FIX-IT-FRIDAY - #.60- "Teen!"

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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Edit Four

• 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.

Overall I'm happy!

I think Edits 3, C & G3 are my favourites..

Now to join in the fun head on over to FIX-IT-FRIDAY...