Again I suspect that our views of the technique are determined by how
far you go in the whitening process. I would not take it as far as you
have which it too white for my taste.
Chuck Norcutt
Moose wrote:
> Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>> The technique as I defined it was #4. However, I never saw the white lips
>> that you've managed to create. My assumption is that you're trying for a
>> pure white and pushing the controls too far. When I touch up a portrait I
>> would never give someone pure white teeth whose normal appearance is
>> somewhat yellowed. Anyhow, it worked perfectly fine for me.
>>
>> Actually, I just tried to re-create what you've shown as #4 by copying the
>> "original" and I can't do it. It appears to me that when you did your
>> example with the hue/saturation control you forgot to select "yellows". If
>> you do select yellows it's not possible to turn the lips white even at min
>> desaturation and max lightness. Try again.
>>
>
> Oooops, right you are. Too many levels, sloppy labeling, too many teeth
> to save as JPEGs - and I screwed up.
>
> Just to make up for it, I went a step further with H/S, selected
> Yellows, then clicked on several places in the teeth with the +dropper.
> The color range selected changed quite a bit on the rainbow slider. By
> customizing to the actual hues involved, I got a more neutral result
> than with the generic Yellows selection.
>
> I've replaced the image on the roll-over. The one problem I see with it
> now is that pulling all the yellow down toward gray has lowered the
> contrast on the teeth, so they are sort of flat. I think I still prefer
> the last one for the tonal variety on the teeth.
>
> Also, I've added steps to the H/S process now, so the WB dropper is
> certainly faster - and that's where this all started, at least in your
> original subject line. :-)
>
> Moose
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