You have a great eye for light! The use of inverted curve adjustments screen and multiply blended for non-destructive dodging and burning is brilliant! I am going to copy your workflow of exaggerating adjustments to see the effect location more clearly, then reducing the opacity to the desired effect level. Oh, and tone mapping then changing the blend range to enhance the shadow detail is really effective! I really learned a lot watching you work! Thank you!
@nickicameron54304 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Ivan. That was so interesting and informative. I love your delivery - it's so clear and understandable which makes me think I can do this! I've learnt so much.
@IvanWeiss-london4 жыл бұрын
You absolutely can do this, Nicki!
@edwardalexander94862 жыл бұрын
"Back it off a lot" - good advice! Bit of a David Bailey theme, you've pulled it off.
@IvanWeiss-london2 жыл бұрын
I'll happily take that comparison :)
@Bug663 жыл бұрын
absolute top class teaching, thank you Ivan :)
@cliffdickinson70912 жыл бұрын
Absolutely, a masterful splendid effort. Well done; the portrait brings out the essence of her beauty and grace.
@paulreid77612 жыл бұрын
Fantastic. Brilliant tutorial on face work.
@Pin03 жыл бұрын
An intensive method for the b&w conversion. Show up the power of this software. Thanks for sharing. Cheers from Italy
@IvanWeiss-london3 жыл бұрын
Grazie, Pino!
@JoeHoddinott3 жыл бұрын
Splendid work, Ivan. Your tutorials are always a treat. Very classy portrait as well.
@IvanWeiss-london3 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@kuenstler524 жыл бұрын
thanks a lot!! one of the best tutorials I have seen for AF!
@IvanWeiss-london4 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Armin!
@PeteCocoPhoto2 жыл бұрын
This is wonderful. Thanks Ivan!
@tomchambers86864 жыл бұрын
Great lesson and some very interesting techniques I might have a play with. Great stuff Ivan.
@IvanWeiss-london4 жыл бұрын
Give it a go and see!
@Pizzi2364 жыл бұрын
Another great tutorial from Ivan Weiss. We need more!
@IvanWeiss-london4 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Koldo! I'd love to make some more videos with Affinity.
@Goldmangun4 жыл бұрын
Another excellent addition to the series, thank you!
@IvanWeiss-london4 жыл бұрын
There's more to come. Stay tuned!
@mrMinstrel4 жыл бұрын
@@IvanWeiss-london Always a treat to know more is on the way....thanks for your teachings!
@tomaswilde54814 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for teaching and sharing. I have learned a lot. It has been so interesting and useful !!
@steveforbes69004 жыл бұрын
Thanks, I particularly like the Tone Mapping step and blending .. neat trick
@IvanWeiss-london4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, one of those things I stumbled across by accident. It just adds a bit of grit to the shadows that I particularly like in b/w.
@louisevincent9973 жыл бұрын
Awesome and inspiring, thank you
@stevenelson434 жыл бұрын
That was wonderful! Doing the skin retouch on layers *under* the high frequency layer finally made perfect sense to me. Don’t know why it took so long for that to click in my head. Can I ask what raw processor you use to get the low contrast “technicolor“ rendering?
@IvanWeiss-london4 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it, Steve. I do my raw conversion in Canon DPP, which allows me to use the Picture Styles (profiles) that I use in camera. The Technicolor profile is available online from various colour grading websites/forums.
@stevenelson434 жыл бұрын
@@IvanWeiss-london Thank you for taking the time to clarify. I live in a Nikon/CaptureOne workflow, but I'll investigate to see what similar profiles exist for my tool set. Your final version of the portrait was very powerful but I honestly loved the look of the image at the starting point, too!
@IvanWeiss-london4 жыл бұрын
@@stevenelson43 I'm certain there is a way to do something similar in C1.
@stevenelson434 жыл бұрын
@@IvanWeiss-london No doubt. C1 profiles and styles abound. The profile you install in your Canon camera itself, though… I've never entered those waters, so it's unknown territory for me.
@IvanWeiss-london4 жыл бұрын
@@stevenelson43 It's the same thing - a profile that converts the raw data into a readable image format (jpeg or tiff).
@nelsonsoares22813 жыл бұрын
Incredible class I learned a lot.
@voice-of-oblivion2 ай бұрын
Thank you very much. I learned a lot.
@stevehallam08504 жыл бұрын
Excellent walk through, thanks!
@IvanWeiss-london4 жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it, Steve.
@mqms714 жыл бұрын
Thanks Ivan and Affinity for this informative video👍🏻
@IvanWeiss-london4 жыл бұрын
My pleasure, Marc.
@klodeclaude270810 ай бұрын
merci pour la video , tres jolie rendu , je vais m en inspirer pour mes prochains portraits merci patron ;-)
@wojtekluczynski74674 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Verry inspiring tutorial. :)
@dougson563 жыл бұрын
Thanks Ivan very informative and thought provoking, I have a couple of portraits that just didn’t seem to cut the mustard but I’ve just found another way to skin a cat ! Can we have more please, your method is easy to follow . 😃
@IvanWeiss-london3 жыл бұрын
I'm sure there will be more in future. Stay tuned!
