Sorry Chuck but that hurts my head just to read it.
Charlie
On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 10:31 AM, Chuck Norcutt <
chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Try this for a very simple initial practice procedure. It's what I
> typically do for quickly handling small portraits of the senior citizens
> around here who have plenty of wrinkles. The posted images are small
> (about 3-1/2" square) so don't need much touch-up nor will I do any
> except in extreme cases. The procedure is designed to sharpen only what
> should be sharpened (eyes, eyebrows, teeth & lips, nostrils, jewelry if
> worn, etc) without exaggerating what shouldn't be sharpened.
>
> Starting from the initial image (already cropped and resized for
> printing) as the background layer.
> 1) create a duplicate layer.
> 2) Sharpen the entire image however you normally do it. Of course,
> this exaggerates all those crow's feet and other wrinkles.
> 3) Click on the mask icon to create a mask on the duplicated layer.
> Note that focus is changed to the mask from the image and that
> the mask is initially white (opaque). Clicking on the image or
> the mask will move the focus from one to the other
> 4) Select black paint and then choose the paintbucket tool.
> 5) Move the paintbucket over the image and press the mouse button.
> The paintbucket will dump the black paint all over the mask and
> turn it black (transparent) instead of white (opaque)
> 6) Now the duplicate layer has been rendered totally transparent
> and all you see is the original, unsharpened image underneath.
> The next step is to paint with white (on the mask) to render
> opaque just those parts that we want to see sharpened.
> 7) Select white paint and the paintbrush tool making sure that the
> mask has focus on the layer and not the image itself. If the
> image icon on the layer has the focus then we'll end up painting
> on the image rather than the mask. Don't want to do that here.
> 8) Blow the image up to a such a size as to give you comfortable
> control of paining of small parts of the image such as eyebrows,
> eyes, nostrils, teeth and lips, etc. Paint with white paint to
> reveal the sharpened parts of the duplicate layer that you want
> to reveal. If you make a mistake change to black and go over it.
> You can use a soft brush and low flow it you want to approach the
> final result slowly. Also, changing layer opacity will allow you
> to blend the upper and lower layers if desired. It's usually not
> necessary to be terribly precise about the painting.
> 9) When done select "flatten image" from the layer menu tab at
> upper right of the layers panel (next to "PATHS"). This merges
> the two layers into a single layer with changes included.
>
> 10)In the event you want to soften the wrinkles as well then add
> another layer which will be handled much the same as above
> except that rather than sharpening the layer you will blur the
> layer such as with the Gaussian blur tool. Perform the same steps
> of adding a mask and painting it black. Then use the white paint
> brush to reveal the blurred parts of the image you want blurred
> which is where the crows feet and other wrinkles are. You may
> find it easier to do this if you are fairly aggressive in blurring
> and then use layer opacity to control the blending of the layers.
>
> 11)Flatten the layers again before saving as a JPEG or other format.
> Save as a PSD without flattening if you want to preserve the layers
> for later editing.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
>
> On 2/23/2012 9:10 AM, SwissPace wrote:
> > I must apologise, it was not viveza 2 I meant but rather silver efex pro
> > 2, my most used plugin. I will let you know if my mother likes it, but
> > it may be a while before she gets it.
> >
> > I will however try and find some study time to get to grips with masks
> > and layers, probably not too difficult once I find time to concentrate.
> >
> > Thanks IanW
> >
> >
> > 02/2012 11:12, Moose wrote:
> >> On 2/22/2012 5:57 AM, SwissPace wrote:
> >> I tried the original Viveza, and quite disliked it. I seem to recall
> >> posting some examples at the time. The problem was that all effects
> >> had a strong center with a wide 'skirt'. Everything I tried with it
> >> bled over into other parts of the image. Even some of their own
> >> examples showed unintentional effects. It was also impossible, as far
> >> as I could see, to have an even effect across a broad area. Certainly
> >> not suited for this image. Sort of like using a hammer to drive a
> >> screw. Ah yes, here's my 2008 test.
> >> <http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/tech/Process/Viveza/Viv_386.htm>
> >> V2 may be much better, of course.
> >>> - Thanks a lot I hope my mother likes the print.
> >> As do I!
> >>
> >> Masked Moose
> >>
> >
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