yolie wrote:

I downloaded the file twice and Ps nor my image ready will open it so I can't do the big one. I don't know what I'm doing wrong  I know it usually opens raw files...hmmm idk i would like to take a shot at it though.

Oh.. The file is compressed with RAR.  you need to uncompress it with a program like winrar.  try doing a google search for Winrar.

yolie wrote:

I downloaded the file twice and Ps nor my image ready will open it so I can't do the big one. I don't know what I'm doing wrong  I know it usually opens raw files...hmmm idk i would like to take a shot at it though.

The file was compressed to an RAR file to make the file smaller and a little bit easier to upload/download. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAR_(file_format)

do a google search for winrar for the program to "un-compress" it.  message me if you need help.

chexmix wrote:
GO FOR IT!  I highly encourage everyone's different editing styles.  I keep doing the same editing style because I haven't perfected it yet.  When I can get my edits to look like Sean Armentia's and Gavin Oniell's, then i'll be content.  

I'm just trying to encourage people to do more editing then just running a few filters on the small image, and actually download the raw image, and try editing for a nice print size.  Thats when the headaches really begin on the skin smoothing.

OK.. Diablized


And just so you can appreciate the detail


It's exactly for that very reason that I do all of my skin work at 400% magnification and only use a (highly tweaked) filter for finishing touches.  My 'Diablized' look is all done by a series of actions of my own design and then each layer/effect is hand tweaked.

Jewelz Santana wrote:

I think if you bring the opacity a little bit down on the white of the eyes it will look a little bit more natural

chexmix wrote:
Sigh.. I wish they brought back Blinky and the Edit button.

Photo from Sunday's Shoot with the Absolutely Beautiful Jessi Duran MM#509451

click on image to download huge 58meg 16bit raw. smile  have fun.

I also wish they would bring back the edit button b/c I forgot to put the before shot up there. lol

Diable wrote:

chexmix wrote:
And just so you can appreciate the detail


It's exactly for that very reason that I do all of my skin work at 400% magnification and only use a (highly tweaked) filter for finishing touches.  My 'Diablized' look is all done by a series of actions of my own design and then each layer/effect is hand tweaked.

WOW!!!

3R GraphX wrote:
Here is a little tutorial on eye retouching that I post on my blog on myspace from photoshopuser magazine it will be very helpful to some people here.

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea … =318399784

Nice tutorial, but a tad overdone on the iris for my tastes.  Thanks for sharing it.

Diable wrote:

Nice tutorial, but a tad overdone on the iris for my tastes.  Thanks for sharing it.

scale it down... most PS tutorials are OVER DONE just copy the image and set the blend to overlay and then turn the op. and fill down to like 30%

some times multiply works better and sometimes soft works better

Resonating Art  LA wrote:
scale it down... most PS tutorials are OVER DONE just copy the image and set the blend to overlay and then turn the op. and fill down to like 30%

some times multiply works better and sometimes soft works better

I've kind of developed my own technique which seems to work quite well for me (see above).

**  oops **  posted this from the other me

Lilia wrote:

click on the image to see the bigger size