Photoshop Screencast 3

[NuclearRadio]

Before photoshop there was chemical retouching. Before that there were portrait artists. Before that there were painters. People are seen as they want to be seen.

[chickengifts]

Ok, thanks. But I can't find it :P

[xFishxFilmsx]

whoa how long did that take??

[mergfkt]

I think about 45 minutes. I started and finished during an episode of Heroes.

A lot of the time was scrutinizing and redoing, though. (Like with the eyes.)

[anjel7]

You should have put a "before/after" kind of thing.

[mergfkt]

I apologize for not having one... you can go to my profile for a link to my website where you'll be able to see a before and after.

[chickengifts]

Woaa.. Great video! Why didn't you set a before/after on the end?

[mergfkt]

Sorry, I put this up a long time ago and didn't think to do it. You can see a before and after at my website (the link is in my profile).

[sarahslimm]

She's beautiful. Far from fat.

[mergfkt]

I know, she's beautiful pre-editing. But my point was to illustrate that through proving that no matter how beautiful a girl is, she'll be photoshopped.

[brulencar]

good work!! but i was expecting u tafe off the fat face,,,,,,shahsuhs

[mergfkt]

You were expecting what? If you mean 'take off the fat face' that's a rather dumb comment. Her facial structure is boxy, not fat.

[benderkick]

no probs

[benderkick]

great work man ... all perfect xpt the nose.... a bit wierd

[mergfkt]

Thank you. :)

[bujjidadche]

yeah dude, you're great! I hope you don't mind if I copy these techniques ;)

[mergfkt]

I s'pose not. What's the point of putting the whole video up here if I don't want anyone to use the same techniques? =P If you catch what I did, you're welcome to reuse it. :)

[bujjidadche]

yes, I knew the technique but I never tried out the filter ^^

thanks for that video =)

[mergfkt]

You're very welcome. :)

[idontcry4pain]

the nose ended up looking like it's made of plastic!

great eye work !!

[mergfkt]

Thank you for the constructive criticism instead of pointless hate! :) You have a point, I got stuck on the nose.

[SimbaJudoMan]

excellent work man! id love to be able to use photoshop the way u do. how long would something like that take?

[mergfkt]

Thank you for the compliment! :) I am sending you a personal message because what I wrote is longer than 500 characters.

[TheElusivePoet]

you know.. for all that work.. the picture looks exactly the same.

enjoy mediocracy.

[mergfkt]

Thanks! Your comment totally had a worthwhile point.

[vadbag]

For the skin... er... problems (spots, wrinkles, etc) you would achieve a better result with patch tool rather than with stamp tool, otherwise, great.

[mergfkt]

I appreciate the tip. :) I started out with the stamp tool so I stuck with it, even when I learned about the patch tool. I've been using stamp for longer so I'm better with it. I'm the same way with the extract tool. I started with using freehand lasso, so that's what I'm best with. I never use the extract tool.

[heiesuke]

The Patch and Heal tools allow for greater efficiency which is what you aim for when you're doing 394594869 retouches in a week lol. Also I see that you didn't remove the bags from under the eyes; odd. This girl's eyes didn't really need to be enlarged but I understand. Over all you've got a good handle on retouching and are really good at piecing together a video, I applaud thee.

[mergfkt]

I'm lucky I never have that many to do per week! haha. I'm a full-time student so I think I'd die. Oh, and normally I wouldn't make her eyes so big or edit things so much, but the point of these three videos is to counter the Dove-Evolution ads by showing that even girls who are gorgeous get photoshopped, it's just the process of professionalizing it. Last thing! Bags edited at 5:00. Bottom lids are dark because of studio lighting. :)

[ofiuco18]

nice video!!! you are very good in photoshop

[mergfkt]

Thank you! :)

[mclokomc]

what you do at 4 minutes. rise the lips and make bigger the eyes. Scuse my english. lol

[mergfkt]

Oh, use the Liquify tool. It's in the Filters menu at the top of the screen, it's the 4th one down, I think. Then use the tools there to edit the features you want to. The first on at the top-left grabs and drags (like with the lips) and on the second section, the two tools "bloat" and "pucker" make the portion you're clicking on bigger or smaller, respectively.

[mclokomc]

wich effect should i use to stand up eyes, mouth and nose? Thnx allot!!! and very nice job!! Mc.

[mergfkt]

I'm not sure what you mean by "stand up." Do you mean make them smaller/larger/etc?

[LilDramaticQueen]

ty :)

[LilDramaticQueen]

wow that awesome can you teach me how you do that pls

[mergfkt]

Um... probably not in the space of one comment. Buy Adobe Photoshop CS2 and start going through tutorials. To record what you're doing, use Camtasia Studio.

[ocdindustries]

woah you're good at that.

[mergfkt]

Aww, thanks. :)