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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 206606" data-attributes="member: 9240"><p>I can't tell you explicitly what they did, but in knowing the tools of the digital darkroom (i.e. post-processing) you can achieve a myriad of effects that will enhance your studio shots.</p><p></p><p>The most obvious thing I see here is a softening of the subject. This was achieved in the film days by shooting through gauze to get a soft focus effect, filtering out imperfections and smoothing lines. This can be achieved very quickly using the Clarity slider in Lightroom/Camera Raw.</p><p></p><p>Here's a portrait of Bill Murray I pulled off the web (first image in a Bing search for "Portrait", nothing special about it). The original photo is in the center, the one to the left is simply a pull back of the Clarity slider and a slight bump to Sharpening to keep sharpness. The one to the right shows what you get when you bump Clarity up. One tool. I suspect that there was a lot of other things done (there's a "Glow" tool in Nik Color Efex Pro 4 that allows you to soften while retaining sharpness that I use a lot for people), but it could be as simple as just Clarity.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]55412[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 206606, member: 9240"] I can't tell you explicitly what they did, but in knowing the tools of the digital darkroom (i.e. post-processing) you can achieve a myriad of effects that will enhance your studio shots. The most obvious thing I see here is a softening of the subject. This was achieved in the film days by shooting through gauze to get a soft focus effect, filtering out imperfections and smoothing lines. This can be achieved very quickly using the Clarity slider in Lightroom/Camera Raw. Here's a portrait of Bill Murray I pulled off the web (first image in a Bing search for "Portrait", nothing special about it). The original photo is in the center, the one to the left is simply a pull back of the Clarity slider and a slight bump to Sharpening to keep sharpness. The one to the right shows what you get when you bump Clarity up. One tool. I suspect that there was a lot of other things done (there's a "Glow" tool in Nik Color Efex Pro 4 that allows you to soften while retaining sharpness that I use a lot for people), but it could be as simple as just Clarity. [ATTACH type="full" width="60%"]55412._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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