This week over at iheartfaces it 'all about teens' ~ so I guess it's only fitting that the fix-it this week is a teen too!
This Susan's teenager (and her original)
And here are my edits ~ as ever in 3 programs (just for fun!)
LIGHTROOM 3 (BETA)
Edit One
- auto tone, punch
- clarity +89, vibrance 43, contrast 57, recovery 20
- Portrait sharpen preset
- crop to portrait 5x7~ exclude lamp-posts and grey box-thing in the background.
- darks 23, lights 19, hightlights -23, shadows -19.
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Edit two
- Create Virtual copy of edit one
- apply 'direct positive' preset
- highlight recover 100, contrast 45, sharpening 53,
- Luminance smoothing 17, detail 8, contrast 18
- Colour Noise reduction 15, detail 91
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Edit Three
- virtual copy of edit two
- used preset Ilford Delta 100 (from HERE)
- contrast 71, black clipping 37, shadow tones -51, lights 16, Darks -35
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- Virtual Copy of Edit One
- Apply Maple Syrup Kiss (from Photo Flavors)
- adjusted darks to -59
PSE7
Edit A
- Opened in ACR and fiddled till I liked it :D!
- Cropped to 5x7 portrait.
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Edit B
- Duplicated image and then dup'd background layer
- Used CoffeeShop Vintage Honey action
- changed purple color fill layer to 70& opacity
- deleted color fade layer entirely
- Used 'grants tools' curves adjustment to make quite a severe S curve.
- Flatten & Save for the web.
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Edit C
- Duplicate Edit A
- Apply Coffeshop Johnna's Tea Party action
- Changed Hazy layer to 8% opacity
- Changed Contrast layer to 36%
- Flatten & Save for Web
GIMP
Edit G1
- cropped to 5x7 using rectangle select and 'crop to selection'
- duplicated layer ~ used curves (severe S again)
- dup'ed layer ~ adjusted contrast and brightness
- dup'd layer ~ used Lasm's LAB Color Punch script ~ adjusted layers to taste
- used Vibrant Colors script ~ adjusted layers to taste
- Dup'd top layer and used Eg High-Pass Filter Sharpen (lowered opacity)
- Flatten & Save for Web.
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Edit G2
- Duplicated Edit G1
- free selected his face and created a layer mask with it on a new layer
- Used Edge Mask Sharpen ~ applied the mask and reduced the opacity of the layer to taste
- deselected everything.
- Made a second duplicate edit of G1, converted to B&W
- copy and pasted the B&W image into this one as a new layer ~ changed to 'soft light mode' but left opacity at 100%
- Flatten and Save for Web
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Edit G3
- Using the desaturated copy of G1 created in G2...
- Duplicated as new layer
- Used curves to create contrast ~ severe S again
- Added a new layer with a 'deep red' foreground colour ~ set to 'colour' mode opacity 14
- Added a new layer with 'mid brown' foreground colour ~ Set to 'overlay' @ 43.8 opacity
- Duplicated the desaturated layer and dragged it to the top ~ set to 'soft light' @ 36.4 opacity
- Flatten and Save for Web.
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That's all for today ~ hope you like!
I toyed with rotations and different crops.
I considered 'liquid' stretching the background, but it's a lot of work and I wasn't sure it would work well anyhow.
I wanted the whole thing to be a lot sharper, but this was difficult with the big crop.
I think Edits 3, C & G3 are my favourites..