@jakubstrumillo2 жыл бұрын
Watching year later - still usefull! Well cooked Ivan.
@louismolino86744 жыл бұрын
Great session. Thanks.
@Daniel_Zalman2 жыл бұрын
Ivan, this is a really great masterclass. With the first portrait, would it be possible to achieve a similar effect with the beauty dish as a main light and a reflector? I'm a hobbyist, but I'd like to get more serious about shaping the lighting, caveat being a limited budget. Also, as a side note, do you ever work with constant artificial lighting sources? I have this thought that flash photography causes the subject to tense up (I could be wrong, since many photographers such as yourself achieve phenomenal results).
@kchonie25004 жыл бұрын
I cringed while watching this AMAZING tutorial, I have been doing this for quite a number of years and it just drove home the point of how little I actually know... Dunning Kruger is alive and well. Please keep these amazing tutorials coming... Ps. Is there any chance of getting the original raw image so we can apply your techniques to a known result?
@IvanWeiss-london4 жыл бұрын
We are all always learning!
@fab54503 жыл бұрын
great, very appreciated!!
@RonK Жыл бұрын
awesome, thank you!
@lazvaldes28573 жыл бұрын
love your approach and am incorporating some of those tricks (exaggerated BW for blemish removal). Would love for you to post some sections of the final image magnified (I am trying to find a balance between blemish removal and retention as this is what establishes the balance making image look real)
@IvanWeiss-london3 жыл бұрын
That's always a tricky one. Ultimately it comes down to a balance between your personal taste and how/where the image is going to be used. A good rule of thumb is to get to a point where you think it is finished, reduce the opacity of your skin retouching layers by 50% and then take a break. When you come back to it, ask yourself immediately if it feels overdone.
@Sevrmark4 жыл бұрын
Thanks. Learned stuff!
@IvanWeiss-london4 жыл бұрын
That makes me happy :)
@lazvaldes28573 жыл бұрын
Are the luminosity adjustements on the HSL layer based on anything other than personal preference? I know there are luminosity values for RGB and CYM when converting to BW from Color based on Television standards when using a BW adjustement layer.
@IvanWeiss-london3 жыл бұрын
It's just my personal preference based on trial and error. I'm not necessarily trying to create an accurate b/w representation, it's more about creating the mood/feeling that I want.
@shinkisoushi3 жыл бұрын
Any chance you guys will do one of these for darker skin tones? This technique seems best for lighter skin tones. That would help me out a lot. Thanks for this regardless!
@IvanWeiss-london3 жыл бұрын
I use the same techniques regardless of the skin tone of the subject. Techniques are just tools, you have to use your eye to judge.
@shinkisoushi3 жыл бұрын
@@IvanWeiss-london I learned that cameras are default calibrated for white skin tones and that editing in post is the best way to get around this, save for making cameras that can adjust for dark skin tones. If you'd like I can link some videos explaining this awful habit that continues. Having said that, I also learned that using the same techniques for editing dark skin tones as light skin tones is no good (and may be considered racist, actually). There are many photographers with many videos talking about this.... For Photoshop and Lightroom. I can't find one that talks about this using Affinity. Thanks anyway!
@IvanWeiss-london3 жыл бұрын
@@shinkisoushi You can see plenty of examples of different skin tones in my work on my website and Instagram. The point is that we as artists have to make the decisions about how we apply the techniques to get the results that we want.
@shinkisoushi3 жыл бұрын
@@IvanWeiss-london Thank you for taking the time!
@MarlonFrancisS3 жыл бұрын
Nice
@autoauto20003 жыл бұрын
where do u develop the raw file ? and wich tablet?
@IvanWeiss-london3 жыл бұрын
I use Canon DPP for tethered capture and RAW conversion. I use the Wacom Intuos S tablet.
@autoauto20003 жыл бұрын
@@IvanWeiss-london thnx. any reason not using AF Photo for conversion ?
@IvanWeiss-london2 жыл бұрын
@@autoauto2000 I create my own colour profiles in the Canon software so that what I see in camera is exactly what I get in my converted TIFF
@NSGOutdoors4 жыл бұрын
i need help creating my own camo prints that can be repeated. i can only find help on photoshop on this topic
@IvanWeiss-london4 жыл бұрын
Try asking in the Affinity forum.
@Affinitybyserif4 жыл бұрын
Check out this article on Affinity Spotlight, there's an accompanying video too:affinityspotlight.com/article/create-repeat-patterns-with-a-live-pattern-preview-in-affinity-designer-for-ipad/
@orbivictting54703 жыл бұрын
What do you mean by “flat profile” \? Profiles have zero impact on the raw file, it only affects the jpg preview...
@IvanWeiss-london3 жыл бұрын
I use a flat profile to convert my raw file into a TIFF for editing.