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this you tube entry is from one of the guys over at DPChallenge.com

quote from Pedro
"I was showing a model a photo I had taken of her in the studio the other day. Afterwards she asked how much editing went into the photo...i thought this summed it up better than just answering her "

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbU12C9HYok

enjoy... you will find a few tips in this if you pay attention

edit to add original forum thread
http://www.dpchallenge.com/forum.php?action=read&FORUM_THREAD_ID=569978

thanks, nice find. lots to learn in that beast...

if anyone is bored, and wanted to transcribe any of the tools used in that demo, I would be very grateful

another good one questioning the ethics of this kind of treatment...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3YvvFbsj94&mode=related&search=

It's longer then one minute.But it's still pretty quick.

Ermm try multiplying that by about 10x or 15x. Also the end result isn't that crash hot. That process probably took about 20 mins to half an hour.

At the start there was a bit of shadow and highlight adjustments, then basically he's done a fair bit of selective colour balancing and airbrushing.

Also just to open a can of worms, some of that stuff wouldn't have to be done if there was a decent make up artist to do the make up.

agree, I'd rather have it right first through the lens, but some of the adjustments are worth knowing

Has anyone noticed the rediculous amount of airbrushing that happens to celebs/models on the covers of womens mags like Cosmo or Cleo. It looks SO BAD!!!

I've also noticed that parenting magazine have airbrushed babies on the covers. How is that necessary!

What was that thing he did which looked like a big red brush around the eyes and mouth?

Raskill - that's because Cosmo and Cleo aren't that great. If you want editorials with style, check out Harpers, Vogue, etc.

macka wrote:What was that thing he did which looked like a big red brush around the eyes and mouth?

Looked like the Liquify-Bloat/Move tools.

Menu: Filter > Liquify, then in the dialog box, left side you have models favourite tools. The bloat tool fattens the selection.

The red brush, was painting a FREEZE MASK with a brush (using Freez Mask Tool within the liquify dialog box). This tool freezes what you paint, so you can liquify the areas right beside it (like lips, and eyes in this you tube).

Pucker is another tool, it "shrinks the selection". Like narrowing a waist.

I think the transform function (Edit > Transforms) was used to pinch the shoulders in.

Anyone know how he flicked out the hair? It looks like a selective liquify or transform...?

Raskill wrote:Has anyone noticed the rediculous amount of airbrushing that happens to celebs/models on the covers of womens mags like Cosmo or Cleo. It looks SO BAD!!!

I've also noticed that parenting magazine have airbrushed babies on the covers. How is that necessary!

Global "airbrushing" like softening filter, thats fine, but to paint, like using the healing brush tool to remove blemishes on a child, very bad!!!

On covers of fashion mags, I think of it as another few hours in makeup...