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Paul Lara
{K:88111} 10/14/2005
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The other thing to use for spot touch-ups is the heal brush 'j'. Say you want to get rid of crow's feet. Hold the Alt key, and click on a nearby spot of skin to use as reference. Then, just press down once on any area to smooth it out. Be warned that the Heal tool doesn't work well adjacent to sharp lines or strong color changes, as it 'smears' the line. No biggie...just ctrl-z to undo it.
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Paul Lara
{K:88111} 10/14/2005
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Here's a tried-and-true technique, Sherry:
- Duplicate the layer
- do a Gaussian blur (more than you'd want on the whole shot
- Now, using the eraser tool, erase everything but her forehead, cheeks, etc. You want to erase that layer to restore everything with fine detail (the flowers, her hair, eyes, lips, eyebrows, etc).
Simple, but effective.
give it a try!
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Sherry Hammonds
{K:184} 10/14/2005
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Hi Paul,
I see what you're talking about. I am still trying to figure out the filters available in photoshop. She had some wrinkles that I was trying to soften up with a slight blur filter.
Do you have a trick that might work better?
It would be great if I could get a better filter effect.
Thanks,
Sherry
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Paul Lara
{K:88111} 10/14/2005
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It's a nicely framed shot, Sherry, but the post filtering makes her skin seem very blotchy.
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Sherry Hammonds
{K:184} 10/9/2005
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Thanks!
It was natural light at sunset. I used fil-flash with a soft box on my flash.
It's also a mounted flash not the flash on my camera...so it hits from above rather than head-on.
I love my flash...it's SB-28. It's totally fool proof!
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Sheila Carson
{K:5924} 10/8/2005
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Cool shot Sherry! What kind of lighting did you use for this? The flowers are so pretty!
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