|
Forums >
Digital Art and Retouching >
Retouching Walkthrough and Analysis
Hey everyone! Just sharing a video I made for a retouching competition on Facebook by which i analysed the submissions for the competition and also show my result and approach via in-depth walk through Everything is based on personal taste, so i don't expect everyone to agree with my thoughts, however i am open to hearing what everyone has to say. of course i did the video for marketing purposes as well so no need to make mention  excuse my accent and poor narrative skills x_x Photography: Fanny van Poppel Model: Temi MUA: Danielle Trilsbeek video: http://youtu.be/cntkQMH3Pqo check out the video on youtube for all links Final image;  Mar 12 13 03:42 pm Link Mar 12 13 09:57 pm Link uh, the second picture is great!, gona check this one tomorrow morning  muchas gracias Mar 12 13 10:07 pm Link Apr 05 13 09:34 pm Link  currently working on a walkthrough for this image  stay tuned Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/featheredpixels Apr 05 13 09:37 pm Link Apr 06 13 12:35 am Link On the first video the phrase "I was not going to d&b the whole thing because it's not paid work" sprang out at me. On the final image, I would venture that you have gone too far with the inverted high pass/bandstop, the final image shows too much homogeneity. I would be tempted to leave this video out of the collection, as most of it is taken up by you explaining the competition on Facebook etc. and perhaps is not the best marketing tool or representative of your skills. I haven't checked the other tutorials, but the images look more promising. Apr 06 13 04:12 am Link Jun 03 13 01:26 pm Link
Post hidden on Jan 07, 2014 02:15 pm
Reason: not helpful Comments: Large photo is stretching the page Jun 24 13 07:35 pm Link coming soon:  STAY TUNED Jun 24 13 07:37 pm Link You do good work. I'm glad you have posted videos. Not everyone is willing to do such a thing, or they are and don't post them publicly. (like me ;p ) Your workflow is so much different than mine. I think that's a neat thing though. The biggest difference...you use a massive amount of layers. HOLY. LAYERS.  -joshua Jun 24 13 09:22 pm Link I was hoping you had some magic way to do that hair retouch so it wouldn't take forever but it took you a day! :-O I hate flyaway hairs... Jun 25 13 07:59 am Link here is a link to video walk-through of the last image I posted... hope you guys like! be sure to share http://youtu.be/Ys-Alo7OMxI Jul 23 13 07:43 pm Link Jul 29 13 02:08 pm Link Good stuff! Jul 29 13 03:43 pm Link Sep 11 13 05:03 pm Link You asked for feedback at the end of the very first video you posted, so I’m going to give you some. Moderators… check around the 28:18 mark. You spent the first twelve minutes of the video bad mouthing the work of the people that finished ahead of you in the contest. A number of times you mentioned the original photography was terrible. At one point you added the comment that it was so terrible, you felt your effort was less than stellar, but was not your fault. It seemed like you may not have rehearsed beforehand, because your delivery was stilted and very choppy. You were very obviously searching for explanations as you went along, which created a lot of pregnant pauses. It almost seemed as if you didn’t understand what you were trying to say. I couldn’t keep up with the count of how many times you said it wasn’t your best work because you weren’t getting paid. You also mentioned had it been paid work, you would have done things differently. I suggest that if you are going to produce more tutorial videos, you rehearse them before hand, eliminate negative comments regarding the work of others, and quit deflecting blame away from yourself, when clearly you are the one doing the work. If you actually are using these videos to secure new clients, you might consider taking them down until you resolve some of the issues I mentioned. Sep 12 13 09:29 am Link Don't bandpass the last images hand and Amen to RR. Sep 12 13 03:37 pm Link Robert Randall wrote: Do you notice the improvement of the quality of images as the forum progresses? Sep 14 13 10:02 am Link Mike Needham Retouching wrote: Why not? its a technique and it can be used.... don't tell me not to if it looks good.. Sep 14 13 10:15 am Link FeatheredPixels wrote: Mike Needham Retouching wrote: Why not? its a technique and it can be used.... don't tell me not to if it looks good.. I'm going to guess it was in reference to the highlighted areas here, where I'm also guessing he hadn't thought that you wanted a fingerprint-esque pattern added to the edge of the hand. Sep 14 13 02:17 pm Link Oct 29 13 01:24 pm Link I've actually watched a few of your videos before ever even seeing this thread, good stuff! Oct 29 13 01:36 pm Link Oct 29 13 05:26 pm Link Robert Randall wrote: Totally agree!! I would also like to add that you shouldn't work harder on just paid jobs... free jobs still represent you and trust me if your test is good this will become paid jobs in the near future. Oct 29 13 05:43 pm Link FeatheredPixels wrote: You need to learn to be a bit more humble and take criticism!! Sometimes is good take on board what other people say about your work. :-) Oct 29 13 05:45 pm Link The Invisible Touch wrote: I am very humble and always open to criticism Oct 29 13 08:53 pm Link The Invisible Touch wrote: I agree but the image wasn't a test or trade but rather for a friendly competition... Oct 29 13 09:03 pm Link FeatheredPixels wrote: Yes, but this still represents you!! Other potential clients can see your attitude towards competitions/free jobs/test and might put them off.. just a bit of advice :-) Oct 30 13 04:45 am Link Nov 16 13 05:02 pm Link I wasnt going to comment until I watched as the thread devolved into the OP blaming and attacking comments and commentators all while disregarding constructive criticism. You put your stuff up here for criticism. Not taking that criticism when asking for it is simply silly. Even if you disagree with what people are saying, you accept their feedback because YOU ASKED. Then if it is absolutely wrong or you feel the need to comment back or address their statement. Dont attack them, instead explain WHY you dont do that or simply say I have never done that, thanks for the ideas. Stay positive.... and my criticism of your work, is that you have a halo around a lot of your lips. If I were you I would fix those hard lines that look like mistakes. Nov 17 13 10:58 am Link That last one is really nice. Nov 19 13 12:07 am Link Nov 19 13 06:29 am Link not bad, but watch the hard edges, especially around the lips. Nov 19 13 08:19 am Link I'm not critiquing your work, I'm critiquing your video, which you asked us to do. I turned it off after 2:30 because all you did during that period was turn before and after layers on and off and said how much red you put into a conversion of the raw file. for two minutes and 30 seconds, you wasted my time and lost my interest. I'm not telling you this to make you angry, or to humiliate you. you seem determined to continue with these videos, and I hate to see you put all of that work into an enterprise that's doomed to fail because you can't properly script your videos. Kudos to you for talking faster and admitting your videos are tedious, but I strongly suggest you script them better and rehearse more before you commit them to the web. If you go into that video and count, you'll see you repeated yourself ad nauseam for the first two minutes. Best of luck to you. Nov 19 13 08:35 pm Link Jan 07 14 03:17 am Link Much better presentation, I actually watched the whole thing. Jan 07 14 08:43 am Link Could you PLEASE stop using MY FUCKING NAME in your video tags? Do I need to report you to youtube as well? I have been a good sport and haven´t done what I should have done... can you AT LEAST have SOME decency? Jan 07 14 09:50 am Link Natalia_Taffarel wrote: I wasn't paying that much attention... where did he use your name? Jan 07 14 10:30 am Link Natalia_Taffarel wrote: I guess some people never learn from their mistakes Jan 07 14 10:32 am Link |
