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[StreetShooter]

Sultry afternoon. Light from window.

 

[roygoh]

Beautiful!

 

[Violett]

Wow.. Streetshooter... you really have beautiful kids.. Nice shot...

 

[GenXBoi]

sweet little thing.

 

[ziploc]

Wow... I'm sure she is a beauty when she grows up.

 

[ultrazoom]

Did you use PS to touch up the photo? Seems to have a soft effect.

 

[Fundee]

very nice ambience lighting.......

 

[rty]

Hi Streetshooter, care to share how you soften it with PS? Thanks

 

[StreetShooter]

1. Convert image to greyscale, adjust levels and curves to taste.

2. Add sepia tone by using Ctrl-U, tick colorize, and adjusting to taste.

3. Create a duplicate layer by dragging the background layer onto the "New Layer" icon.

4. Apply Gaussian Blur to the new layer (I use 5.0 pixels).

5. Adjust Opacity slider to taste (I use 50%).

6. Now, Add Layer Mask > Reveal All.

7. Make sure your foreground colour is black. Choose a small Airbrush (45 pixels soft), and spray the areas you want to appear sharp (ie the eyes, mouth, etc. Eyes most important of course). If you've overdone it, just change the foreground colour to white (or type "X"), undo your stuff, and redo it again.

8. Have fun. Don't forget to flatten the layers when you're done.

 

[rty]

Streetshooter, got it! Thanks a lot, you are a genius! :thumbsup:

 

[StreetShooter]

Original for you to practise:

 

[rty]

Ah... thanks. You are very kind. Let me practice on my own babes.

 

[rty]

Streetshooter,

Here it is. I applied a diffuse glow after following your steps.

 

[luisg]

wow :what:
me will try it tonight!

 

[StreetShooter]

Nice!

Yeah, I love diffuse glow too!

 

[tomshen]

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: Both are very very good!

If you want to see mine, sorry, wait for another ten years :dunno:

 

[siron]

You guys are good! Really not easy to do as follow...got any more detail methods?? Thanks!!!!

 

[yeppie99]

wow rty! you've got a child model!

 

[Mystix]

Originally posted by StreetShooter
1. Convert image to greyscale, adjust levels and curves to taste.

2. Add sepia tone by using Ctrl-U, tick colorize, and adjusting to taste.

3. Create a duplicate layer by dragging the background layer onto the "New Layer" icon.

4. Apply Gaussian Blur to the new layer (I use 5.0 pixels).

5. Adjust Opacity slider to taste (I use 50%).

6. Now, Add Layer Mask > Reveal All.

7. Make sure your foreground colour is black. Choose a small Airbrush (45 pixels soft), and spray the areas you want to appear sharp (ie the eyes, mouth, etc. Eyes most important of course). If you've overdone it, just change the foreground colour to white (or type "X"), undo your stuff, and redo it again.

8. Have fun. Don't forget to flatten the layers when you're done.

hi streetshooter can u describe the command to add the sepia tone? coz i can't seem to figure out the ctrl U....nothing happens on my side..using ps6. thanks

 

[rty]

Originally posted by Mystix



hi streetshooter can u describe the command to add the sepia tone? coz i can't seem to figure out the ctrl U....nothing happens on my side..using ps6. thanks

I think you forgot to tick the colorize option in the hue/saturation property window.

The easier way (for me) is just to convert a photo to grayscale and then convert it back to RGB, then adjust the level of red, blue, and green.