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Fractal Le Femme


 
  Fractal Le Femme
Fractal Le Femme


My Birthday Night. Nov 4th.
This Image Has Been Altered Quite a Bit.

First I used curved to lighten my face.
(This removes wrinkles by the way)
Then I save it. Used curves again to darken it.
(This brought back richness and darkness but not wrinkles!)
Then I used PSE7 and used the wand TOOL to protect ME and UN-PROTECT the background!!!
THEN I went to my filters and chose fractalius. A Paid Plug In.
Used the filter in all different ways,
saving them all to see which I liked best.
I then used te healing tool and smudge to different degrees on the face and really cleaned it up. I added eye lashes and then had to tone it down a bit. They are tricky to make. I spent a lot of time on them. They were too thick at the tips and too thick in general so I pulled some skin tones down in thin trips at about 75% strength on the brush to try and save them from looking too bad. Looks like STAGE MAKE UP NOW. Goes with the head dressing! :D

Laura E. Swan

  
  Here Is The Origianal
Here Is The Origianal


IMAGE BEFORE ANY DDR APPLIED
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Too Dark. Too Flat. Too Dull.
Too Many BG Distractions
Eye Lashes A Mess...

Not Much Hope For This Image.
~~~ SO ~~~~
DDR HERE I COME! IT CAN ONLY GET BETTER!
(My Motto: Never TOSS a photo. Always Recycle! If Not Now...SOME OTHER TIME...Even as a LAYER!)

Amazing that I went out looking this bad On My Birthday, Actually! Heehee!

NOTE: I Have Olive Skin. So If You Are Wondering Why The AFTER photo Has Yellow Tones
It's Because I REALLY DO Have Yellow In My Skin.
(Ask Any Oil Painter!)

Laura E. Swan

  
 
 
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November 22, 2010

 

Lyn Darlington 		  This is a fantastic photo! What you have done is amazing and thanks for explaining. I'm so jealous of everyone who has fractalius! [I have a mac]


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November 22, 2010

 
- Laura E. Swan

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Laura E. Swan's Gallery 		  You're quite welcome, Lyn...and I know just how you feel. I felt the same way until I got it. I have never grown tired of it either. Poor MAC users! :(

If you get a few minutes head to my gallery and see if you can guess which ones have FRAC or just ENJOY THEM. No need to comment if you dont want to. Just have fun looking! :D

-Laura


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November 22, 2010

 
- Nancyj E. Hovey

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Nancyj E. Hovey's Gallery 		  Great recreation of your photo Laura, I like the treatments you have used... to a great exciting final copy! Also, thank you for all of the instructions... excellent presentation of photo and instructions! 8o)


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November 22, 2010

 
- Laura E. Swan

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Laura E. Swan's Gallery 		  Why Thank-ya ma'am! :D

Any question and I am here at your service.

That is what this club is all about. I purposely didn't enter this image so we could just sit here and talk aboout it all we want to! :))))

-Laura


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November 22, 2010

 
- Millie A. Talarico

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Millie A. Talarico's Gallery 		  In my opinion, your original, is really quite attractive as is, no need to edit! Now that I said that, amazing work and use of filters. I really like the Frac. filter and the final image is awesome, great work, Laura!


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November 22, 2010

 

Patricia White 		  I think the original was great like Milleanne said. frac is a wonderful tool for pc users. I wasn't happy either when I found out they have no intention of making it mac compatible. But I found a way to have the best of both. I like the idea of stage makeup but the only thing I would do is to make the face a little bit darker a little bit to yellow, everything else is great. If you can make eye lashes and remove wrinkles you have a lot of patience. By the way can you get rid of gray hair?


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November 23, 2010

 
- Laura E. Swan

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Laura E. Swan's Gallery 		  Lol...Sure! Send me your photo and I will fix you right up! I mean it! :D

PURPLE hair is you want it! HA!

This was fun to share and I enjoyed your comments! Thanks lots everyone!


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November 24, 2010

 

Karen Kessler 		  You did a wonderful job on this one, Sis! I love your fractal effects in the bg...they were a perfect choice for your "costume"! Another fave...


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November 26, 2010

 
- Irene Colling

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Irene Colling's Gallery 		  Creative effects Laura on this very dramatic image.

I bet you made a beautiful entrance on your birthday. Both the original and edited versions are excellent.


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November 26, 2010

 
- Laura E. Swan

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Laura E. Swan's Gallery 		  Hi Kalena and Irene! I have been playing dress up all of my life. It's so fun! :D And now with the age of digital and DDR...OH! ANOTHER MEDIUM to have fun with!

I sure agree with the yellow skin that Patricia mentioned...I tried to change it in PSE7 but nothing looked realistic. Maybe I could have used a turquoise for fun...Skip realistic! A!

White and turquoise can symbolize energy. It's a fantasy image...so maybe I should try it? Thanks again Pat. You backed up what I had been thinking all along about it..Those tones just come out on my face all the time. Yellows.

Irene, my Hubby surprised me with a LIMO! I felt like a REAL movie star! It was so fun for him to do this! Did you see the pictures I added to Nancyj's thread on her gallery? She made me a birthday card and the photos are in there towards the bottom! HeeHee! I sure got spoiled this year. That was likley my one and only LIMO!

Thanks for all that you guys said and shared here.

-Laura


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November 26, 2010

 
- Laura E. Swan

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Laura E. Swan's Gallery 		  Someone on this club asked me how I change the COLORS of images in PS. I cant find the comment...Darn it!
If you are connected here the way I do it is through ADOBE PSE7.

I go to:

ENHANCE
ADJUST COLOR ---> ADJUST HUE/SATURATION

:)


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November 29, 2010

 
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