Portrait classes-day 4-7 eyes

[jazzfisher]

Ok , been practicing with all the eye tutorials---need opinions--
One picture is of course "fixed" the other is the original.
I won't tell you what I think--cause I don't want to sway anybody's thoughts. I feel like I've been staring at the eyes so long I can't see the "whole " picture anymore.
Thanks in advance.
:)
http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1WqEL9pPpor3mmCBu7CSJ6q7UWMXw

[Wendy]

Sherry ....

I think that the lefthand one is the fixed one ... but I think that the eyes are just a little bit too sharp for me .. :)


Wendy

[editor]

Remember with any sharpening - eyes in particular - you have to decide what your final output will be. In this case the eyes might be over-sharpened if the photo was going to be used on a web site. But if the photo is being printed, then the amount of sharpening may be perfect. If you are printing, the only real way to tell is to print it - don't make the decision based on the screen.

[jazzfisher]

Thanks Dave & Wendy,
I did print it out & felt it appearred as if he were "staring" instead of looking at me. I will go back & try try again.

P.S. love the portrait classes!!!!!

[Wendy]

Sherry ...

I think that it is just a matter of getting used to using it ... and having some idea of how much less the effect appears in print than it does on screen.

I've tried it out on quite a few of images and I think that I can now take a reasonable guess if it will look OK in print ... experiment a little and see :)

Wendy

[jazzfisher]

Wendy,
Yes, I know what you mean about getting used to seeing Things & knowing. I can crop to 8 x10 without any guide--just eyeballing it.
Thanks for your input.

[GaryK]

Sherry

Too late for my two cents..(Wendy and Dave covered it off) but hi anyway.

[jazzfisher]

Hi Gary,
Missed you!!! :D

[GaryK]

Thats cuz you were sitting at the back of the class..I was at the front ..being good.

[jazzfisher]

But the really fun people sit in the back....... :wink:

[GaryK]

Dave moved me after the first day :cry: :cry:

[jazzfisher]

That's no fun, now you have to keep your hands & eyes to yourself... no passing notes or checking out other students work. He must have known you'd be trouble... :lol:

[GaryK]

Sherry

Aren't you supposed to be working right now????? :lol: :lol:

[jazzfisher]

Let me say this---I'm at work & they are paying me! :lol: :lol: :lol:

[GaryK]

You must be gooooooooood :lol: :lol:

[jazzfisher]

Nahh---my brother & sister owned the company & I would tell my Mom on them..... 8)

[GaryK]

:lol: :lol:

Sounds fair to me. :wink:

[jazzfisher]

A little nepotism never hurts anybody!!

But when we do family get-togethers it's almost like being at work!!

[Wendy]

My goodness ... I leave you alone for a couple of hours and just see what you get up to :shock: :shock: :shock:


:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:


Wendy

[jazzfisher]

Wendy,
After I saw Gary's photo (from High School) I was smitten---luckily he's in a diffrerent country!!! :wink:

[Wendy]

Sherry ...

What that photograph .... :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

Oh my goodess ...


Wendy

[jazzfisher]

He posted it a while ago---it was photoshopped & he was "cut" into small squares---I don't remember why.
Hey where is he now????

[GaryK]

I was doing that cut into squares thing that Wendy did for one of the challenges (bench couple maybe)

[Wendy]

Yes I remember it ... long hair, looked sweet. Was that the one ?? :)


Wendy

[GaryK]

If I looked sweet, that must be the one :lol: :lol: :lol:

I think Sherry missed the one with my neice asleep on my shoulders, when we did that cancer walk last spring.

[jazzfisher]

Yes, I missed that one--I bet your niece looked sweet.....

(good walk though)

[GaryK]

Sherry

She was getting a bit fidgity in the stroller so I put her on my shoulders, I think we mad about two laps and she was out like a light.
We did the walk in memory of her dad, so it was very emotional.

[jazzfisher]

I'm so sorry to hear that about your brother (brother-in law). Breast cancer runs in my family so I'm very aware. I hope you have lots of photos to keep him alive for her.

