[mcherry]
:// Thank you. Good idea with the embossing. I never tried that. Hopefully someday we will be in a better place with great models and awesome skin with 50MP cameras and a steady hand...then we won't have any more of this "digtal fake" stuff.
[mcherry] #2
:// Masks are one of the most powerful ideas/tools to know how to use. I will post a tutorial about it sometime in the various ways they can be used ...unless you get to it first. Here in the portrait studio there is no time to build libraries of skin pores and use them. Things are very fast paced and have to be done very well and in minimal time. There is money to be made!
Of course, the skin library may be a good idea if one is doing isolated shoots on occasions. Maybe for a magazine cover and such, then I could see that being useful.
[DannyZ]
:// Thank you for taking time to view it. I hope something will help improve or at least add to your knowledge.
[johne]
:// A few things I didn't go over that I did do in the image was enhance the eyes and whiten her teeth. I did a tutorial awhile back about eyes but I didn't provide enough steps and people didn't like it. Maybe I should redo that one...
[PhotographerC]
://That is a good idea except by copying a layer and blurring the entire thing takes more time than to work through my entire tutorial...just about. I see your point though. If the image was smaller that would be the smart thing to do. But I work with monsters and some filters take way too long. This is why I make a general selection first. Then the filter only has to do its work on the selected part.
[cclesue " Please tell me your NOT using an erasure in place of a layer mask.""]
://I have said the same thing to many many people. I'm not into the eraser tool at all except on that one step. I use layer masks for hundreds of other techniques. I think it is good ethics to sometimes not to use a layer mask for I may improve my drawing/painting/airbrush technique. I started in PS4 where there were no layer masks. I know of others whom started in ever earlier versions that did not even have layers. I have a hint of pride (being proud) when I feel like I'm using the techniques of the old. Lets face it, if someone with a real airbrush can edit a picture just as good as I can in PS-CS2....he will always be more impressive and revered than myself.
[GCook]
://I'm glad you found something useful in here. You said "It seems more logical to me than erasing it after." and that is key. In most cases you can get to the same point of a retouched image in several different ways. Each person has their own way which works for them, which of course is totally fine. Sometimes it's hard to write tutorials because there are always the 'ones' who have to say that the way you do something is wrong or bad. (as if they have a 'right' way of doing things...maybe a better way, but they then should share if they feel the need to reply) thanks for replying!
[jford]
://You know, I never got around to building my own website. I started it though. I spent much time building
one for the studio I work for though. I figure I got paid to make that one. I know if I had my own business it would pay off to put time into a website, but it isn't the right (or practical) time to do one yet.
-joshua