Photoshop Effects For Portrait Photographers

Photoshop Effects for Portrait Photographers Photoshop Effects for Portrait Photographers Christopher Grey AMSTERDAM PARIS ● ● BOSTON SAN DIEGO ● HEIDELBERG ● LONDON SAN FRANCISCO ● SINGAPORE ● ● NEW YORK ● Focal Press is an imprint of Elsevier SYDNEY ● ● OXFORD TOKYO Acquisitions Editor: Diane Heppner Project Manager: Paul Gottehrer Assistant Editor: Stephanie Barrett Marketing Manager: Christine Degon Veroulis Cover Design: Eric DeCicco Focal Press is an imprint of Elsevier 30 Corporate Drive, Suite 400, Burlington, MA 01803, USA Linacre House, Jordan Hill, Oxford OX2 8DP, UK Copyright © 2007, Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Permissions may be sought directly from Elsevier’s Science & Technology Rights Department in Oxford, UK: phone: (
44) 1865 843830, fax: (144) 1865 853333, E-mail: [email protected] You may also complete your request on-line via the Elsevier homepage (http://elsevier.com), by selecting “Support & Contact” then “Copyright and Permission” and then “Obtaining Permissions.”  Recognizing the importance of preserving what has been written, Elsevier prints its books on acid-free paper whenever possible. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Application submitted British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 13: 978-0-240-80894-9 ISBN 10: 0-240-80894-9 For information on all Focal Press publications visit our website at: www.books.elsevier.com 06 07 08 09 10 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Printed in Canada Contents Foreword vii Introduction ix Acknowledgments xi A Short Course in Layer Masks xiii Section 1 Traditional Photographic Techniques 1 Creative Desaturation 2 Organic Vignettes 7 Converting Color to Grayscale 13 Short Focus 18 Short Focus (Light) 21 Black and White Infrared 23 Cross-Processing 27 High-Speed Film Grain 32 Oil Tint 35 Hand Coloring Black and White 41 Damage Free Dodge and Burn 45 Section 2 Image Enhancements 49 Surreal Backgrounds 50 HyperColor 53 Glowing Accents 55 Porcelain Skin 58 High Pass Sharpening 61 High Pass Soft Focus 63 Overexposure Rescue 65 Hollywood Eyes 67 Contents v Section 3 Artistic Effects 71 Perfect Litho 72 Linoleum Block 76 Scratchboard 79 Rough Pencil Sketch 84 Charcoal/Pen Sketch 86 Photocopy Sketch 89 Grain Sketch 92 Watercolor Painting 97 Wet Watercolor vi 102 Silkscreen Prints 106 Impressionism 112 The Classic PinUp 119 Oil Chalk 124 Index 127 Contents Foreword As a professional photographer, I consider myself lucky to be so totally immersed in this evolutionary step of digital