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Natasha C & C welcome
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Great john,
Here’s a psd (1.22MB). Done on the original image.
1. Create a duplicate layer
2. On the duplicate layer do the following:
Image -> Calculations
Click ok which will give you a selection3. Make sure you have selected the duplicate layer. Click on the load selection button in the layers toolbox. (looks like a tumble dryer – Jeeez Women!!! )
4. Perform the unsharp mask on the duplicate layer (the image not the mask ;) ) I choose 500%, radius 1, as you’re rarely going to get white
in your mask and you can always alter the opacity.If you are familiar with masks you know you could easily manipulate what you are sharpening by simply painting black or white onto the mask. Similarly if you have taken a non destructive approach by creating a duplicate layer you can simply alter the opacity of your sharpen layer as stated above.
Thanks Ali i’m getting there. One other thing when I enter numbers into the crop tool it always defaults to mm. Then when I hit ok it goes very small. Is there a way to type in the ratio or do you have to calculate the size you want to end up with each time?
Thanks John
Hi John,
What you are doing there looks fine. It doesnt matter whether you use mm or cms. You should only have to input the values 1 and 1.618 and then go straight to the image and crop. Make sure you the image at 100% after you crop to see what effect the crop has. (CTRL + )
P.S Remove the 300 beside resolution , this should help
I have to say Ali, with screen shots and detailed instructions like this, your level of assistance knows no bounds – :D The only way to improve on it in the future will be to offer to call round to his house and do a personal demonstration…! :lol:
Well done – I will have to have a look at it myself (when I have time), because I don’t have a clue what calculations are about…. :oops:
wjklewis wrote:
One other thing when I enter numbers into the crop tool it always defaults to mm.
It will default to whatever you last used. I find it useful to keep the unit of measure in pixels. It takes a bit of getting used to as we don’t generally measure things in pixels, but it seems to make a lot of sense to me for digital images. Just overwrite “mm” with “px”.
Hi Guys, I have tried to include all the things I have picked up today from this post. What do you think of this one?
John
Hi John
This has turned into a most interesting thread! I was trying Ali’s calculations thingy – which may be similar to in fact sharpening on the red channel itself? Scott Kelby recommended in portraits, going into channels and clicking on the red channel (which has the least amount of detail on skin tones). By sharpening on just this channel, you are not affecting the skin as much. With Ali’s method, one of the benefits seems to be the ability to ‘see’ what you are sharpening, by looking at the mask. If you want to sharpen more, use white paintbrush on the mask, and for less, paint in black. You can also use the opacity slider as well.This latest version is a fine portrait, although personally I think it could do with less black space on the left side. Have you tried a crop which puts her left eye on the diagonal? This might maintain interest on the eye by having it on the diagonal, and reduce the amount of negative space. You have got a nice oblique view which narrows the face, and I like the way her hair frames her face. The hairpin would have been better removed – take note – did you notice it through the viewfinder?? With more experience you will take more control and simply ask if it could be removed. I heard someone remarking on it yesterday, but it wasn’t me…. :lol:
very nice John :), lovely expression. The post processing is streaks ahead of the original image. Exposure is spot on, expression is lovely and skin tone looks alot better than the first image you posted. There’s a couple of hotspots though (not blown but noticeable highlights on her face) on her cheek and bottom of her nose. I might also crop into the forehead – but that’s just a personal preference. Lovely shot
John.Hi John
Congrats on this shoot,its great to see people getting out of their comfort zone and challeging themselves. Brandyman is right about the amount of negative space although this crop and composition is popular with high key and works maybe a bit better. In this case because youre subject is close to the backdrop the colorama paper seems grey and not pure black maybe another 2 feet away would achieve this,point noted about the fixed lighting :wink:It looks like you engaged well with youre model which shows-communictaion is everything :D Regarding the above versions i personally like your original post but with some selective sharpening applied as per Ali,portraiture like this works best a tad soft.
Ali: Glad to see a certain Guy Gowan has empowered you with his fruits,when are you gonna do the roadshow tours? :D :wink:
Ben 8)ben wrote:
Ali: Glad to see a certain Guy Gowan has empowered you with his fruits,when are you gonna do the roadshow tours? :D :wink:
Ben 8)There’s only so much you can learn playing around with photoshop :). If there’s anyone that hasn’t attended one of his seminars/workshops
i’d strongly advise it. Very worth while. I’ve attended three of them so i’ll probably hold off on the roadshows Ben :) He’d probably start wondering !!! :)Any links to this guy, Ali?
I once attended a PS seminar by Terry Steeley who does stuff for Iridius and also appears in some magazines. At the time it was a bit over my head, but I made good notes and when I went through them recently, I understood what he was at! :)I think this is the main site Ross, he’s often around Ireland doing seminars and he also organises day tutorials. I’ll put this into the
sites section for future reference.Thanks for the comments Guys, and its nice to feel I am improving and learning. I love portraiture and his is what I want to concentrate on. everyone has been very helpful. i will try this one with a tighter crop. Just thinking I couldent possibly expect to get the exposure right as I didnt even take a light reading. some food for thought there!!! We had two minolta light meters and they were both giving different readings?
Many thanks John
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