Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/12/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, first of all I use a vector mask so I can "paint" away the old background with black ink, and reversely "paint it back" with white ink where needed. Then I blurred the mask a bit to blend the figure better into the background. For fine strands of hair I normally just first mask off the areas around them, roughly, and then I go in between them with a brush using shape dynamics and opacity dynamics to make it partially transparent. In this way I kind of fade them a bit into the background while painting around them. One can also use the smear tool at the hair tips to give that hairy feel back if it was lost with the old background. Sometimes I just blur the hair at the edge and then it looks like soft, thin hair. I didn't do a terribly careful job on that portrait though, since it is just meant to be published in rather small size on a web site. Don't even know why I posted it here, since it is not very special. Vanity I guess -- I was just so impressed with the crispness of the hi res scan, which anyway won't show up here. Anyway... The background itself, in case you want to know, was made by first using the airbrush, then the Artistic/Underpainting filter to give it some texture, then some noise was added and finally blurred a bit. Per tisdagen den 3 december 2002 kl 01.03 skrev Sam Krneta: > Per, > > Very nice. Great job at background replacement. I always have problems > with the hair, any suggestions? > > Sam Krneta > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Per > Claesson > Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 3:53 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: [Leica] Some image to look at > > Ok, so I took my first portrait with my new Elmarit-M 90. > > Kinda funny. I was asked to make a portrait of the Swedish hypnotist > Jörgen Sundvall. Stockholm was dark as a crypt, as usual at this time > of the year. I had no flash. On my way to the appointment I dashed in > slight panic into a second hand photo store, grabbed a (functional) > flash for $3 from their junk box, then ran into a cloth shop and bought > a piece of silver cloth. Off to Mr Sundvall, who was in a total hurry > for another appointment. Had my wife hold up the silver cloth as a > reflector, fired the cheapo flash through the white curtain in an > attempt to diffuse it a bit -- and prayed. > > The result, well here: > > http://www.leica-gallery.net/per-claesson/image-36144.html > > Ok, had to replace the background in Photoshop, but... > > I am truly impressed by the performance of the Elmarit-M! > > Per > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > V i s i M e d i a -- G r a f i s k D e s i g n & W e b b p r o d > u k t i o n > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > www.visimedia.com > Tel. 0416-300 07, 070 99 22 55 9 > Fax 0416 300 03 > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . V i s i M e d i a -- G r a f i s k D e s i g n & W e b b p r o d u k t i o n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.visimedia.com Tel. 0416-300 07, 070 99 22 55 9 Fax 0416 300 03 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html