Postprocessing

The postprocessing effects below were done with Adobe Photoshop (7.0; they also work with CS upto CS5). The ideas can be applied to other paint programs though, such as Gimp or Paintshop Pro. Click on the photos to be taken to the tutorial page that explains the effect. Touching up portrait photographs I shoot models now and then in my home studio (for examples, see my Dutch portrait page on Kodakmomentje.com). Since often no make-up artist is present, models make themselves up. Photoshop helps the finish touch. Here is a list of typical procedures I follow to touch up a photograph. I don't always use all procedures; it helps save time if you can skip some, and one photograph needs a bit more than the other. The list is sort of ordered from first to last procedure. I'll try and make tutorials for each step. Skin touchup - removing pimples, softening skin (keeping details using a highpass filter) Overlay diffusion - for some photographs all it takes is a little diffusion to make a great shot Compositing on gray - photographs on more or less 50% gray can be composited quickly using this method Crossprocessing photographs (done with Photoshop CS5) Compositing on white - photographs with a white background can also be compositied relatively quickly Color shifting - using hue/saturation and curves to get a more abstract color effect. Vignetting - adding a bit of shadow to focus the attention of the viewer better. Older post-processing tutorials These are some tutorials I made back in 2006. Before postprocessing After postprocessing Description Fall-off soft focus.       Black & white soft focus.         External post-processing tutorials I have found these internet locations during searches for nice post-processing effects. Hopefully you will find the quality as good as you expect: Example Description Creating water effects. (notice the original didn't have any water)

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