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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