needs a little umph.....

[BARBARA LUKE]

Can anyone give this image a little umph....i haven't saved in web colour but i just can't get it to look right .. also tell me how it was done....
I can't find anything on the web that gives me any info on the Dragonize action....i would be greatful for the help....:bowdown: Barbara

[Claude Ollieuz]

Barbara,
I think it is DragAnize that you are looking for:)
And this a suggestion

[Claude Ollieuz]

I do not know how to post multiple pictures with text in between or after(can anyone help??), so...

[Claude Ollieuz]

What I did is quite simple: duplicate BG layer(always safer:beat:), add an adjustment layer for levels, correct r,g and b separately according to taste (mine in this case)
You can always dubble click the adjustment layer and change the settings.

Is that the hoped for umph?

[BARBARA LUKE]

Thank you so much Claude....:clap:.... you have brought the photo to life.....i just could not get it right...looks great now..... :cheers: Barbara

[ChazR]

Claude,

Are you certain that you're not Ernest Hemingway???

[Bill C]

Barbara - thanks for letting us play with this very nice picture of a beautiful young lady. (Young is relative - at my age anybody under 60 is young :) )
Used levels to lighten a bit. Sharpened the eyes - wanted to make the main focus to be on her eyes. Softened the skin ... added a touch of color to lips ... used Render Light (soft omni) to change the lighting a bit. Used healing brush on a few distracting spots. Probably a bit over the top on the glamour look.
Regards,
Bill

[Bill C]

There are various 'dragonizer' effects/looks - depends on how much 'grunge' look you want. Here is a sample from my first rendition that I ran thru a 'dragonizer' action in PhotoShop.
Bill

[BARBARA LUKE]

O WOW Bill .... love them both..:goldcup:.but the dragonizer look is awsome.... were can i get the dragonizer action from??? Thank you soo much......:bowdown: Barbara..

[Bill C]

O WOW Bill .... love them both..:goldcup:.but the dragonizer look is awsome.... were can i get the dragonizer action from??? Thank you soo much......:bowdown: Barbara..
Barbara - I am not the author of the action. The author is Sharon Lee Core. You can get it at my download area:
http://www.twinoakphoto.com/download/Draganizer.atn

Save it to the actions folder: Usually is Presets\Photoshop Actions\

So many looks possible ...Good luck 'playing'
Bill

[Claude Ollieuz]

More draganizers here:

http://atncentral.com/download.htm

[BARBARA LUKE]

Thank you Bill .. well i managed to get it downloaded.... and yes its in the right place ....but then I don't know how to use it :dunce:..... i have had a read of the instructions and i must be thick cos i don't understand them.....:help: is it easy?? am i missing something simple... ?? Barbara

[Claude Ollieuz]

Chaz,
No, proof is, I hate writing. I also neglect to shave sometimes:surrender

[Bill C]

Thank you Bill .. well i managed to get it downloaded.... and yes its in the right place ....but then I don't know how to use it :dunce:..... i have had a read of the instructions and i must be thick cos i don't understand them.....:help: is it easy?? am i missing something simple... ?? Barbara

Hey - isn't it 12:30am in the UK right now! You should be in bed, not playing around in the digital darkroom!
First of all, do you get the action loaded OK? THen 'play' it? There are quite a few steps to the action - some require doing something outside of the action, then pressing play on the action toolbar (for examle, using the paintbrush, etc). If you can't figure it out, I'll prepare some documentation (tomorrow - unlike you I NEED my beauty sleep)
... oh yeah, here's yet another rendition - can't stop playing with your pic! - maybe because I haven't had much time over the past few months to work on pictures)
Bill

[BARBARA LUKE]

Thank you Claude..::righton: I have saved that site so i will download some actions as i need them..... If i can find out how to use them >>>:help: LOL... Barbara

Well i have had a little play and now i understand what to do.:)....I can go to bed happy now ....Don't you just hate when you can't get to grips with something.....Thank you for the help.......Barbara

[BARBARA LUKE]

Claude and Bill thank you for the help.....I have been having another go at the ""dragon"" today... its not as easy as i thought ... but i will get there, once i get a decent pic i will put it on display.... Barbara

[denrule]

Nice shot Barbara

Here is my try with Kabota actions

Denis

[BARBARA LUKE]

That looks great Denis.... I have never heard of Kabota Action but it works well on this pic...... Thanks Barbara

[LiVe]

Here is my version of it, I used Nic color efex pro. It may be a tad to dark, what do you think?