'Whiteout' effect

[Meridion]

Hi, guys, been lurking for a while.

I was wondering how you achieve the effect shown in the photos below. where the colour is removed and the object is white. its not just greyscale, because there would be more grey, and it cannot be achieved like that (i tried haha)

 

[besmirched]

You could google avoid blown out highlights and do the opposite I guess.

 

[Tom Mann]

Use the old standard "porcelain skin" effect on a B&W image of stone instead of skin, LOL.

Details here:
http://www.photoshopgurus.com/forum...-[help]-photo-washed-out-post-processing.html

Scroll all the way down to my comments towards the end of that thread.

Tom M

 

[Tom Mann]

Here's a combination of the shadows/highlights tool + the porcelain skin effect I mentioned in my prevous post. I did each a couple of times. I also carefully tuned the blendIF sliders at each step of the process.

It's not exactly the same look as in the sample images you mentioned, but it's close and the general technique should quickly get you in the right ballpark.

As with all of these sorts of image manipulations, they are incredibly sensitive to your starting image, so, if you started with an image that was already fairly high key in the camera, you will need less post processing, and the results will be even better.

Tom M

 

[Meridion]

Here's a combination of the shadows/highlights tool + the porcelain skin effect I mentioned in my prevous post. I did each a couple of times. I also carefully tuned the blendIF sliders at each step of the process.

It's not exactly the same look as in the sample images you mentioned, but it's close and the general technique should quickly get you in the right ballpark.

As with all of these sorts of image manipulations, they are incredibly sensitive to your starting image, so, if you started with an image that was already fairly high key in the camera, you will need less post processing, and the results will be even better.

Tom M

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Awesome Tom!

Thanks a lot, that is really good!

 

[ibclare]

Thanks Tom. I have posted a couple images and a link to this thread in the Special Effects Sticky.

 

[Tom Mann]

Thanks, Clare.

Tom