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what is this technique?
Mar 12 13 08:24 am Link could be some texture overlays applied with various blend modes depending on the base image and what the textures are. A bit too shopped for my taste, they eliminated the skin detail, all but the front two teeth and a bad masking line along the bottom lip into the mouth. Mar 12 13 10:51 am Link not sure exactly and I don't particularly like the effect either, but a simple method might be: select the area> filter> artistic> plastic wrap> tweak the sliders till you see what you like. good luck OP. Mar 12 13 11:03 am Link If anyone has an absolute answer to this I'd love to know! Mar 17 13 05:32 pm Link MichaelClements wrote: I doubt if there's an "absolute" answer. For practice I played around with a whole bunch of stuff -- color layers, hue/sat layers, curves layers, selective color layers, paint on blank layers in normal mode, metallic grain overlay, blurred flowers overlay. There's no formula or recipe; you just have to play and play and play ... or at least I do. Mar 17 13 08:14 pm Link this might be a good place to start http://youtu.be/XdW9moMXzzI I have a layer style saved that I paint in the lips selection, then adjust colors how I want them. Mar 17 13 09:37 pm Link Peano wrote: wow, nice Mar 17 13 09:57 pm Link if you are talking about the shiny gloss - it is done via makeup - i forget the makeup product but it adds a liquid gloss to the lips https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/ … 6943_o.jpg Mar 17 13 10:03 pm Link The white areas are lip gloss applied by the makeup artist. Where the light hits the glossy surface just right, the gloss reflects white. Lip gloss can also be simulated. http://www.glamourretouching.com/lipglossbrush1.html (Scroll down and watch the video.) One makeup artist I work with routinely uses three shades of lip gloss on a model. The idea is to darken the edges of the lips and lighten the center of the lips. It gives the lips a fuller, more 3-dimension look. The reason this has that effect is that things that are lighter appear to be closer, and things that are darker look like they're farther away. If the MUA doesn't create a 3D effect, I do the same thing in Photoshop by darkening the edges of the lips and lightening the centers - and lightening the lip gloss highlights if they aren't light enough. It looks better when the MUA does it, though. What I can do in Photoshop is more subtle. Because of the way most of us light photos (main light higher than the model's head), lip gloss usually shows up only on the lower lip, since the upper lip usually doesn't receive direct light. Often I also darken the edges of other body parts (arms and legs, for example) and lighten the centers. It has the same effect. That's just part of the story. I'd say it likely that some glitter dust was used on the lips - and either the MUA or the retoucher got creative and painted the designs/patterns onto the lips. Mar 17 13 10:24 pm Link I think Peano up there did a great job throwing that one together. I don't think it's near as much post-work though as it is make-up. Mar 17 13 10:33 pm Link Mar 17 13 10:47 pm Link JoshuaBerardi wrote: +1 Mar 17 13 10:49 pm Link Thanks guys. Great input! Mar 18 13 03:15 am Link JoshuaBerardi wrote: I agree, and that seems like the best way to go, if possible. Mar 18 13 05:52 am Link It's liplacquer...we use it quite often on models however Peano showed a nice trick, kinda chrome/lipgloss Mar 19 13 10:52 am Link Thank you. Apr 07 13 12:28 pm Link +1 for having a MUA use lip gloss, and then have the photographer use light to place the highlights. No matter how much photoshop you do, there is still not going to be anything like getting the shot right the first time in camera. good luck Apr 07 13 12:39 pm Link Well, the extreme specular highlights look photoshopped. Apr 07 13 12:43 pm Link John Allan wrote: That's very possible - especially since they're on the upper lip as well. Apr 07 13 01:06 pm Link Those are some sexy lips. Apr 11 13 01:15 am Link |
