A Work in Progress: Basic Touchup



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Basic Touchup
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lady on stairs


Original image


step 1 of 9

duplicate layer, saturation up on trees, erase everything around it so other layers will show through.

Creation of Basic Touchup: Step 1

step 2 of 9

duplicate background layer again, lightness up, erase window area

Creation of Basic Touchup: Step 2

step 3 of 9

candlesticks put in as new layer

Creation of Basic Touchup: Step 3

step 4 of 9

new layer, paint a wood texture over stairs, turn direction of texture as needed, erase where needed, bring opacity of layer down

Creation of Basic Touchup: Step 4

step 5 of 9

new layer, paint a light skin color over the skin, erase where needed, bring layer opactiy down

Creation of Basic Touchup: Step 5

step 6 of 9

duplicate background layer, bring to front, adjust the lightness to make it brighter, erase everywhere but shirt and cap, bring layer opacity down.

Creation of Basic Touchup: Step 6

step 7 of 9

duplicate background layer, bring to front, adjust color to bring more blue out, erase everywhere but dress, bring layer opacity down.

Creation of Basic Touchup: Step 7

step 8 of 9

paste the picture, resize, deform, duplicate and layer blend luminance for one and opacity down to 10 for the other

Creation of Basic Touchup: Step 8

step 9 of 9

new layer, paint white over picture, bring opacity down. duplicate, bring brightness down so it is black, add gaussion blur and bring layer behind the other picture layers

Creation of Basic Touchup: Step 9

Final result

Creation of Basic Touchup: Final Result

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