RE: OT: Plastic Faces
From: Steven Desjardins I understand the need to overly touch up portraits, but the software Portrait Magic Professional Actions removes all evidence that the person has skin. Am I being picky or is this thing way over the top? http://www.photographybb.com/actions/premium/Portrait-Magic-Pro-Elements Maybe just a little picky. Looks like it's aimed at photographers shooting brides high school seniors. Brides want to look perfect on that special day, and everybody knows how sensitive teenagers are about their skin ... (OH NO! I've got a ZIT! My life is OVER!!!) If you want *way over the top*, you gotta' go the Becky Carter looks like a Barbie Doll route: http://www.twistedgrafix.com/winashoot/supremes.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Plastic Faces
It looks pretty over the top to me but then you should look at the adverts for similar products in photography magazines, makes the subjects look like manikins... On 12/17/2010 8:25 AM, Steven Desjardins wrote: I understand the need to overly touch up portraits, but the software Portrait Magic Professional Actions removes all evidence that the person has skin. Am I being picky or is this thing way over the top? http://www.photographybb.com/actions/premium/Portrait-Magic-Pro-Elements -- Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom! --Marvin the Martian. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Plastic Faces
Typical cosmetic advertising edit. Jack --- On Fri, 12/17/10, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: From: Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com Subject: OT: Plastic Faces To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Friday, December 17, 2010, 5:25 AM I understand the need to overly touch up portraits, but the software Portrait Magic Professional Actions removes all evidence that the person has skin. Am I being picky or is this thing way over the top? http://www.photographybb.com/actions/premium/Portrait-Magic-Pro-Elements -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Plastic Faces
you're being picky - MJ really looked like that ]=) 2010/12/17 Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com: I understand the need to overly touch up portraits, but the software Portrait Magic Professional Actions removes all evidence that the person has skin. Am I being picky or is this thing way over the top? http://www.photographybb.com/actions/premium/Portrait-Magic-Pro-Elements -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Plastic Faces
On Dec 17, 2010, at 7:25, Steven Desjardins wrote: I understand the need to overly touch up portraits, but the software Portrait Magic Professional Actions removes all evidence that the person has skin. Am I being picky or is this thing way over the top? http://www.photographybb.com/actions/premium/Portrait-Magic-Pro-Elements Yuck. -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Plastic Faces
On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 7:25 AM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: I understand the need to overly touch up portraits, but the software Portrait Magic Professional Actions removes all evidence that the person has skin. Am I being picky or is this thing way over the top? http://www.photographybb.com/actions/premium/Portrait-Magic-Pro-Elements First, freckles are beautiful, why remove them? Second, I like most of the original photos on that page better than the touched ones. I really don't understand why these advertising people manipulate photos to the point the people in them look anorexic and sick. I guess my aesthetic is different. Kent -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Plastic Faces
Yikes! Yeah, that's a bit much -- particularly on the girl with the freckles. -- Walt On 12/17/2010 7:25 AM, Steven Desjardins wrote: I understand the need to overly touch up portraits, but the software Portrait Magic Professional Actions removes all evidence that the person has skin. Am I being picky or is this thing way over the top? http://www.photographybb.com/actions/premium/Portrait-Magic-Pro-Elements -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Plastic Faces
Avon might have an argument. ;) Jack --- On Fri, 12/17/10, Kenton Brede kbr...@gmail.com wrote: From: Kenton Brede kbr...@gmail.com Subject: Re: OT: Plastic Faces To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Friday, December 17, 2010, 7:17 AM On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 7:25 AM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: I understand the need to overly touch up portraits, but the software Portrait Magic Professional Actions removes all evidence that the person has skin. Am I being picky or is this thing way over the top? http://www.photographybb.com/actions/premium/Portrait-Magic-Pro-Elements First, freckles are beautiful, why remove them? Second, I like most of the original photos on that page better than the touched ones. I really don't understand why these advertising people manipulate photos to the point the people in them look anorexic and sick. I guess my aesthetic is different. Kent -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Plastic Faces
I like the freckles as well. The glow shot are really bad, unless you think of them as watercolors. On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 10:42 AM, Walter Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com wrote: Yikes! Yeah, that's a bit much -- particularly on the girl with the freckles. -- Walt On 12/17/2010 7:25 AM, Steven Desjardins wrote: I understand the need to overly touch up portraits, but the software Portrait Magic Professional Actions removes all evidence that the person has skin. Am I being picky or is this thing way over the top? http://www.photographybb.com/actions/premium/Portrait-Magic-Pro-Elements -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Plastic Faces