[GaryK]

Thanks Sherry

Coming up to a year in Dec. It's been tough for my sister.

She does have some photos, and she has just started scrapping, so I do creations (mostly from the tuts and stuff) send and if she likes them she gets them printed for her pages. :)
I send her all the ones I do..so like em or not she has to look at them :D

So now her and my other sis are fighting over whos kids I do more creations of . :)

[jazzfisher]

Gary,
Just do one creation & just PSE in their faces & make one for each
kid!! :lol:

Ok, now to do my grays--hair, then I'll be back to try the eye thing again & I'll post new results. Hate those gray hairs!!!! :twisted:

[jazzfisher]

Ok this is re-done--it still looks a little strange on screen, but printed out it's decent.
http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1PhKHNvscAB9SIuchROyE9qXjyBXmk

[Wendy]

Sherry ...

Glad that it worked Ok this time ... its a a great effect :)


Wendy

[GaryK]

Sherry

You mean...... Dave was right :?: :?: :?: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[jazzfisher]

Gary,
Of course he was... :D
I just had to figure out how weird it should look on screen as to how it comes out in print...

[Wendy]

Gary ...

Dave is always right :lol: :lol:


Wendy

[jazzfisher]

Wendy,
Unlike some other Candians who shall remain nameless......

[Wendy]

Sherry :shock: :shock: :shock:


Wendy

[GaryK]

Sherry

I feel sorry for those "other" Canadians. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[jazzfisher]

It would help if I could spell/or type correctly---when you are trying to give a punchline!!!! :lol:

[Wendy]

Sherry ...

:lol: :lol: :lol:


Wendy

[GaryK]

ta-dum-dum :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: (supposed to be drums)

[jazzfisher]

A rimshot always helps the joke!!!! :lol:

[GaryK]

I didn't know how to type it :lol:

[jazzfisher]

Gary,
you should have just whipped up a PSE drum!!!

[GaryK]

Sherry

I can't even WHIP UP a screenshot..everything takes forever :lol: :lol:

I'm hoping they have a mask contest NEXT halloween..might have mine done by then :lol: :lol:

[Wendy]

Gary ...

Quiet at the back of the class and get on with your mask !! :lol: :lol:


Wendy

[jazzfisher]

Gary,
Exactly--I'm not even entering a mask 'cause I can't "create" yet with PSE. And with Wendy & Jodi in there--whew!

Hey, how do you do a screen shot anyway? I take it you mean a screen capture, right? I tried the other night, finally got it, but took forever to get into a jpeg so pixtentral could read it. I'm going back to taking a pic of my screen on my camera, then download & upload, it's faster.

[jazzfisher]

Wendy, Wendy,
Talttle Tail---Teacher's pet!!! :lol:

[GaryK]

Sherry

The print scrn key, sends your whole screen to the clipboard you cna then make a File>new>image from clipboard in elements.

I am also using Gadwin Printscreen ..freeware product. It is a bit cumbersome, but I don't use it often, and that could be part of the reason. It allows you to draw a rectangle around the part of the screen you want to save .. like, just the layers pallet or an option bar or whatever.

[Wendy]

Sherry ...

Oh do have a go at making a mask ... that is half the fun of it!!

The whole idea is that we have fun on Halloween and we all do masks ... it doesn't matter how good they are it is the making of them thats the most important aspect.

All you need to do is make a mask shape and stick some bits on it ... come on you can do that.

I'm making one just for fun ...!!

Wendy

[jazzfisher]

Gary,
Thanks I'll try, didn't know about creating new blank file, etc... sounds easy enough.
I'm sure I'll get the hang of it.

[jazzfisher]

Wendy,
Mine will look like a little kid made it, I'm just not proficient enough to even draw the mask part!!!! :(

[GaryK]

I have an idea to try.. maybe I'll phone in sick tomorrow :lol:

[Wendy]

Sherry ...

What you can do is just trace around a mask shape .. then dress it up !!
... or see what shapes you can use from the custom shapes folder.

