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Good photoshop tutorials for retouching skins?

JQPJQP Posts: 511
edited October 2015 in Daz Studio Discussion
For stuff like removing bits you don't like (I have one right now with a very unsightly painted-on shadow I want to remove), moving or reshaping eyebrows, adding makeup, adding freckles, adding tan lines, and anything else I can't think of and you can? I'm running web searches right now but human input would be welcome. ETA: oh, and changing skin tone, that'd be a great one to have. G3 textures all look pretty tanned to me, which is fine, but I like pale and lighter tones, too.
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  • larsmidnattlarsmidnatt Posts: 4,511

    I would just use any photoshop tutorial for real world photos and painting. You shouldn't need any daz/poser specific tutorials. So finding tutorials on how to retouch photos should be all you need. Occasionally I stumble on some for how to make regular person look like a magazine model and stuff like that would help.

    For freckles traditional painting techniques combined with photo manip skills will work together. I would say the same for tanlines.

    Build up your photo manipulation and painting skills and those will apply to your daz work.

    And keep in mind while most of the time you may want to do these directly to the texture, sometimes it's just easier to fix makeup after the render is done. Just depends on the tools you have and what you are comfortable with.

     

    Sorry no links..its been a while...

  • JQPJQP Posts: 511
    edited October 2015
    Yeah that's what I'm looking for, just figured maybe someone here has a good recommendation for this or that. The web's a big place. :) Oh, forgot to mention, video tuts aren't the best fit for me. I'm the last living human on dialup (mobile's not much better here) and I have to go through a lot of hassle to watch videos (though I could make an exception for something truly brilliant).
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  • larsmidnattlarsmidnatt Posts: 4,511
    edited October 2015

    I was just trying for moral support. I think it's great you are expanding your skills. The important note is that digital painting tutorials for standalone 2D art or regular photo manipulation still apply to the stuff you are doing. So don't worry about stuff focusing on 3D end result.

    I couldn't find any of the tutorials I used and liked from years ago. I really should keep up but I gathered an assortment of techniques and haven't tried new things in a bit. Most of my tutorial time has been with games engines or new 3D software lately.

    Once you get some 2D skills they tend to work fo eva n eva...

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  • JQPJQP Posts: 511
    I know the feeling (in other contexts); you've moved on so far you can't remember what it was like being at the start of the race. :) I have some basic Photoshop skills, but I don't exercise them enough, so I kinda have to learn all over again every time (plus, methods evolve). That, and my memory isn't as sharp as it was in my youth. Thanks for the kind word.
  • nicsttnicstt Posts: 11,715

    Skills on using the clone-stamp tool are might be what you would find most useful? Do a search on that if so.

    TBH; turorials aren't that helpful for that, just practice. At least it has gone that way for me.

    Always keep a copy of the original; make the changes in a new later you add and set the sample to current and below, if that doesn't work, try changing settings.

    Expect to delete the custom layer you are doing a few times; sometimes though, redoing with a new layer, but using the opacity option to blend in a little can look good too.

  • larsmidnattlarsmidnatt Posts: 4,511
    edited October 2015

    Well it's more than just clone stamp to address all the things listed. There are a lot of techniques/tools one can learn and apply at random as needed. For example I've seen a few good tutorials on painting freckles. I don't remember the step by step cause it doesn't matter, but the general concepts are worth getting some perspective on. Knowing the tools is one thing, having insight to how it applies to a subject is different.

    I like to adjust hair in photoshop and use painting and photo manip tricks depending on the piece. While some of these ideas may seem obvious, they may not be obvious to everyone initially. (like using special brush for hair, or copying sections of hair and pasting and morphing them elsewhere to fill things in),

    Also looking at tutorials on types of art you like can give you good idea of how to apply tools you have to meet a certain goal you may not have thought about before.

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  • mjc1016mjc1016 Posts: 15,001

    This is an overall skin painting tutorial

    http://www.obsidiandawn.com/painting-realistic-skin-textures-in-photoshop-tutorial

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