Touch Up Skin TE Editing

Touch skin.

image mode, CMYK colour, (in the channels not layer)  select yellow layer, cmd A, cmd c, go back into layer, cmd alt Z (step back) cmd v,  re name flaws, cmd I (inver), (blend mode) soft light, opacity, add layer mask (invert mask) alt add layer mask, make sure background is white, select brush, make it big, 50% opacity, paint the skin. Cloning out wrinkles and blemishes cmd j, re name-wrinkles and blemishes, spot healing brush, alt and drag, go over any imperfections, reduce opacity, fill colour mask with grey.

 On the left is a screen shot of the patch tool which allows me to rid of wrinkles or blemishes. This tool was very useful and enabled me to strip away any unwanted marks such as eye wrinkles. On the right is a picture of the layers I have.

At the very top of the page, my unedited picture is on the left whilst the edited picture is on the right. Although the photo clearly shows a beautiful girl with next to no flaws, I was still able to void any marks that wouldn't be counted as the societies ideals of 'perfection'. Granted I do prefer the most natural look someone could possess, however, the edited image; I guess is an enchaining media accepted photo. I like the fact that she still looks natural despite the edits, which is more of a reflection of the girls ability to remain naturally beautiful. 

Editing Definition Post

• 72ppi - general convention uploading images which are viewable on the screen e.g. website
• 300ppi - convention can be used for printing 

White Balance

White balance is the process of removing unrealistic color casts, so that objects which appear white in person are rendered white in your photo. Proper camera white balance has to take into account the "color temperature" of a light source, which refers to the relative warmth or coolness of white light.

levels, middle sampler, click on part of image.

Dodge

making the image lighter 

Burn

maker the image darker

Vignette

making a focal point with the surroundings dark

Editing

• Screen shots
• Before and after
• evaluation

EVALUATION

After editing the studio photo, I think I can say that I prefer the photo edited. I like the way that the colours are better defined rather than being neutral. In oder to produce the image like I have, I first made a background copy of the original just to be safe. Then i went onto curves; dragging the line down made the contrast and colours darker. Exposure had to be taken down too since if it went up the picture would be very light, possibly white. Lastly I used the brightness and contrast tool, taking them both down however the brightness was only a little bit.

EVALUATION

I personally prefer the unedited image. This is because I do not like the fact that in the edited version, the face looks too dark. The blue creates a tired look, however I do prefer the background in the edited version. 

EVALUATION