Photoshop skills! check it out!

[TheKingDavis]

ok so here are before and after pics, the before pic was taken in B&W i added all the color, i feel so accomplished lol, leave CONSTRUCTIVE feedback

Before

http://i49.tinypic.com/2nw2lv.jpg

After

http://i50.tinypic.com/24gord1.jpg

[nick]

Dustin, I know you want constructive feedback, but thats kind of difficult.

So first up, if you have taken that black and white image and added the colour then very well done, its a brilliant job. But I can't quite work out the point of it. Why not take the image in colour to start with?

To be perfectly honest, it looks like you took the image in colour and then photoshopped it into B&W. Now if that's not true you can take that as the ultimate compliment. Any chance of a link to an image where we can see its exif?

[Bougainvillea]

Yeah... It does seem that way.

[2D]

So first up, if you have taken that black and white image and added the colour then very well done, its a brilliant job. But I can't quite work out the point of it. Why not take the image in colour to start with?

Practice. That's why.

Although there are much easier ways to make a certain portion of an image color.

[TheKingDavis]

Dustin, I know you want constructive feedback, but thats kind of difficult.

So first up, if you have taken that black and white image and added the colour then very well done, its a brilliant job. But I can't quite work out the point of it. Why not take the image in colour to start with?

To be perfectly honest, it looks like you took the image in colour and then photoshopped it into B&W. Now if that's not true you can take that as the ultimate compliment. Any chance of a link to an image where we can see its exif?

it was taken at the lake over the summer, i used my step sisters Nikon to take it. We took it in BW so she could have some , more professional type pics, and then i found it on her Myspace, so i used photoshop to add color.

I would give you a link, but she keeps her MS private.

If you really dont believe me, then give me a link to a BW pic, tell me what colors i should change, and ill do it.]





Just to show you, i just took 2 pics of myself, first in color so you can see original colors, second in BW, so here you can see the changes,


Original color

http://i48.tinypic.com/jqsw7q.jpg

BW

http://i50.tinypic.com/2ufsvv7.jpg

edited

http://i46.tinypic.com/jijoy1.jpg


That one didnt turn out so well since it was so close up

[2D]

Wow. Very good.

P.S. I like the sig you have at the bottom. Really nice text.

[Silent]

Really cool stuff :D

[TheKingDavis]

Thanks guys, now i dont feel like a total noob at CS4

[Sage]

Desaturate those eyes, jeeeesus.

[TheKingDavis]

Desaturate those eyes, jeeeesus.

i like the eyes to be the focal point of close up pics >.>

[Sage]

i like the eyes to be the focal point of close up pics >.>

Focal point =/= Eye sore

[TheKingDavis]

Focal point =/= Eye sore

No one said you had to look did they?

[Bougainvillea]

Well, it is kinda hard not to.

Also. I don't see why you edit your eyes. They're a pretty green.

[Zazu]

I do see the point of the original edit; to exhibit photoshop skills.

Recolouring a B&W shot decently isn't that easy, it does take some skill.

@ OP, I think that there needs to be some more variation of the skin tones across her body. Apart from that, good edit dude :)

[TheKingDavis]

Also. I don't see why you edit your eyes. They're a pretty green.
green is ugly =/ people always say i have nice eyes, but i want them to be blue =[


@ OP, I think that there needs to be some more variation of the skin tones across her body. Apart from that, good edit dude :)

Thanks, maybe ill try and fix it

[Bougainvillea]

Actually, I find green to be...exotic.

It's a rare thing to have, so I would definitely embrace it.

[Sage]

No one said you had to look did they?

You'd go far in life and on this forum if you didn't lash out at every piece of criticism.

[Sugaree]

You'd go far in life and on this forum if you didn't lash out at every piece of criticism.

Rep + for a true statement.

The shops are good, but you do need to stay a little less focused on the eyes. Even though they are a good focal point for close ups, that doesn't mean they are good points for other pictures. Other than this, they are all very nice.

[Serenity]

i like the eyes to be the focal point of close up pics >.>

There's a difference between being a focal point and taking away from the rest of the picture. The eyes are so intense they look wrong and they ruin the overall look and feel of the photo as a complete piece. If you want them to be that intense, I'd say crop the picture down so that it was just the eyes. But even then I think you'd need to up the contrast of the skin around them to make that coloring appropriate.

[TheKingDavis]

Rep + for a true statement.

The shops are good, but you do need to stay a little less focused on the eyes. Even though they are a good focal point for close ups, that doesn't mean they are good points for other pictures. Other than this, they are all very nice.

There's a difference between being a focal point and taking away from the rest of the picture. The eyes are so intense they look wrong and they ruin the overall look and feel of the photo as a complete piece. If you want them to be that intense, I'd say crop the picture down so that it was just the eyes. But even then I think you'd need to up the contrast of the skin around them to make that coloring appropriate.


Hmm ok thanks, the hardest part for me is skin tone, and looking back, the eyes are to intense

ill take this into consideration on future projects :D

[AllThatIsLeft]

They aren't bad. not the best i've seen, but alright.

and BTW, Green eyes > Blue Eyes.

Blue eyes are awesome, but green eyes are rarer

[Kitty Purry]

My camera does that itself

[TheKingDavis]

They aren't bad. not the best i've seen, but alright.

and BTW, Green eyes > Blue Eyes.

Blue eyes are awesome, but green eyes are rarer

Really? I know alot of people with green eyes, maybe its just the different nationalities between your place and mine

[AllThatIsLeft]

now that i think of it... in Spanish countries there are more green eyes than blue...
but still, green is prettier :)

[TheKingDavis]

NEW MEXICO IS NOT MEXICO

sorry about the caps lol

[AllThatIsLeft]

Right. I could of understood if you said that properly.

[2D]

Right. But you could also know some geography.

[AllThatIsLeft]

And you could mind your own business.

[2D]

I think this forum is everyone's business no?

[TheKingDavis]

Right. But you could also know some geography.

look at her location "TORONTO" she has an excuse as shes not from the US

[AllThatIsLeft]

I was confusing it with Mexico City.
I'm not fucking perfect >.>

and I still say you should mind your own business.

[TheKingDavis]

I was confusing it with Mexico City.
I'm not fucking perfect >.>

and I still say you should mind your own business.

Your perfect to me :3 lol

friend rub?

XD inside joke...

[gone]

Goodstuff

[TheKingDavis]

Goodstuff

Thanks :D



new pic! I edited one of the puppies and turned him into a "Baby Wildcat" (our HS mascot, and our colors are purple and white)
http://i50.tinypic.com/wi4ql5.jpg

[Zero Beat]

^ OMG what did you do to the poor dog!?!?! Dye it or something!!! OMG!!!! ^

Nice.

[Triceratops]

I like the puppy!! :)

On your original post, I actually preferred the first photo because I felt it looked more professional. On the edited photo, I liked the way the green shirt turned out but IMO the blue shorts liked kind of fake and cartoon-ish, or maybe that's just me.

[Aves]

I like the puppy :D

[Tanner]

i like the original, but thats just my black and whitelove