THANKS!! I love ON1's software but have never used the Portrait 10
plug-in. I will certainly look into that.
This looks very useful.
Tina
On Thu, Apr 25, 2019 at 7:02 PM Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 4/25/2019 2:56 PM, Tina Manley wrote:
> > So how did you do that?? I tried Focus Magic but it was way too obvious.
> > Your's looks good.
>
> Thanks!
>
> There are two overall steps, Sharpen the "new" focal plane and soften the
> "wrong" focal plane.
>
> There are many ways to soften. I used ON1's old Portrait 10 plug-in, as it
> does a nice, nuanced job with little fuss. It
> also sharpens eyes and mouth, but not enough in this case. It's designed
> for images where the focus is right to start,
> and is mostly about softening and smoothing skin.
>
> The next step is an old technique (Chuck used to post about it); create a
> sharpened layer and mask it completely, then
> paint in the areas that need sharpening, in this case, eyes, brows and
> mouth, with just a hint on the nose.
>
> Focus Magic did a pretty good job at 4 pixels on the posted JPEG, although
> that would be different working with the
> original.
>
> I also tried Topaz' recent Sharpen AI, which did a better job on the
> lashes in the left eye, so I went with that.
>
> Masked Moose
>
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