Derezzed - before/after

[arielc]

This image was taken a few days ago in my house. I wanted to create a "Mac-Girl" theme.
I'll explaine how I got the final result and my workflow.

Equipment:
Canon EOS 7D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
Canon Speedlite 580 EX II
Canon Speedlite 430 EX II
Pixel Pawn wireless flash trigger + receiver
1 Shoot-Thru Umbrella
1 Lastolite rectangle softbox

Set-Up:



Settings:
1/200, f/8, ISO 160, 34mm, RAW, AWB, Umbrella flash (1/2 power), Softbox Flash (1/4 power).

Post-Processing:
1. Cropping the Image to fill the frame with the model
2. Sharp the image
3. Eliminate blemishes
4. Eliminate unwanted shadows beneath eyes
5. Adding depth to both eyes and catch-light
6. Creating a "Model Skin"
7. Whitening the eyes
8. Vignetting the edges with white (as oppose to black)
9. Adding Dragon and Barcode Tattoo
10. Blurring edges
11. Changing color-tone to a more fashionable look
12. Adding make-up to eyes, lips and cheeks
13. Adding the text 'DEREZZED' behind the model and blurring the edges
14. Rendering spot-light effect on the background

Enjoy....


Ariel Cohen

[sweetdani]

very nice shot lovely use of light is very good

[lotteotte]

so very interesting - thanks a lot for making the time to share this information. i like the tattoos - which pp software did u use?

[OsmosisStudios]

The eyes are overdone: they look like they're glowing like a bad movie effect, not like they have depth. Theres no catchlight in the original to enhance. The rest is to taste (not mine, but hey) but those are rather bothersome.