You can do it ... we know that you can!!

Wendy

[jazzfisher]

Wendeeeeee,
I don't have enough other stuff to do!!!!
Maybe I'll get sick with Gary....

[Wendy]

Sherry ...

No way !! ... its easy, you can do it ... you know you can.

Wendy

[jazzfisher]

Wendy,
No making fun of me if I do it!!!! :D

I'll see if I can do it this weekend, I have several "real" projects I'm supposed to do.
Okay?????
Nag nag nag!!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Pauline]

Hmmmmmmm Wendy, I have taken a whole different appoach to my mask making. (I'm not telling). What I had done did freak my daughter out a bit. Maybe it's because her boyfriend is the model? (whoops let something slip) :lol: :lol:

[GaryK]

Pauline

Sounds along the lines of my idea as well.. but then I havent started mine yet..nor do I have the base image :roll: :lol:

[Pauline]

Well I stopped 4 hours ago to walk the dog! Next it's dinner, and now it's almost time for survivor, so I guess I'm pretty much done for the night. Mornings and evenings are my most creative time.

[Wendy]

Sherry ...

No way would we make fun of your mask ... I still remember when I first got Elements took me months before I let anyone see my work !!

Look forward to seeing your mask ...:)

Wendy

[Wendy]

Pauline & Gary ...

I guess that everyone is doing it different ... I made mine and then had to make someone to model it :) :)

I'm going for cute ... Ummm methinks I just lied :) :)


Wendy

[GaryK]

Sherry

You know we aren't like that when it comes to creations.
This is probably one of the most supportive places you will find anywhere.. real or cyber. :)

[Pauline]

I read and reread the instructions. They're pretty vague except for size. It's left open for interpretation. I think really that makes it even more fun as we all interpret things differently. I can't wait to see all the results!! It should be a lot of fun.

[jazzfisher]

I know you guys wouldn't make fun of my creations online---but who knows what you do offline!!!!

[Pauline]

:lol: Sherry, when we're off line we're sleeping and dreaming of our next creation. You have no worries. :lol: :lol:

Come on. Give it a try! What's the worst that can happen. Your mask is too scary? :lol: :lol: :lol: Well that's the point isn't it???

[Wendy]

Sherry ...

Another way of doing a mask is to take a headshot of someone, create a layer above it and then make your maks .. putting a headshot on screen will really help you.

Look forward to your mask ... hey Friday the 30th is going to be fun !!


Wendy

[jazzfisher]

8) <<<<<Does this work?????

[Pauline]

Sorry Sherry, you'll have to put a little more effort into it than that! :lol:

[Wendy]

Sherry ...

Nice try but NO !!! :lol: :lol: :lol:


Wendy

[jazzfisher]

Ok, ok, ok, ok, ok,---I'll give the ole college try.....

[Wendy]

Sherry ...

Whe you join classes you just have to take part in the class party :) :)

Good thing is that you only have to make a Mask ... not the whole dress :)

Wendy

[jazzfisher]

THAT is a good thing!!
I'm afraid it would be an invisible dress...... :lol: :shock: :lol:

[Pauline]

Well that would make the boys in the class happy Sherry!!! :lol:

[Wendy]

Oh I like that one :)


Wendy

[jazzfisher]

OH--ANYTHING to make the boys happy!!!
I bet Wendy could make one!!!--Just don't use me for the model!!! :D

[Wendy]

Sherry ...

Hey an invisible dress ... Ummm now to make that do you use invisible thread and lower the opacity :) :)


Wendy

[jazzfisher]

A new Challenge!!!!!

[GaryK]

Oh man .. gone to work and look what happens :lol: :lol:

[jazzfisher]

Gary,
A dream come true---women in invisible dresses!!!! :shock:

[GaryK]

Maybe I should become a fashion designer :lol: :lol:

[jazzfisher]

I'm afraid your designs would leave little or nothing to the imagination!!!! Snicker snicker :lol: 8) :lol:

[Wendy]

... You would get arrested !!!


Wendy