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Photographer

Chuston

Posts: 14

Denver, Colorado, US

Good, mediocre? How's this (cropped) retouch and what could I have done to improve it.

Thanks for your feedback.

https://www.chustonimages.com/Ideas/1565_before_after_faceonly.jpg

Apr 20 10 06:07 pm Link

Photographer

Chuston

Posts: 14

Denver, Colorado, US

Here's another for-fun:
https://www.chustonimages.com/Ideas/barak_obama_ba2_sm.jpg

Apr 20 10 08:24 pm Link

Retoucher

J Strath

Posts: 928

Los Angeles, California, US

Haha, well I like the first one better.  The Obama one?  Well, that might as well be another person int he "after" result. XD  Maybe that was the point?  But yeah...looks nothing like him, it's practically a manipulation at that point.  It's well done though!

Apr 20 10 08:55 pm Link

Retoucher

Chaviit0

Posts: 2241

Wenatchee, Washington, US

You did a did a Great job on the first one!
You should remove the red lines on her eyes[=
and the extra eyebrows

On the obama... Looks Fine
But the one ear looks bigger than the other one hehe!

Apr 20 10 09:02 pm Link

Photographer

Chuston

Posts: 14

Denver, Colorado, US

Chaviit0 wrote:
You should remove the red lines on her eyes[=
and the extra eyebrows

Ah yeah! Good point. Thanks. And now that you mention it - the way the brow hair is lining up going down and to the right on the right brow could be tuned up too. I just got ahold of some PS brushes to play with adding lashes and brows so your suggestion is well timed.

Chaviit0 wrote:
On the obama... Looks Fine
But the one ear looks bigger than the other one hehe!

Man you should see his unretouched ears. They're HUGE. ;-)

HuggleMistress wrote:
But yeah...looks nothing like him, it's practically a manipulation at that point.

True. True. Just got bored and wanted to play but what surprised me was how big an impact it had changing only his ears. Massive difference in overall look. The "after" has also a minor nose job but 90% of the "different-person" effect is the ears.

Apr 20 10 09:17 pm Link

Retoucher

Chaviit0

Posts: 2241

Wenatchee, Washington, US

Something I do... =P
[you can notice in my avi][some people didnt like that]
Is that i crop something from the same picture and paste it in there =P
I dont know how to express my self
If you change something [exaple: the ear]
You can crop the one you like the most and paste it in front of the other one
And just fix the light/shadow with D&B[=

Apr 20 10 09:41 pm Link

Digital Artist

Eithne Ni Anluain

Posts: 1424

Dundalk, Louth, Ireland

HuggleMistress wrote:
Haha, well I like the first one better.  The Obama one?  Well, that might as well be another person int he "after" result. XD  Maybe that was the point?  But yeah...looks nothing like him, it's practically a manipulation at that point.  It's well done though!

Yeah same as Huggle.

I think for celebs the point is to not retouch them so they don't lose their character. It is well done, but its not him (and I dont see him as much as ye! Is that a good or bad thing?) lol

Apr 22 10 02:30 am Link