Photo improvement

[MrLOD]

So...a friend of mine asked if I could improve the quality of a picture so that it looks as if it taken by a better camera. I agreed and after two weeks of hard work...I got nothing...
Is anyone willing to give it a shot? If not, are there are tutorials that I should watch?

[Evil Nemesis]

Hello, see the problem is mobile taken pictures are almost come out with such quality, the main issue with the image is Noise which can be reduced but by sacrificing a bit detail but this doesn't mean that this can't be done... try reducing noise by using filter > noise > Reduce Noise or Median... then follow this tutorial :

http://tutorialpulse.com/photoshop-t...ush-technique/

[iDad]

change the background to a nice backdrop will improve it significantly but evil is right mobile phone picture has limitations

[Remote-Medic]

As has been said, change the backdrop, reduce noise, check levels and *maybe* a touch of skin smoothing.

[Inkz]

My improvement

[Remote-Medic]

Nice Job Inkz, looks good

[MrLOD]

Hello, see the problem is mobile taken pictures are almost come out with such quality, the main issue with the image is Noise which can be reduced but by sacrificing a bit detail but this doesn't mean that this can't be done... try reducing noise by using filter > noise > Reduce Noise or Median... then follow this tutorial :

http://tutorialpulse.com/photoshop-t...ush-technique/

I read the tutorial. Thing is, I use GIMP. Will it work there the same way or should search for another tutorial?

change the background to a nice backdrop will improve it significantly but evil is right mobile phone picture has limitations

Yeah...mobile phones can offer so much, yet their cameras are still pretty bad.

As has been said, change the backdrop, reduce noise, check levels and *maybe* a touch of skin smoothing.

Skin smoothing...I have already tried it, but I will do it again. Slightly reducing noise will also help.

My improvement

Wow! This is amazing! Thank you a lot!

Anyway, thank you everyone for the tips and for the improved image. Even though I can't make something that great I will also give it another try. Besides, I like learning new stuff.

Edit: I gave it another try. It's not great, but it's a little bit better. (I didn't know what to use as a background, so I just removed the one of the original image).

(I know that the shoulder doesn't look right...I might improve that tomorrow...)

[MikeMc]

WOW INKZ...that looks 100% better...great skin. How about a copy of the psd..I cannot get close!

[MrLOD]

I know that Inkz's work is a million times better than mine, but here is the picture with some more improvements:

[MrLOD]

I worked on it a little bit more...I'm starting to like it...what do you think? Is it actually better?