How can I achieve this look?

[Yamy]

I want to achive this look I have photoshop but I am not very good at it yet!

[Yamy]

here are some more sample...of the look I want to achieve





Some other samples of the photos I took....

[sybren]

Looks like selective desaturation to me - select the girl, invert the selection, desaturate.

[dakwegmo]

It doesn't look like there's much going on with those photos except partially desaturating the image.

Open your photo in Photoshop go to Layer --> New Adjustment Layer --> Hue/Saturation Layer
Name your layer and Click Ok
In the dialog that comes up Leave the Channel on Master and move the middle slider, saturation, to the left, to -50 or -60.

That should just about do it for the first image.

[kencaleno]

Much easier:

In photoshop:

1.Ctrl+J

2. Blending mode- Screen

3. drag slider to the left until image looks right

Flatten;save

[sybren]

Please don't assume the entire world uses Photoshop - what does Ctrl+J do?

[kencaleno]

...But if you use photoshop, you will know what it means: Ctrl+J (Windows) Command+J (Apple Mac) opens a new layer.

By the way, I don't assume that the world uses photoshop, But it is the imaging standard others are judged by..... but the original poster said that he has photoshop, so it was appropriate of me to show him, how it was done in photoshop. Just because you do not have photoshop,why all the fuss? This was for the original poster. Ken

[sybren]

It's a forum, a place for many people to discuss and learn from each other. Even though OP has Photoshop, others are participating in the thread (like me) or simply reading along. Giving just a few words to indicate what an action actually does allows the reader to transfer the instructions from Photoshop to whatever application they like to use. Everybody learns.

[Starryeyed]

I love this forum for tips. Would it be a similar technique in Gimp? (Just got gimp yesterday so please excuse my ignorance)

Natalie

[wulf]

Is it the more desaturated images that are required? If so, what is their source (attribution is essential if they aren't the original poster's photos).

Assuming that is the direction, here is my result:



Process (using The Gimp ):

1. Create a duplicate of the layer (Ctrl-Shift-D for those who care)

2. Desaturate the new layer (default settings with the tool in the Colours menu although plenty of scope for different approaches here)

3. Reduce the opacity of the desaturated layer to taste (40% here).

You can also get an identical looking result using the saturation slider on the Hue / Saturation tool (also in the Colours menu); my preference for using the approach above is that it is easier to tinker with later in the process - for example adding a layer mask so some areas are less desaturated than others).

Wulf

ps. putting the new layer in screen mode didn't seem to get anywhere near the desired result in The Gimp although it did create an effect like the girl was sitting under a strong spotlight / pool of heavenly light!