Sharpening facial features is simple with PhotoShop masks. Create a new
layer, sharpen the entire image but use the eyes as the basis for the
degree of sharpening. Cover the entire image with a black mask which
will allow the lower (unsharpened layer) to show through. Using a white
brush paint over the eyes and eyebrows, nostrils, lips and teeth and
possibly ear lobes and ear rings. That will restore the sharpened parts
of the image. Use the opacity control between the two layers to blend
them if desired. Done.
Chuck Norcutt
On 6/14/2012 4:52 PM, Tina Manley wrote:
> Thanks, Moose! I have never done much except scanning straight into
> Lightroom and hitting Auto Tone. Sharpening the eyes is really subtle but
> it works. I have PhotoKit's sharpening filters that I use sometime for
> output and they include a creative brush that I can use on just the eyes, I
> think.
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Tina
>
> On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 4:06 PM, Moose<olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> On 6/14/2012 7:48 AM, Ken Norton wrote:
>>>> Color negatives scan fine:
>>>> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/143476719
>>> Ah! Fuji Press 800 is one of God's gifts to photographers. It's the
>>> Tri-X of the color film world.
>>
>> Wonderful subject, light and color!
>>
>> The following doesn't relate to such a vast project of scanning thousands
>> and thousands of slides. What you've got is
>> more than good enough for that. More about what might be done when fine
>> tuning a favorite image:
>> <http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/Others/Manley/Laura_Dominquez.htm>
>>
>> A little vague looking in detail. Do you resharpen slightly after
>> downsampling for the web? I and many others have
>> expounded at length on the technical whys of loss of detail in the process
>> of downsampling, indeed any digital sampling.
>> The point is simply that it happens, and can be compensated for.
>>
>> There is some loss of visible detail in the brightest parts of the dress.
>> It's there, but not visible to my eyes because
>> of highlight compression somewhere in the processing. Gently stretching
>> this highlight tonal info down, in bright areas
>> only, brings fabric detail into visibility, especially in the low detail
>> central panel. Makes the light seem a tiny bit
>> softer, as well.
>>
>> I wonder if lack of post downsampling and loss of subtle detail in bright
>> areas might be a factor in your choice to add
>> some grain to some images.
>>
>> A final portrait trick is to locally sharpen just the eyes, eyebrows and
>> lips, which really brings viewer's eyes to the
>> face.
>>
>> Locally Sharp Moose
>>
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