On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 09:17:05AM -0600, Kenton Brede wrote: I really don't understand why these advertising people manipulate photos to the point the people in them look anorexic and sick. I guess my aesthetic is different. Kent You might as well ask why the cast of TV shows is populated by women who are all tiny (should you actually get to meet one, the first thought that runs through your mind is just how small she is. Well, maybe the second thought - the first is probably that she's even cuter in real life, without all the TV or movie makeup). My favourite ridiculous example, at present, is a TV commercial for York Peppermint Patties, featuring a model who looks as though she wouldn't be able to eat more than a single bite, and who would then go and stick her fingers down her throat lest she put on an ounce of fat (which is probably more than on her entire body). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Plastic Faces
On Dec 17, 2010, at 10:17 AM, Kenton Brede wrote: On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 7:25 AM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: I understand the need to overly touch up portraits, but the software Portrait Magic Professional Actions removes all evidence that the person has skin. Am I being picky or is this thing way over the top? http://www.photographybb.com/actions/premium/Portrait-Magic-Pro-Elements First, freckles are beautiful, why remove them? Second, I like most of the original photos on that page better than the touched ones. I really don't understand why these advertising people manipulate photos to the point the people in them look anorexic and sick. I guess my aesthetic is different. Kent These aren't advertising photos. They're offered to promote a one-step software tool that does a blanket sweep of any distinguishing skin feature. It's for amateur portrait photographers and guys who want to please their girlfriends. Pro retouchers remove blemishes and some faults but preserve skin tonality, porosity, etc. Yes, some ads are over-retouched because the clients insist on it. But i have never seen a well produced national ad that was retouched to the extent seen here. Paul -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: OT: Plastic Faces
those asian woman photos all look bad because the black level is way off, kills all the shadow detail in the dark hair. ( probably an attempt to make the originals as bad as possible skin tone). -- J.C. O'Connell (mailto:hifis...@gate.net) Join the CD PLAYER DISC Discussions : http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdplayers/ http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdsound/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: OT: Plastic Faces
And the one of the guy looks grossly oversharpened except for the cheeks and forehead. Especially the wrikles around the eyes, way too sharpened. -- J.C. O'Connell (mailto:hifis...@gate.net) Join the CD PLAYER DISC Discussions : http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdplayers/ http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdsound/ -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of J.C. O'Connell Sent: Friday, December 17, 2010 2:34 PM To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' Subject: RE: OT: Plastic Faces those asian woman photos all look bad because the black level is way off, kills all the shadow detail in the dark hair. ( probably an attempt to make the originals as bad as possible skin tone). -- J.C. O'Connell (mailto:hifis...@gate.net) Join the CD PLAYER DISC Discussions : http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdplayers/ http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdsound/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Plastic Faces
Yes, Paul, that's a good way to put it. The effect is so extreme that I would never be tempted to buy the software. On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 2:02 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: On Dec 17, 2010, at 10:17 AM, Kenton Brede wrote: On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 7:25 AM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: I understand the need to overly touch up portraits, but the software Portrait Magic Professional Actions removes all evidence that the person has skin. Am I being picky or is this thing way over the top? http://www.photographybb.com/actions/premium/Portrait-Magic-Pro-Elements First, freckles are beautiful, why remove them? Second, I like most of the original photos on that page better than the touched ones. I really don't understand why these advertising people manipulate photos to the point the people in them look anorexic and sick. I guess my aesthetic is different. Kent These aren't advertising photos. They're offered to promote a one-step software tool that does a blanket sweep of any distinguishing skin feature. It's for amateur portrait photographers and guys who want to please their girlfriends. Pro retouchers remove blemishes and some faults but preserve skin tonality, porosity, etc. Yes, some ads are over-retouched because the clients insist on it. But i have never seen a well produced national ad that was retouched to the extent seen here. Paul -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
