Gabriella - Evolution of an Image from Camera to Photoshop
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0.000 HBDGabriella - Evolution of an Image from Camera to Photoshop
<html> <h1>Introduction</h1> <p>Continuing on from the previous tutorial style I though it would be useful to cover how an image evolves from the original RAW file to final finished and corrected file.</p> <h1>TLDR: The Finished Image VS the Original Side by Side</h1> <p><img src="https://www.steemimg.com/images/2016/08/30/Arif_Akhtar_Gabby_EOAI_01_final_desaturate_crop1of1copy_small35b3a.jpg" width="350" height="525"/><img src="https://www.steemimg.com/images/2016/08/30/Arif_Akhtar_Gabby_EOAI_01_original1of1copy_small65a05.jpg" width="350" height="525"/></p> <p><br></p> <p>The Final image is on the left and the original image is on the right. You can also see a large version of the final image at the bottom of the post.</p> <p>The original image is already pretty good and only needs very minor corrections for blemishes, colour balance etc. - using the right kind of lighting and lenses helps with this - as well as the model having good skin and makeup. </p> <p>The equipment used was my Nikon D800 camera with Nikon 85mm/1.8 lens shooting wide open.</p> <p>The model here is Gabriella Kennedy. She was backlit using the window behind her and a reflector held in front for front lighting and highlights in the eyes.</p> <p><br></p> <h1>Basic Skin Retouching in LR and Photoshop</h1> <p>I have used the spot removal tool in Lightroom to remove some minor blemishes which leaves me with the image below. I have described use of this in more detail in my <a href="https://steemit.com/photography/@thecryptofiend/quick-portrait-retouching-in-lightroom-tutorial">previous tutorial</a>.</p> <p><img src="https://www.steemimg.com/images/2016/08/30/Screenshot2016-08-3016.05.02c2a5b.png" width="403" height="600"/></p> <p>Basic skin retouching to remove blemishes in Photoshop.</p> <p><img src="https://www.steemimg.com/images/2016/08/30/Screenshot2016-08-3016.05.13d51a2.png" width="604" height="494"/></p> <p>Larger version to show this.</p> <p><img src="https://www.steemimg.com/images/2016/08/30/Screenshot2016-08-3016.05.31730aa.png" width="415" height="600"/></p> <p>The difference is subtle but I don't want to go too far and remove too much skin detail. I'm just using the spot healing brush tool as detailed in <a href="https://steemit.com/photography/@thecryptofiend/how-to-fix-damaged-photos-in-photoshop-tutorial-with-example-image">my previous photo repair tutorial</a>. This photo is already pretty blemish free so doesn't need anything more advanced.</p> <h1>Temperature Adjustment</h1> <p><img src="https://www.steemimg.com/images/2016/08/30/Screenshot2016-08-3016.05.4780851.png" width="627" height="510"/></p> <p>Detail to show the difference. The colour seems off. So I'm going to do a colour balance adjustment here.</p> <p><img src="https://www.steemimg.com/images/2016/08/30/Screenshot2016-08-3017.34.34ee0e5.png" width="658" height="592"/></p> <p><br></p> <p><img src="https://www.steemimg.com/images/2016/08/30/Screenshot2016-08-3016.06.448f1bc.png" width="402" height="600"/></p> <p><br></p> <p>This is an improvement but it's not perfect. I might do more fine adjustment in Lightroom. </p> <h1>Background Fix</h1> <p>I also want to remove the window bar behind her. So on new layer (Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+N). I use the clone stamp tool to copy the background to the right over to bar. The clone stamp tool looks exactly like a stamp and is just below the healing brush. It directly clones an area without any intelligent modifications.</p> <p><img src="https://www.steemimg.com/images/2016/08/30/Screenshot2016-08-3016.06.580da7b.png" width="404" height="600"/></p> <p>So the bar is now gone.</p> <p><br></p> <h1>Eye Veins</h1> <p><img src="https://www.steemimg.com/images/2016/08/30/Screenshot2016-08-3016.07.2447c66.png" width="800" height="582"/></p> <p>OK I might do some very subtle work on the eye veins. Again I will create a new layer (Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+N) and zoom in and carefully use the healing brush to erase the veins.</p> <p><img src="https://www.steemimg.com/images/2016/08/30/Screenshot2016-08-3016.09.1331e69.png" width="800" height="412"/></p> <p><img src="https://www.steemimg.com/images/2016/08/30/Screenshot2016-08-3016.12.32785f6.png" width="800" height="591"/></p> <p>This is to show the difference to one of the eyes. This is a bit too much so I will enlarge the image and reduce the opacity of this layer to 50%.</p> <p>Here is the full size image. This looks about right.</p> <p><img src="https://www.steemimg.com/images/2016/08/30/Screenshot2016-08-3016.26.1667b29.png" width="402" height="600"/></p> <p><br></p> <h1>Final Adjustments in Lightroom</h1> <p>I'll save this and open it up in Lightroom for final adjustments. Just before saving I couldn't resist doing another colour balance change but it is really unnecessary as I will fix the colours in Lightroom.</p> <p><img src="https://www.steemimg.com/images/2016/08/30/Screenshot2016-08-3016.40.26ef4e2.png" width="800" height="450"/></p> <p><img src="https://www.steemimg.com/images/2016/08/30/Screenshot2016-08-3017.44.2804107.png" width="249" height="598"/></p> <p>I have basically adjusted the exposure very slightly to +0.10 -</p> <p>I have also tried auto temperature which gave a more balanced result but the colours didn't look right to me. It set the Blue/Yellow slider to +13, so as a compromise I set it half way to +6 which looked better to my eye.</p> <p>I also reduced the saturation by -11 as it seemed a bit strong to me. The image is essentially finished apart from cropping.</p> <p><br></p> <h1>Final Image With and Without Cropping</h1> <p><img src="https://www.steemimg.com/images/2016/08/30/Arif_Akhtar_Gabby_EOAI_01_final_desaturate1of1a10fd.jpg" width="800" height="1199"/></p> <p>Uncropped</p> <p><br></p> <p><img src="https://www.steemimg.com/images/2016/08/30/Arif_Akhtar_Gabby_EOAI_01_final_desaturate_crop1of16fa86.jpg" width="800" height="1199"/></p> <p>Cropped. The difference is very subtle but I think the crop emphasises the eyes and face more.</p> <p><br></p> <h1>THE END</h1> <p>I hope you found this useful. I've tried to keep it short and to the point.</p> <p><em>You can see more of my work @thecryptofiend - hope you enjoy.</em></p> <p><br></p> <p><em>(Verification for me here: </em><a href="http://www.aapicture.com/about-me"><em>http://www.aapicture.com/about-me</em></a><em>)</em></p> </html>
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