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how much change is too much change?

 
 


Shadow
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Aug 10, 2007, 11:56 PM

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I followed a link from somewhere... maybe here? To this software:
http://www.portraitprofessional.com/gallery/?p=4

Is it just me or is this too much image altering? It doesn't even look like the same person anymore. Anyone with a slight round face has their face shape altered.

Maybe this would be good for fashion photos or something instead of personal/family portraits.

Do any of you alter people's photos this much?


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Alfred Tibuni
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Aug 11, 2007, 12:11 AM

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I have seen this program and have checked out some reviews. That feature that you mention is not for everyone to use. That is not the selling point of the program, it's just an extra feature.
I like how easy it can adjust the photos, but, you can over do the adjustments.
My Opinion. I like it. CHECK OUT LIGHTROOM BY ADOBE.
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Brackish
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Aug 11, 2007, 1:16 AM

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They ought to market that to online daters. Sly


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RustyB
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Aug 11, 2007, 3:01 AM

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They ought to market that to online daters. Sly


LaughLaughLaugh No kidding. Believe me...I think many women have already found this software...I've met them. Even married one of them. After a bottle or two of wine, they actually start looking like that picture they had posted.



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RustyB
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Aug 11, 2007, 3:12 AM

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....Maybe this would be good for fashion photos or something instead of personal/family portraits.
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Probably so. Looks kinda cool, actually. I don't know that I have any need for it, but if I were doing portraits where they just needed to look good, regardless of who they were or what they looked like in real life, I could see using it.


A while back, I shot a wedding for one of the biggest bridezilla's ever. (Although, she was great to me, loved the horrible video I made for her, and even tipped me $20 at the end of the night.) While looking at their huge engagement picture at the reception, where she was posed with her arms around her fiance, and her butt facing the camera in tight blue jeans, the photog came up and asked if something didn't look right. He said he had spent several days in PhotoShop shaving 20+ pounds off her butt, until she was happy with it. LaughLaugh



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Brackish
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Aug 11, 2007, 3:55 AM

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After a bottle or two of wine, they actually start looking like that picture they had posted.
Talking about beer goggles ... check this out ... this is pretty funny:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=qgTPYwnB6og




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DarrenS
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Aug 11, 2007, 4:38 AM

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As has been said it's a fantastic tool when used for the right reasons.

Here's a fairly old 1-min time lapse clip that shows how the liquify tool (among others) is used everyday in fashion advertising. Very interesting, even after the 500th time watching it.

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


StillMotion
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Aug 12, 2007, 10:48 PM

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We do quite a bit to our images, but we try not too change people unless they ar overly concerned with their weight and, for some reason, the photo emphasizes their weight (which is of course avoided whenever possible when taking the photo).

While this software is designed more for beginners, I didn't see anything on there that couldn't be done in photoshop in 5 min (how long they said it takes their program to do it). Plus- learning to use photoshop opens up so many more possibilities for your work over what this porgram does.


Brackish
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Aug 12, 2007, 11:04 PM

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But for those who don't have Photoshop ($650) vs. $60
for this program ... or for those who don't know
how to use Photoshop ...


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Brackish
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Aug 12, 2007, 11:17 PM

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Personally, I wouldn't use that program, Shadow.
That changes them too much ... doesn't even
look like themselves. I don't think the mom or
grandma would be too happy to see what
I had done to the bride's face
if I used that program on the picture.

Sorta reminds me of some of the work of one
of these highfalutin wedding photogs I saw.
(Said photogs are associates of a certain Pro.)
Apparently, these photogs are pretty popular
and even selling their Photoshop actions
for others who want to create the effect ... but
what it is is they put a real heavy diffusion or
soft focus - whatever you want to call it - on
the B&G's skin to the point that they don't
even look real ... there's no detail.


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