Wow!! Thanks for doing three different edits Nobody, they all look great but this is the one that really stands out to me. The way you made my eyes pop like that is amazing. It looks fantastic.
Could you share exactly what you did in photoshop to achieve this look? I use CS2 myself and would love to know how you did this. Thanks
You changed my face in the photo??erm how so?lol
Thanks to everyone else who gave it a go, appreciated.
Jewel
I'm glad that you like it.
I use PhotoShop CS1 because my iMac is an old model, 5 years old.
There is no secret in this work, just retouched detailed and slowly, and compared with each previous versions every time. My wife asked me yesterday, "you know her?"
Firstly, I smoothed the skin mainly with Rubber Stamp tool. Sometimes I used Dodge tool to brighten some shadow areas like areas around eyes (sorry, I don't know the term). However, after smoothing the skin, the expression was changed and the face becomes fatter because you are smiling in the photo and I removed the gap between the 2 muscles. That's why I said I have changed the face because it should be thinner if you aren't smiling.
Then I added shadows on the side of the cheek with Burn tool because I hope I can make the face as slim as your real person. I also added shadows below the hairline on the forehead because the face became flat and bigger in B/W after smoothing the skin (because of losing shades). I diminished the highlights along the edge of the face and the nose with Burn tool. I also used Burn and Dodge tool to smooth the lighting on the chin.
In order to change the lighting, I partially lightened the left face and partially dimmed the right face with layers and layer masks. I also changed the contrast partially with different layer masks.
Finally, I lightened the eyes, darkened the eyebrows and lips with Burn and Dodge tools. Then I combed your hair a bit and removed the hair in front of your eye with Stamp tool.
Sorry, my English is very bad and hope you can understand.
Btw, please tell me which term I used very wrongly if you don't mind.