks for the tips.
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This is one of ours:
And this is some Orton and solarization:
We were aiming for a good picture, but we gave up and just did a crazy one. The Orton is done in PSP multiplying the gaussian blurred layer and protecting the saxo with a mask.
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photomatico3000 edited this topic 29 months ago.
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This is a great technique. These would make a great action set!
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This is my attempt...no eyes to work with though....
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Ash Little edited this topic 28 months ago.
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anyone tried these effects with GIMP?
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Works just as well with the Gimp. Most of the multi-layer type effects can even be done quite nicely on the command line with ImageMagick (that's what I'm doing currently, since I abhor the Gimp user interface and don't have Photoshop).
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Arkku edited this topic 25 months ago.
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I really love this technique! I have traditionally used overlay to diffuse which darkens darks and lightens lights (much like a hybrid between multiply and screen) but multiply really adds some great effect when bringing in a photo on the bright side! Great suggestions - here is my variation on a photo
I underexposed more of the surroundings because in the original shot, the background was about a half stop darker than the subject.
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Alan Neal edited this topic 25 months ago.
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awesome! thanks for sharing! i got motivated from this and applied some of your techniques to this photo. i used the darken blending mode in mine though.. thanks again!
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_chrisflickr edited this topic 19 months ago.
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Very nice. I am anxious to give this a try.
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THANKS A LOT ALL OF YOU GUYS. I will surly try this out.
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Here is how to create the Orton Effect using Nikon Capture NX.
dptnt.com/2007/12/create-the-orton-effect-using-nikon-cap...
Max
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Do you have the originals so we can see a comparison, Bikeracer??
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my contribution: This is the original, from RAW to JPG, using RawTherapy;
Now, using an HDR filter for the Gimp, and some levels and retouching with picasa:
Martin
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wow. this thread is still alive? cool! i kinda checked out a while back, and haven't been keeping up to date with all things Flickr.
i'll look for the originals and post them later.
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