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I am no scan god. There are hundreds of people out on the net better than me, but those people are usually twits who refuse to tell anyone how they clean up their images. Often, too, they use filters, which creates a smudged and slightly blurry look, which I find less than appealing. SO, to help out, I decided to do a kind of mini tutorial, using the last image Lullaby postes of Gemma from the Harper's editorial. Thank you, Lullaby. -Adjusted the curve to brighten the background -used sharpen tool at 10% to sharpen up her facial features - just enough so she doesn't look blurred. little around the outside of her face and a few streaks in her hair -duplicated brightened layer -selected median filter, set it at 20 -put the layer on screen opacity, 100% -erased down the middle of jenna with a size 17 soft brush at 90% then went back and did the edges at 50% with a 35 soft brush. Have to do the edges carefully, so that there doesn't appear to be much difference between the white surrounding her body and the white of the back ground -made sure to note the shadow that was on the shoes and erase enough so, even though slight, it is visible. otherwise it would appear she is floating in limbo -edited out text. use the healing brush, softened to your preference. now for the dress... -duplicated the layer beneath the screened layer -took the brightness level down about 12 -erased all skin tone from this level at 100% with a soft brush -also along the yellow frill at the bottom of her skirt, to make the material appear darker to the eye and leave detail -erased a bit on the sweater to return some of its detail -merged the 3 layers -used the burn tool on 10 at shadows, soft brush. carefully darkened the peices of the skirt that looked bleached out -used sharpen brush, 9 size, soft to sharpen the jewely and give it extra shine -touched up along the face with the shadows brush at 5% These do not necessarily need to be followed in this order. It depends on the image, and of course your visual preference. just a basic guideline of some of the tricks scanners use. My method is not perfect, and it probably isn't the best, but I thought I'd try and help my friends out some. And that's it. Is it a perfect scan? No, but it's pretty good. Lullaby did a better job with the scan than she thought. *s* BTW, I use Photoshop7. Just so you know.

I try. *s* It's harder to do now, because my income is lower than it used to be. No more ordering mags from God knows where on ebay! *sad* Still, got a few rare ones up my sleeve, waiting in the reserves. Heh.

I'm going to place mine here, but any that could be listed is great. http://devine9.com/scans.html Also, I'm looking for one site in particular. celebstv or something like that. Used to allow tons of people, now is member only. Huge photo collection though. Huge.

Well... I doubt he's telling the truth. He comes off as kind of a perverted jerk. But if it were true, then there's Josie Maran, Deanna Miller, Olga Kurykeno... the list goes on. He's photographed a lot of people.

He is a very grungy, very famous (and very wealthy) photographer, known for his gritty style. And he always poses nude with his models, as far as I've seen. Says he's had sex with each and every female that's posed for him too, but I'm not so sure about that.

Alvero Jumacossi (did I spell the last name right?) No, not the same guy, and yes, Alvero is a model

from the magazine. Different pics in the issue than on the site.

Why is my edit posted here? And how'd you get it? *shifty eyes*

Two tips, avadakedavra. Number 1 - do not be afraid of ripping your magazines up. The pages you wish to keep can be stored in manila folders and kept safe from wear and tear. Scanning the individual page makes it MUCH easier to... well... scan. Secondly, it looks like your scanner is set to scan photos, not magazine pages. Fiddle around and see if you can find the option for magazine or art pages... most programs have them. My scanner, prior to my new one, was $60 dollars. You -can- do good work with a cheap scanner. Make it work for you!

Yeah, what's up with that?

you sure? It's too... not his style... well, good work to him if it is.

Wait a sec... I bet money that's not a scan from SI, but a photographer's shot, or another magazine. Wasn;t there a reprint in Photo magazine? There's no wording in the corner... why would someone take that out?

That's... so weird... my scan... untouched, I promise... shows no tattoo... http://devine9.com/scans/AnaSI041.jpg

They might have. They airbrushed the tattoo out of the pic last year when she's in the metal tub. It's usually on her outer left ankle, but if you look at the pic, it's not there. Edit: Well... it's always there. It's fun, though, to see when photographers or magazine layout people reverse the images, as the tattoo 'switches' legs. Sometimes in the same editorial!

Shockingly enough, for once, when it comes to a high res image, I can do better. sans text, people. Don't remember where I found it. Do like the coloring on the other one better tho.

Yeah, it's an Oakley ad. And it was in Elle with Eva Mendes on the cover.

I am 90% sure this is Ana

Marisa's on the FOX network. Right now.

Dunno... UK GQ has a thing for Ana..

9.00

Mn are so finiky. I collect them both. Why choose? Not like it's marriage...

Can't see them

Best I could do. was muy small

No, that's not true. Look at the original picture - they photoshopped Adriana in.