Attn: Math nerds

[Rumckle]

Sweet!

[Telarus]

Sweet.

I agree with Trip that the woman's face is a bit bright.

Tips if you're using photoshop:

Create a "Levels adjustment layer", drag to one layer above the woman. Hold CTRL and click on the line between the two layers (in the layer palette). This "attaches" the adjustment layer to the one below it (so it only affects that layer). Use the middle slider (Gamma) to adjust the brightness of the woman only. (Nudging it to the right will darken the layer, nudging it left will brighten it).

Looking forward to the finished pic.

[P3nT4gR4m]

Sweet.

I agree with Trip that the woman's face is a bit bright.

Tips if you're using photoshop:

Create a "Levels adjustment layer", drag to one layer above the woman. Hold CTRL and click on the line between the two layers (in the layer palette). This "attaches" the adjustment layer to the one below it (so it only affects that layer). Use the middle slider (Gamma) to adjust the brightness of the woman only. (Nudging it to the right will darken the layer, nudging it left will brighten it).

Looking forward to the finished pic.

I used a similar approach to darken her down so I can tweak the slider if you think she needs it. Something else you might be interested in is how I got the blue and orange backlighting. Using a levels adjustment for each I first messed about with the individual RGB levels until I had a colour I liked then click on the adjustment layer mask and hit CTRL+I to turn it completely black. Then, with the layer mask still selected, spray white on the places you want to light - if you go too far swap brush colour for black and spray over the bit you want taken away.

[Telarus]

Nice. Masks are fun!

Edit: Oh, I think I know what's making me think she's too bright. The [rocket/exhaust] from the factory in the lower left are dim blue-ish compared to her face, a couple of the stars in the background, and the bright yellow in the upper left. If you brighten those [rocket/exhaust] up that should even the image out.

[P3nT4gR4m]

You've nailed it - the engine glow! I knew there was something wrong down there but I was pretty sure it wasn't the girl. That engine glow will totally balance it. Cheers man, you're a lifesaver!

And yeah - masks rule! For unbelievable control over contrast try this trick - make two levels adjustment layers - one for highlight and one for shadow take a copy of your main image and convert it to black and white. now copy and paste the black and white copy into the adjustment layer masks (ctrl + click on the mask to paste directly in there) and invert the one that's for shadows.

Now tweak the highlight and shadow adjustments to your hearts content and rejoice in how much control you have over the end result!

[Telarus]

You've nailed it - the engine glow! I knew there was something wrong down there but I was pretty sure it wasn't the girl. That engine glow will totally balance it. Cheers man, you're a lifesaver!

And yeah - masks rule! For unbelievable control over contrast try this trick - make two levels adjustment layers - one for highlight and one for shadow take a copy of your main image and convert it to black and white. now copy and paste the black and white copy into the adjustment layer masks (ctrl + click on the mask to paste directly in there) and invert the one that's for shadows.

Now tweak the highlight and shadow adjustments to your hearts content and rejoice in how much control you have over the end result!

That is fucking sweet.