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https://www.modelmayhem.com/pic.php?pic … up_id=&ua= I've tried some things, but I can't figure out how to perfectly blend a model against a layer background. Also, how is that unnaturally perfect skin accomplished? Thanks in advance, duncan May 22 09 10:48 pm Link Duncan Hall wrote: Possibly by using a model that has good skin. May 22 09 11:00 pm Link Roshar wrote: Good call, I'd add why not ask the photographer? May 22 09 11:04 pm Link Good skin is expensive.  I'm more interested in the background effect, to be honest. And I did ask him, but that's good advice. May 22 09 11:05 pm Link Layer the image, background, foreground and then add the background on top of the foreground and opaque the added foreground layer until it blends. May 22 09 11:07 pm Link Duncan Hall wrote: The background doesnt look like its been done in post. May 22 09 11:08 pm Link Duncan Hall wrote: you mean like the halo outline? May 22 09 11:08 pm Link i think he may be just adding a textured image on top of his original image. i have looked at a lot of his work and he seems to use the same textured layer in different works. May 22 09 11:20 pm Link robert christopher wrote: Really? So, would I need to shoot in front of a white wall, then? May 22 09 11:27 pm Link robert christopher wrote: +1 - seems to be right May 22 09 11:30 pm Link There's a textured layer on top of the image to give it that thick grayish tone. In any case, ask this photographer, he's very nice; https://www.modelmayhem.com/45851 May 22 09 11:31 pm Link Duncan Hall wrote: I don't think color of the background matters much if your covering it with some texture [layer(s)]. May 22 09 11:32 pm Link Craig Allen Studio wrote: If it's white that means I don't have to worry about the color of the wall interfering with the color of the texture, right? Or does it just have to be monotone? Or does it really not matter at all? I don't know.. May 22 09 11:43 pm Link I'll point you in the right direction: reduce the contrast in post. May 22 09 11:55 pm Link Duncan Hall wrote: I'm not sure since I don't do any of that kind of editing after I shoot the images. May 22 09 11:59 pm Link These are some of the examples of shooting with pantyhose attached to the lens. Just a question. I know this is a PS thread, but why not try to get the effect in camera before adding a PS effect? Im sure Im gonna be shot for saying this in this forum. :-) Click for larger image...   May 23 09 12:02 am Link Roshar wrote: no shame to my game, I'll say it for you. May 23 09 12:09 am Link Manuel Rego wrote: Reduce the contrast? To make the skin tones more even? Craig Allen Studio wrote: That's really impressive. I don't have the first clue how all that happened. I guess I need a more comprehensive tutorial than what I anticipated. Roshar wrote: I'd love to, but I don't think a lot of those effects are possible in camera. I would like to improve my lighting and staging abilities, though. May 23 09 12:13 am Link TH is the man. I love his style. I did a shot with him in mind that is in my port. His work is quite inspirational to me. May 23 09 12:23 am Link Gibson Photo Art wrote: Its my understanding that he styles all the images himself... hair, makeup, wardrobe, set. He is an awesome team of one! May 23 09 10:13 am Link yes shoot against a white wall but keep some separation so it goes grey, create a vignette to darken the edges, desaturate slightly, use a texture layer over the original, i use soft light blend mode and erase slightly over the model with a soft brush. here is a texture to start with but you will find others that you like better for your style. http://roxstock.deviantart.com/art/roxs … 3-84127321 it will come close, but he is still doing something else that i cant figure out. May 23 09 08:51 pm Link Roshar wrote: So how far away is the pantyhose from the lens. Is it "stretched" over it or held a few inches away? May 23 09 09:10 pm Link Craig Allen Studio wrote: That is amazing! Tell her I said so, if you don't mind? May 23 09 09:11 pm Link Lea Halliwell wrote: Stretched over the lens. May 24 09 09:53 am Link Robert Randall wrote: I heard the same thing. Amazing to have all that skill in one person. May 24 09 03:58 pm Link R-T-B wrote: ooops. Sorry. MUA was signed into my PC and forgot to log himself out. Sorry for the confusion. May 24 09 04:00 pm Link For best results take a photo of a model on a plain background like white or a blue/green screen. I use white a lot and then I edit the backgrounds. You can download or create brushes to make the background effects shown in the link you provided. May 25 09 03:14 am Link Why a bunch of photographers are in the digital art and retouching forum only to tell you to do it with a camera is beside me. Obviously, they were no help to you. When you want to blend a subject with the background you must do several things. The most important step is to color match the subject to the background. First select the subject layer then go here: image>adjustments>match color... Here you will find several options. down at the bottom under image statistics, select the background layer as the source. Now you can play around with the above sliders until the subject layer matches perfectly with the background. After you do that, I am sure you can figure out the rest for blending the subject with the background. Hope this helps. May 25 09 03:51 am Link Thank you all again. And while I admit it isn't directly helpful when people suggest getting results in camera which are impossible, I don't really mind since it reminds me that there most of a good photograph is the initial shot. May 26 09 05:19 pm Link |
