The camera never lies!
by subacati
While it may be true that, "the camera never lies," the same cannot be said for the touch-up artist! 😉 …
The first image is one I found with google! She clearly has a bad case of acne! :insane:.
So I set about clearing her skin condition with a good dose of GIMP! :yes:.
How I did it!
First, make two layers of the same image. Then use the pick-up tool to extract colour from an area that's close to the area you're about to work on. Use the airbrush with the blurry brush. airbrush the blemishes away on the first layer. When you've done that, hide the first layer and select the second layer. Do the same on the second layer. Final step, make the first layer visible, select the first layer and set transparancy to 50%. Flatten then layers! Save!
:D.
Now you have an idea of how those 'supermodels' on magazine covers always seem to look too good to be true! 😉
:sst: it's because they are!
subacati 
Excellent work done and idea !:)
Ah, photo editing.
:happy:.I didn't realise how easy it was till I tried it myself!! People actually get paid to do this for magazines! :lol:.
At least my hair has that touch of gray that I always wanted 😆
Originally posted by Spaggyj:
Like when they add extra arms and legs! :insane:.Originally posted by fatbig08:
Well, you can always fix that! :up:.
it lies a lot 😥 look at these photos- from one camera, no flash, no pts: none of these 2 photos reveal my real complexion- slightly tanned skin :irked:
Touching up blemishes and stuff is fine. It's when they remorph the shape of people that it ticks me off.
Originally posted by gdare:
:lol:.
I was following your directions carefully but somehow I made a mistake during the process. I wonder what happened… :sherlock:
Originally posted by gdare:
ROFL:lol: everybody has "a photogenic side" and a "not photogenic !"In the above picture I am still wondering which one it is what ! :pyes, the hair looks great! :up:
"So I set about clearing her skin condition with a good dose of GIMP! .How I did it!First, make two layers of the same image. "some men can do anything to achieve the perfect fantasy! :lol::p
Argh! Darko! :insane:
:lol:I am sure many bald men ,will give an arm and a leg for hair like that!:yes:
Kimmie, what? :whistle:Angeliki, thanks, I like my hairstyle 😛
:happy:
Good job, Aadil! :up:
Well its a choice really. $600,000 on surgery or $399 on Photoshop. 😛
Or free with GIMP. :p.
I was considering a face transplant until I realized the dog next door would not recognize me any longer. :insane:
Just downloaded GIMP 2 to see what gives. 😀
Originally posted by p.mansoor:
ahahahahahahha Peter you are killing me!:lol:I almost fall from the couch laughing ahahahaha!
I hope that you were alone, otherwise someone might think you have gone nuts. 😆
Well Peter, I hope you have some fun with GIMP. :up:.It takes a bit to learn how to use it, but basics are imple enough. :up:.
Aadil, thanks for the lesson. I'll try that later. I would like to be able to do that myself. I have both Gimp and Photoshop and LightZone. Haven't learned any of them very well, but I know more Gimp than the others. To me it is simpler in some things.
Originally posted by qlue:
but i'm too lazy to launch pts, it always takes time 😀
Originally posted by L2D2:
I don't know Photoshop at all! But I've heard that GIMP is better from people who have both! :up:.
Originally posted by qlue:
You can say that again! I will have to burn a lot of midnight oil before I know what the hell I'm doing. I had different tools at work, but I guess I'll have to keep the grey cells working again. 😀
Originally posted by p.mansoor:
They say it keeps us young! :yes:
:doh:
Nice work. And you're right. There's a lot of editing going on before the pictures hit the magazines. 🙄
Originally posted by qlue:
My favourite tool!
Originally posted by ellinidata:
Oh, I don't know that GIMP or Photoshop are required for that.I have a very creative and detailed mind.
Originally posted by gdare:
That reminded me of Michael Jordan saying during his later NBA Basketball playing days that when he retired … he wanted to get a good slight beer belly. :eyes: WTF? Nothing big, but I guess just something to indicate that he was now retired. :lol:Your other wish isn't to have a small beer belly to go with that grey hair, is it, Darko? :insane:
Originally posted by gdare:
What do you mean? There's something wrong?You don't look like that normally?Ohhh, well then you obviously lost a bar fight there on your last vacation … or you had an off day maintaining focus during one of your training sessions.
One example of some serious airbrushing is on one of Vanessa Marcil's Maxim photoshoot Pics. She actually has a big tattoo on her lower back. Well, in one of the Pics there where she's in a Bikini, her usually tattooed area is defintely exposed and there is NOT a single pixel of tattoo there.
WHAT? Let others in on the fantasy? :eyes:GULP! And get banned? :insane:
Yeah, but photo editing tools help to express that 'creative mind' in a way to let others in on the fantasy! :p.
Pretty detailed job, Aadil! I've never used that technique yet as far as for fixing up a face … or a Fem BOD. But, I did use it in that Speed Dial Contest. In Photoshop you use the Rubber Stamp Tool. I was originally going to create the entire field of grass in MS Word using just a Tile of Grass. Then I was going to copy & paste it into Photoshop. But, for some reason the Copy function was not copying the entire field of grass. It just didn't want to cooperate. So, I had to use that Rubber Stamp technique for filling in the grass where the Copy function didn't want to work. Oh :no: CGI Grass! :yikes:
🙄
:lol:.I have no idea who that Vanessa woman is, so I'll just have to take your word on that! :p.
Sure you don't know who that Vanessa woman is, Aadil. That Smiley at the end of your comment tells me otherwise. It tells me me you already checked out every Hit that Google churned up. :lol:Vanessa Marcil is the woman I have on the bottom Pic of the 2 Pics I have in my Sidebar. However, she's not in a Bikini there. But, feel free to Google up Vanessa Marcil Maxim photoshoot. Anyway, she's an Actress.
:eyes: :whistle:
No, no, don't use GIMP with that model, Aadil. Use fire! ;)No, seriously, nice tute! :up:
great job , i wish one can do the same for his skin by using creams
Originally posted by raniakasim:
People spend a fortune on 'magic' creams that don't work yet they still keep buying them. :rolleyes:.Plenty of exercise, fresh water and fresh vegetables go a long way to improve the condition of our skin. :up:.
Originally posted by qlue:
actually i am one of them .