Wow Chuck, thanks a lot.
I'll practice this tutorial at night: it's a beautiful day outside and I
feel like going out with my new OM 4
:^)
Fernando.
Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> Two simple uses for masks for portraiture
>
> 1) Sharpen the image as normal for printing
> 2) Add a mask
> 3) Using the paint bucket fill the mask with black paint
> (which reveals the underlying original image)
> 4) Blow the image up large and, using the paint brush with white paint,
> brush around the eyes, eyebrows, nostrils, lips, teeth and (maybe)
> earlobes and jewelry on women.
> 5) You've just done selective sharpening while leaving the rest of the
> face and skin unsharpened and smoother looking.
>
> 1) Add a new layer with duplicate image
> 2) Use a gaussian blur until the skin is suitably soft looking and
> wrinkles have been diminished
> 3) Add a mask layer
> 4) paint on the mask with black paint around the eyes, eyebrows, etc as
> above. You have just softened the skin while leaving the key points of
> the face much sharper.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
>
> Fernando Gonzalez Gentile wrote:
>
>> Yes I was aware of its cost, it was discussed in the June thread.
>>
>> First I must understand it - I still don't completely understand the use
>> of masks in PS (need to practice its use and realize when are they
>> necessary). Before I try to understand the trial Viveza, I must find 15
>> days with enough free time to play with it. Whatever I learn in those 15
>> days, will be somehow useful - it was for you yourself, who has much
>> less than me to learn about digital post-processing.
>>
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