Re: Inquiry: Emulating "Gattaca Look" in PS?

In article <97tpd1h5hqv1rnt1g9grnqfb33pt7n7umu@xxxxxxx>, m_j@xxxxxxxxxx says
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>On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 16:51:07 +1200, Nicholas Sherlock <n_sherlock@hotmail.
com> w
>rote:
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>>Are you talking about this image?
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>>http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0767805712.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
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>Hi Nicholas, actually more this image:
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>http://www.moviegoods.com/movie_product.asp?sku=166549&master%5Fmovie%5Fid=
10030
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>(you can click to enlarge the image)
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>MJ

Based on that image, I'd shoot about 4:1 lighting, with a medium-hard strip
over the right shoulder. Then kick the overall contrast up to really block in
the shadows, and run a few Blur passes to obtain the glow that I think I see.
The colors lean toward the cool side, so an Adjustment Layer>Color Balance
might be in order.

If you didn't have the control of the lighting, one could build the shadows
with a Selection, making sure to do a good Feather.

A bit of Posterization, say 32 colors, might also help in that case.

Just thinking,
Hunt

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