Downtime after Kindy
Uploaded: October 05, 2004
Okay - I have added diffuse glow, gaussian blur, desaturated 65%, history brushed eyes, nostrils and mouth and then brought the saturation up again on the eyes and lips. Having some fun ;-)
Peggy Wolff October 05, 2004
Just beautiful! Great work on this, but you also started with a great image. I like her soft expression and pose. #175606Amanda E. Radovic October 05, 2004
aww- thanks so much Peggy. #823152Loreen Smith October 05, 2004
Very nice shot. Love the additional touches and soft colors. #823245Dan Holm October 05, 2004
Beautiful capture and effects, Amanda! Excellent work! #823752Donna J. Taff October 05, 2004
Beautiful, Amanda!!!! #823766Cindy K. Bracken October 05, 2004
This is lovely! Nice job.Cindy Bracken
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Amanda E. Radovic October 05, 2004
Thankyou Loreen, Dan, Donna and Cindy - you are all too kind ;-) #824570Michelle R. Kovach October 05, 2004
Gorgeous little girl! Love the effects! She has beautiful skin!Dale Ann Cubbage October 05, 2004
I think this is my new favorite of her! So soft and gorgeous! She looks like a china doll. This treatment really brings out her beautiful eyes! I am going to have to try this, you know!love it,
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Amanda E. Radovic October 05, 2004
Okay - here is what I did.1. Duplicate Image !!
2. Duplicate layer> diffuse glow Grain- 6, Glow - 10, Clear 15.
3. Then Gaussian blur at 4.5.
4. Adjust opacity of dup layer to around 50%.
5. Set the eraser to a soft brush and at 50% opacity and carefully erase the eyes, nostrils and mouth to re sharpen them.
6. Flatten layers
7. Desaturate @ about 70% opacity.
8. Set history brush to 30% and brush back the saturation in the eyes and lips.
9. Set sponge too to saturate @ about 15% opacity and slowly saturate the eyes till you are happy with the result.
This is how I did this but you can play around with opacity's as much as you like. The diffuse glow and blur give the white porcelain look. #824853
Amanda E. Radovic October 05, 2004
Amanda, thanks so much for posting your directions on how you did this! I use the dif glow a lot, and the blur, but I love how you got the color back. I think you giving the exact percents you used will help me achieve this glorious look! I want to use it on Cami and my neice Miranda! Thanks for sharing girlie!da #825150
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