To clarify, where step #3 says: "Clicking on the image or
the mask will move the focus from one to the other" should say:
"Clicking on the *icon* of the image in the layer or
the *icon* of the mask in the layer will move the focus from one to the
other."
Chuck Norcutt
On 2/24/2012 8:53 AM, SwissPace wrote:
> Chuck
>
> Thanks for taking the time to write down the steps I should be able to
> work it out from that.
>
> its much appreciated
>
> IanW
>
> On 23/02/2012 17:19, Charles Geilfuss wrote:
>> 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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