help with editing?

[Rain Lily]

Here is a picture I thought was pretty. I'm not finished with it yet, just putting it up for the night - I have to fix the undershirt strap and grrrr that hair on the neck that I didn't notice...

But I need some help with editing her lips. She had been sick with a mild case of flu or something the week before, and her lips were dry and chapped.

Can someone help me, or direct me to where I can get help? I don't know what to do with this...

Thanks!
Sis

[Rain Lily]

Oh, and any suggestion for the skin, without making her look plasticky? Thank you!
Sis

[jazzy]

i dont know if this is to plasticky?

[felix.reichardt]

how's this?

[Johnny Heinonen]

felix's edit is much better. Jazzy's edit is WAY plasticky..

[toto le robot]

for the llips the only thing to do is to zoom @ 300% and use the blemish tool, get ride of the dead white skin first and then continue, it's gonna take some time but the only other solutions is to replace the lips.

for the skin, blemish the most, and then do this

duplicate the layer
set it to linear light opacity @ 50% (let call this layer C1)
duplicate C1 (call it C2)
inverse C1
use highpass filter on C1 so that you get rid of the skin problem
use highpass filter on C2 so that you make some skin details to reappear
put them in a folder, apply a blending mask to the folder an brush over the skin to clean it.
you can then play with the opacity of C1&C2 to taste
voila,voila


original:

[John at the Beach]

Rain....I think the trick to keeping the "plastic" look out of the shot is to give the image a warm look...As far as the hair on the neck, I would leave it...It adds to the shot...The black lace has to go though...I did not mess with the lace but gave the shot a warmer look...Heres my quick edit...

[patterfr]

Sis,
I think the skin edits are an improvement (I like Felix's the best but are all good), I would also suggest a little Liquify to the right neck just to make it a little more narrow, the way her head is turned is making the muscle pop out and look wider than it probably is which isn't as flattering. (IMHO) Again just a quick edit but with more care hopefully it would help. I don't mind the hair, but that's just me.

[Athena]

Sis - I'd help you if I could, but I really am quite bad at these things...

[Rain Lily]

Athena - teehee! You and I are in the same club! I'm learning all the time...

EVERYBODY! Awesome edits on this - I thank you all!!!! I just KNEW I could come here and get some help!

I'm gonna thank you each below - but I still am in awe that so many of you came to the rescue!

You all just rock the casbah...
XOXO
Sis

[Rain Lily]

Originally Posted by jazzy

i dont know if this is to plasticky?

Jazzy - I think it is a little plasticky but thank you so much for editing and posting, you're terrific!

I'd love to know how you got the color of it the way you did - I'm intrigued by that, it's really nice.
Sis

[Rain Lily]

Originally Posted by felix.reichardt

how's this?

Felix - totally AWESOME! I'd love to know how you did all that! Are you telling?
Sis

[Rain Lily]

Originally Posted by Bill_Clinton

felix's edit is much better. Jazzy's edit is WAY plasticky..

Dang it, BC - I just knew you were going to do one of your super edits on this...
(hint!)
Sis

[Rain Lily]

Originally Posted by toto le robot

for the llips the only thing to do is to zoom @ 300% and use the blemish tool, get ride of the dead white skin first and then continue, it's gonna take some time but the only other solutions is to replace the lips.

for the skin, blemish the most, and then do this

duplicate the layer
set it to linear light opacity @ 50% (let call this layer C1)
duplicate C1 (call it C2)
inverse C1
use highpass filter on C1 so that you get rid of the skin problem
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