RPM Beautifier Filter

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Aimee_Walker
Sep 10, 2007
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Anyone heard of this? I was told it was a free download but I cant find it anywhere.

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Daryl_Pritchard
Sep 10, 2007
Aimee,

GIYF…no, that’s not some new kind of GIF format, but it isn’t very pronounceable either. Just shorthand for a common phrase around here…

"Google is your friend" 🙂

Google results pointed me in the right direction rather quickly, and here is the specific page for the RPM Beautifier filter.

<http://www.redpawmedia.com/beautifier.html>

Regards,

Daryl
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Phosphor
Sep 10, 2007
That model at RedPawMedia’s site wouldn’t need a beautifier filter.

She just needs to fix her eye makeup and smile a little.

🙂
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Aimee_Walker
Sep 10, 2007
Thanks!
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Daryl_Pritchard
Sep 10, 2007
Phos,

No kidding! As soon as I saw that model’s pretty eyes lost behind a sea of blue makeup, I wondered how hard it would be to get rid of it all while keeping realistic skin tones.

Daryl
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nospam
Sep 10, 2007
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Aimee,

GIYF…no, that’s not some new kind of GIF format, but it isn’t very pronounceable either. Just shorthand for a common phrase
around here…
"Google is your friend" 🙂

Google results pointed me in the right direction rather quickly, and here is the specific page for the RPM Beautifier filter.

<http://www.redpawmedia.com/beautifier.html>

Yikes. The author of that filter is in desparate need of a decent monitor. Just horrid.
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chrisjbirchall
Sep 10, 2007
Whilst I agree with Phos and Daryl’s comments, there are times when a portrait needs to be taken onto the edge of fantasy. In beauty photography for instance.

Filters such as the "Beautifier" can be a useful addition to your armory and can often be used to great effect, especially when you want to achieve that "dreamy" look quickly. The trick is not to overdo it. Work on a duplicate layer then reduce the opacity until the result is what you want.

But remember also, that all these effects can be created directly in Photoshop using the standard tools available. I’m not saying don’t buy ready-made filters – just don’t rely on them for all your "soft focus" effects.

This is the result of a quick "makeover" to the image in question using standard retouching techniques.
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John_Joslin
Sep 10, 2007
But remember also, that all these effects can be created directly in Photoshop using the standard tools available.

Well said that man!

I wince at the people who boast of their "hundreds of plug-ins".

To me it’s an admission that they haven’t mastered the tools that Photoshop provides in such rich abundance!
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David_Ritch
Sep 10, 2007
Chris,

I won’t boast – I *know* I don’t know how to use all my tools effectively, and I’d like to learn.

When I try to select a person in order to change a background, I always have trouble with fine edges, such as those around loose hairs. I see some of those at the top of this model’s hair, and it appears that you did a very good job of separating her from her original background.

How do you select the individual hairs, and insure that you get the hair, but not the colored background? I can see how one might do this with sharp edges, but blurred edges escape me. If I feather, I either lose part of the foreground, or include part of the background. If I don’t, I have the same issue.

Thanks!

David
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chrisjbirchall
Sep 10, 2007
Hi David.

Explore the "Extract" filter that ships with Photoshop. There is a pretty good run down on its use in the Help Files. It didn’t do a bad job on this image, but it’s really much better suited to higher resolution files.
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David_Ritch
Sep 11, 2007
Thanks, Chris! That looks like just what I need.

I see that the documentation says it removes the background color components from the edge of an extracted image. I don’t recall seeing that in earlier versions of the tool – maybe I missed it, or maybe it’s an improvement since I last looked.

David
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PECourtejoie
Sep 11, 2007
No, it’s been there since the beginning. It is the edge color decontamination that prevented Extract to output a layer mask.

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