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Retouching


I probably should not post but I like the before shot better probably a preference thing, Ii think the smoothing has gone to far but allin all a very nice job
 
IMHO, it's over the top. Blend back in about 60% of the original and it probably will be much nicer.

OTOH, some folks may love a look like that. YMMV.

Tom
 
I have to agree with iDad and Tom, this is way over done. You should be going for a nice natural look and not something so plastic smooth. Pull it back and try not to go so dark. Remember, less is often more.
 
As I suggested earlier today, here is what 60% of the original + 40% of your tweaked version looks like (+ some additional lightening and other minor tweaks). To me, even this amount of retouching is too much. To me, it still looks a bit mask-like. Maybe 70-75% of the original would dilute your retouched version sufficiently.

One must have a very delicate touch when doing portrait retouching. High end fashion retouching is almost always done pore-by-pore. Rarely is it ever done with techniques that operate on all skin at once. If it's an important retouching job, I always (1) "sleep on it" overnight, and if it passes that test, (2) I ask my wife if I over did the effect. Many women are very used to evaluating makeup and retouching is not that different from makeup, so, in my experience, they tend to be much better than guys for knowing when to call it quits.

Just my $0.02,

Tom
 

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That's what I prefer. I think you may have rained on his parade Tom :mrgreen:
 
I also have to agree with the fella's above...

It's airbrush overload. Retouching is about subtle changes.
 
GV, if the tweaked version you posted truly looks better than the original to you, then there is an excellent chance that the monitor you are using is wildly out of calibration. If this is indeed the source of the problem, you monitor likely is too bright, doesn't have enough contrast and saturation. You will tend to compensate for such problems by making the image too dark, too contrasty and too saturated. This is a fairly common problem with the LCD screens on laptops, particularly, if you are looking at them from any angle except exactly perpendicular to the screen.

HTH,

Tom M
 
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