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Hi all,
Just been experimenting,
Critique welcome, this is a color to mono conversion. Pretty steep learning curve at the moment.
The mono conversion worked ok but the problem seems to be that you've lost all the skin textures and facial detail somewhere down the line. I'm not keen on cutting the face in half either. I think it all looks too harsh, if you see what I mean.
Which image editing software do you use? Can you use layers?
The mono conversion worked ok but the problem seems to be that you've lost all the skin textures and facial detail somewhere down the line. I'm not keen on cutting the face in half either. I think it all looks too harsh, if you see what I mean.
Which image editing software do you use? Can you use layers?
Pol
Hi Pol,
I use PSP8 , I have been promised p_shop7 sometime, when my friend upgrades. the skin texture doctored to hide some very nasty acne, to save his embaressment, the image was an experiment. I am learning about layers, but my friend say's p_shop is easier to use
Hi Pol,
I use PSP8 , I have been promised p_shop7 sometime, when my friend upgrades. the skin texture doctored to hide some very nasty acne, to save his embaressment, the image was an experiment. I am learning about layers, but my friend say's p_shop is easier to use
I've haven't used PSP enough to familiarise myself with it, i could never get used to the interface and tool palettes as I've always been more familiar with PS. You'd certainly be able to deal with the skin blemishes and textures using the layers in PS7.
I'm no expert with skin/portraits myself, don't have anyone willing to model for me but I do occasionally have a go with self portraits and family portraits and snapshots.
Photoshop has a useful "spot healing brush" which can do a good job at removing/repairing spots/blemishes small scars etc. with just one click. I'm not sure if that tool was introduced with PS7 or maybe it first appeared in PS-CS but careful use of the clone tool can do the same thing, only it's more time consuming than the healing brush.
After you've carefully spotted out the blemishes, you can then create a new layer, apply a Gaussian blur and reduce the transparency of that layer, erasing small areas where you want to retain details ....eg eyes, eyebrows or whatever. That's one method for smoothing out the skin.
Perhaps build up the layers gradually so you can blur/repair small areas at a time until you gradually get the finished result that pleases you - and the person who was generous enough to model for you.
Layers aren't too difficult to get used to. Just think of them as transparent sheets, each with eg.... different contrast levels, colour levels, objects etc. each individual layer can have its transparency level adjusted with a slider ranging from 0-100%.
The stack of layers enables you to alter and simultaneously blend the overall image .... then you "flatten" the layers when you've got what you want. You can also preview the overall image throughout the processing so you can always see what's happening as you work and adjust things. you can also turn each layer on or off - so you can decide if something works or not before committing yourself and potentially destroying the original image.
Hope that helps a little. Sorry I can't help with PSP.
Hope that helps a little. Sorry I can't help with PSP.
Pol[/QUOTE]
Hi Pol,
Many thanks for your help, I look forward to PS7 as my friend say's it is a lot easier to use and more intuative. I have printed out your post to remind me as I practice. however I will try in PSP for now as I can work on layers.
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