Let's have a general retouching thread.
I want to escape from mediocrity, so soul destroying critiques are encouraged.
I found these RAWs online
1/7 - Before
2/7 - After
3/7 - Before
4/7 - After
5/7 - Before
6/7 After
7/7 - Some older stuff, only did dodge and burning on these.
>>2700774
why did you make her so purple?
>>2700804
Tried to match the whole image to the colour of the flower and make up.
>>2700778
The before was a milion times better.
Skin looks RAAAANNNNNNKKKKK in the retouch, greens look nuclear.
>>2700839
forgot the image.
>>2700839
back to square one.
things to be conscious of.
>we're not in the 90's
>people aren't orangey purple
>it should end up being aesthetically pleasing
Look at the shots here
https://pavelkosenko.wordpress.com/2012/03/28/4x5-kodachromes/
Notice how the skin has texture, tone and depth, no two people look alike and the colour on the skin varies massively. Yours looks like an oversaturated flat blob.
>>2700770
all of the pictures are better without your modification. also you seem not to know what 'retouche' actually is. at a first look it seems like you are very untalented .. not even average.
i just can give you the hint to work on unmodified shots. then there might be a chance your mod is slightly better than the original. or even better: search for another hobby.
>>2700770
>>2700772
-skin tone is worse in the after
-eyes are too dark
-looks like no actual d&b
-hair above her lips
>>2700773
>>2700774
-purple/10
-highlights are blown
-also no d&b
-hair isn't fixed
>>2700775
>>2700778
-too green
-fucked wb
-no d&b
-hair isn't fixed
-highlights on hand and nose are blown
-eyes are too dark
some tips:
-learn to use layermasks
-learn to d&b
-learn to colorgrade properly
there are some nice tutorials in Fstoppers and phlearn
>>2700990
>destroying critiques are encouraged
>>2701016
Only if they contains something useful. The "hurdurr u suck lol" type criticism is useless.
>>2701059
As I see it the advice to just stop is the most useful possible. .. somebody had to tell you eventually .. so, c'mon
Might be a bit much, but here's my edit of OP
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>>2701322
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>>2701326
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>>2701322
lol
Google terms luminosity masks, dodge and burn, frequency separation. Youtube is good fore some quick overview, consider to attend (online) seminars for beauty retouching where such terms are stated to be discussed
>>2701322
oompa loompa...
>>2700770
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>>2703977
>>2700773
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>>2700775
>>2703984
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>>2703977
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I found the raw file. It's a good shot except there's a lot of fly away hair. I just threw some plugins/presets at it and cropped it. I tend to leave everything on the skin except pimples.
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>>2705444
You destroyed the texture of her skin and that edit makes me want to puke.
>>2705448
Not much is visible when it's reduced to 1000 pixels.
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How does one learn Photoshop retouching fast? I mean everything looks like magic to me...
>>2706396
Youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/user/AnthonyMorganti/playlists
