First try at retouching

[Anthony Martinez]

Since I just became the proud (and much less wealthy) owner of Photoshop CS3, I figured I'd better learn to use it. Tracy made some great suggestions for the retouching stuff, and I combined them with about 320919843 different methods I've read online recently. There's definitely room for improvement, but for a first try I'm pleased w/ the results. Lacking an abundance of models here in Iraq - I just used self-portraits, but here are the before/after results of two I retouched. #2 wasn't exactly sharp to begin with, but I think I overdid the smoothing.

Before


After


Before


After

[trahanw]

Not Bad-Brother in Arms. Praying for you. Keep you head on straight and focus. Wishing you a speedy return. God Speed. Like tha last Pic

[deep_creek]

Nice. What tools, etc... did you use? I've been wanting to tinker with re-touching photos like you've done. Any hints/websites/books I can refer to would be most helpful as well. Thanks in advance.

[trahanw]

Books- Recently purchased Photoshop CS/CS2 WOW! Book. Very good- also includes a cd with several different brushes, actions, filters. The ISBN # is 0-321-21345-9

[trahanw]

Anthony you have some great photo ops moments that are not in custom in the US. Be creative..look forward to seeing pics. Take care Brother

[markfh]

Here's a site for your retouching tips. You'll find some very good examples and techniques on this site and the people there are very happy to help you.

http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/

Gods speed and ck6

[barP]

i think you're exactly right about #2, but it's a good start. good job on #1!

next step....layer masks!

wp.