Two simple uses for masks for portraiture
1) Sharpen the image as normal for printing
2) Add a mask
3) Using the paint bucket fill the mask with black paint
(which reveals the underlying original image)
4) Blow the image up large and, using the paint brush with white paint,
brush around the eyes, eyebrows, nostrils, lips, teeth and (maybe)
earlobes and jewelry on women.
5) You've just done selective sharpening while leaving the rest of the
face and skin unsharpened and smoother looking.
1) Add a new layer with duplicate image
2) Use a gaussian blur until the skin is suitably soft looking and
wrinkles have been diminished
3) Add a mask layer
4) paint on the mask with black paint around the eyes, eyebrows, etc as
above. You have just softened the skin while leaving the key points of
the face much sharper.
Chuck Norcutt
Fernando Gonzalez Gentile wrote:
> Yes I was aware of its cost, it was discussed in the June thread.
>
> First I must understand it - I still don't completely understand the use
> of masks in PS (need to practice its use and realize when are they
> necessary). Before I try to understand the trial Viveza, I must find 15
> days with enough free time to play with it. Whatever I learn in those 15
> days, will be somehow useful - it was for you yourself, who has much
> less than me to learn about digital post-processing.
>
> What if I like it ... well, I like a lot the new Alfa Romeo models, the
> 159s, and I can live without any of them, specially the blue one ... :-)
>
> Fernando.
>
> Moose wrote:
>> Fernando Gonzalez Gentile wrote:
>>
>>> Thank you Moose - finally had the time to answer.
>>>
>>> Found the whole thread - it was rather dispersed, and at the moment I only
>>> had time to watch the examples (the flash thing), not your examples which I
>>> will tomorrow.
>>>
>>> Joking: do you know what do we here understand as "viveza criolla" - any
>>> time someone outwits someone or something in an almost but not completely
>>> unfair manner.
>>>
>>> Shall try for myself that demo, your conversation with Winsor was not
>>> conclusive, albeit detailed; but not many people engaged in it.
>>>
>>>
>> Are you aware that this is $250 software? My reaction was at least
>> partly colored by that. You can play with it for 15 days for free, but
>> what if you like it? :-(
>>
>> I think it is seriously overpriced. I personally found the interface
>> somewhat awkward and confusing, but others may have different experiences.
>>
>> Moose
>>
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