Adding Detail to Black Areas

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by Paris » Sat Jan 16, 2016 11:28 pm

M0vieM0nster wrote:
QUOTE (M0vieM0nster @ Dec 24 2015, 04:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Great tut bro! I also am looking forward to your newest work so c'mon, find some inspiration and get them finished! :D



samppa wrote:
QUOTE (samppa @ Dec 25 2015, 08:29 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Great tut, Paris. And I agree with the others, make more covers too! :cheers:


Maybe one day???? :artist:

by samppa » Fri Dec 25, 2015 3:29 pm

Great tut, Paris. And I agree with the others, make more covers too! :cheers:

by M0vieM0nster » Thu Dec 24, 2015 11:30 pm

Great tut bro! I also am looking forward to your newest work so c'mon, find some inspiration and get them finished! :D

by alienmem » Thu Dec 24, 2015 6:06 pm

yeah her tits are much better....long live photoshop...for these details!!!!

by Paris » Thu Jul 03, 2014 11:19 pm

Arkflip wrote:
QUOTE (Arkflip @ Jul 3 2014, 11:54 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
So keep the tuts coming along with some fresh covers :)


The tutorials are from covers I'm working on, but I'm not excited enough about the covers to finish them at the moment. :(

by Arkflip » Thu Jul 03, 2014 6:54 pm

Apart from the great work you're doing with the tuts, i'm expecting to see new covers from you! So keep the tuts coming along with some fresh covers :)

by JollyRoger » Thu Jul 03, 2014 5:33 pm

Excellent job Paris! Keep these tuts coming, bud! :thumb:

by Paris » Thu Jul 03, 2014 5:01 pm

Thanks, Tim! :)

by Bunny Dojo » Wed Jul 02, 2014 9:41 pm

Great tutorial, Paris!

You made a very smart choice in your example image, too. This is usually one of those "invisible" skills, but here it's easy to appreciate the Roger Moore-approved added value.

by Paris » Wed Jul 02, 2014 3:36 pm

It is very common to come across a perfect image with deep black areas that do not show the shape of clothes, etc. In this image, Andrea's black bathing suit is painfully lacking detail compared to the other characters. Even with character work (recoloring), the pitch black area stands out. I learned this trick from looking closely at Bunny Dojo's outstanding work on adding detail to dark suits.

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So try using curve adjustments and use a mask to draw in where you want the contours to be. This is the alpha channel.
This curve adjustment is to outline her breasts and her side.

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Before and after.
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