i'm looking at NeatImage's site and documentation now - it's a noise removal plugin. removing noise is only one part of making one of these plastic doll thumbnails. what else did you use in the pic you posted?

I played around with NeatImage -- not so neat... obviously he did many more alterations.

I have neat image but never could figure out how to get this type of effect. Can you tell me how to within this program? Por Favor

If its for like a site design or for one portrait, you can do it manually in pshop if you dont have th emoney etc. The software would be the best bet if you are not wanting to mess with it, or if you have a ton to do, as mentioned above. I have a pic from crackmedia i modified when I entered the gallery design contest not too long ago. Ill post the two in a couple mins.

Before:
http://i.imgur.com/LAEAG.jpg

After:
http://imgur.com/1vT9u.jpg

Keep in mind this was rushed so it isnt perfect. Its just an example. I linked them so you can see the pics full size. Thats at 300% in photoshop.

Here is the finished version of the chick for the web gallery:
http://i.imgur.com/d0k14.jpg

Keep in mind im a nerd and I enjoy spending long periods of time on photoshop lol.
I just felt someone should mention pixel by pixel. I used a 1, 2, 4, and i think 8 px soft brushes using clone stamp tool and zoomed in around 1000 - 1200+ %.

A cool effect to do when blurring for this stuff, I hope I can explain it right. Duplicate the layer, do a brush stroke > Accented Edges. Make it smooth and make the lines somewhat bright without making it look too distorted. add a Gaussian blur to that to kind of smooth the lines out somewhat and overlay or soft light it at 75% - 75% or 50% and 50% opacity. It leaves a nice smooth area without the edges being too nuts. Idk.

Either way, best of luck.

Hmm... I never got a message. I'll hit you up when I see you online.

and then they join the site, and all the pics look like cell phone images LOL ;()

hey can you do this technique within a minute because im in need of a fast retoucher myself

TXs for the exposure man :thumbsup

Its a nasty effect, so why would you want to ?:(

The problem with NeatImage is it applies the filter to everything including things around the model. With Portraiture you can apply the filter only to the model's skin and nothing else, not even her clothes. The end result is the same, one just gives you much more control than the other.

Mutt, they're done by hand and using plugins. You can do it without plugins, since all plugins use things that exist in PS, but it would be too time consuming. For something fast and no plugins (I'm lying, I used noise reduction plugin first :winkwink: )

https://gfy.com/picture.php?albumid=215&pictureid=2009
https://gfy.com/picture.php?albumid=215&pictureid=2008


this last one use no plugins at all
https://gfy.com/picture.php?albumid=215&pictureid=2010

the idea was to go as far as possible without painting and spending less than 5 mins per image, and as you can see, unless the initial image has a certain quality (in general, they have, your pics quality is beyond bad) it's impossible to make them without plugins in a reasonable time, you really need to combine plugins and then do hand adjustments (painting, airbrushing, whatever) to get that kind of pics