For anything you want to do in Photoshop, there are probably at least 10 ways to accomplish it. This great video tutorial will show you a less common way to bring emphasis to your subject's face in a portrait by using Photoshop.
Coming to you from Unmesh Dinda with PiXimperfect, this excellent video tutorial will show you how to emphasize your subject's face and really make it pop off the screen using a combination of gradient maps and the luminosity blending mode in Photoshop. If you have not seen the luminosity blending mode before, it is highly useful. Whereas working with the normal blending mode will affect color in addition to the brightness of the result, the luminosity mode preserves color, only affecting the brightness of the result. This is great, for example, when you want to work on sculpting the subject's face without changing their skin tone. Like all portrait-editing techniques, it is important not to take it too far, lest you will end up with some unnatural results. I generally recommend finishing an edit, then stepping away from your computer for a few minutes and reevaluating the final result with a fresh pair of eyes before you complete your export. Check out the video above for the full rundown from Dinda.
wow the after looks absolutely horrible.
I mean sure its a little over edited but I think that helps people understand what it does I would personally hold back a little
I would hold off completely from this. it may be suitable for other things, but it definitely does not suit portraits. it brings out facial features that should be diffused and soft. its really a bad example use here for a PORTRAIT. at first I thought the after was the before and was showing how to make a hard image look softer. it does not compliment.
I am by far way too distracted by the eyes which are /glowing/. I usually like Piximperfect's stuff, but this is over the top.
But did you watch the video and learn anything new about the tool?
yes, dont use on portraits
facts
This looks away to much and this look was popular around 2007. But some country's still like this over retuched look. Bright teeth, super platsic skin, etc etc. Also the guy him self looks retouched and makeup way to much.
I couldn't help but stare at the huge eyebrow...must be a cultural thing.
thats not big at all, the women in my country have huge squared off brows. horrific. the one above is ok and natural. the ones ive seen are manicured but twice the thickness of the one in the pic. I dont know what theyre thinking.
I can't help but stare at the huge attitude...must be a personality thing.
Thanks for tutorial. Easy to follow the steps.