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Portraiture vs High Pass skin softening
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Tom Mann
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Claire nailed it with her comment, "...I am just wondering why someone would want to soften a baby's skin?..."
That's why I actually sharpened the image, not further softened it. I want to see some texture in the skin, some baby fuzz, etc.
I suspect that the reason some folks say they want to soften an image like this is not that they really want to soften it in the technical sense we mean, but rather, they want to do things like smooth out variations in hue and saturation (ie, blotchy skin) or smooth out the lighting, reduce local contrast, etc. but they don't know how to describe these effects, so they just lump them all into "softening".
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That's why I actually sharpened the image, not further softened it. I want to see some texture in the skin, some baby fuzz, etc.
I suspect that the reason some folks say they want to soften an image like this is not that they really want to soften it in the technical sense we mean, but rather, they want to do things like smooth out variations in hue and saturation (ie, blotchy skin) or smooth out the lighting, reduce local contrast, etc. but they don't know how to describe these effects, so they just lump them all into "softening".
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ibclare
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I agree Paul, nice editing.
I also see what you mean by the interpretation of softening Tom. I guess personally I am somewhat opposed to our societal tendency to airbrush away our human imperfections. I do it myself and no apologies. I just don't think it's inappropriate with babies, but that is just my own opinion. I'm not saying that what you did was over the top Paul. Hardly. Plus I think you agree with me at some level. But . . . it is one of the capabilities of Photoshop, something many people want, and it is a personal choice to do it or not. Besides it's a challenge and what do we PSers like better than a new challenge?! So this is not a rant, even if it sounds like it. As I said, just IMHO.
I also see what you mean by the interpretation of softening Tom. I guess personally I am somewhat opposed to our societal tendency to airbrush away our human imperfections. I do it myself and no apologies. I just don't think it's inappropriate with babies, but that is just my own opinion. I'm not saying that what you did was over the top Paul. Hardly. Plus I think you agree with me at some level. But . . . it is one of the capabilities of Photoshop, something many people want, and it is a personal choice to do it or not. Besides it's a challenge and what do we PSers like better than a new challenge?! So this is not a rant, even if it sounds like it. As I said, just IMHO.