Retouch a Portrait in 15 Minutes

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Accentuate and perfect each shot by learning how to brighten and enhance features, how to create flawless but believable skin texture, and how to improve overall tone, color and detail to make quality portraits

Housekeeping (00:51) Photoshop plugins, making an image map, and setting up Photoshop
Making an Image Map (04:26) Set up image maps to help organize the changes you want to make to your image
Blemish Removal and Overview (23:40) Overview and discussion of why to work on an image, as well as the Global to granular analyzing approach
Red Cast Removal of Skin Tone (09:31) Using Hue and Saturation Adjustment layers, sample points, and how to create an even layer mask using opacity, and using layer Opacity to add the finishing touches.
Creating a Dodge and Burn Layer (04:58) Create a new layer using the blend mode softlight, how to see what a neutral gray layer looks like, and how to dodge using the fade tool
Addressing the Light Areas (08:22) Using the exit strategy approach to go back and repair the image
Smoothing Out the Skin (11:39) Using surface blur to create smooth skin and how it works, brushing strategy for the surface blur layer, and tightening the layer mask
Adding Notation, Using Nik Dynamic Skin Softener (05:52) Using Dynamic Skin Softener, using and understanding the Notes tool
Creating Believable Skin Texture (04:46) Using an Overlay Layer to create skin texture, and adding Monochromatic Noise
Fixing the Eye Lash (09:14) Warping a layer to transform the shape of the eyelash, creating a Master Layer, using the Clone Stamp tool to replicate eyeliner
Adding a Mona Lisa Smile (08:43) Using the Liquefy filter and the Forward Warp tool
Leading the Eye Through the Picture (12:07) Discussion of what contrast and unsharp mask is and the strategy of how to use them

Course Time: 01 Hours 44 Minutes

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Vincent Versace

Photographer & Teacher

Vincent Versace is a recipient of the 1998 Computerworld Smithsonian Award in Media Arts & Entertainment and the 2001 Shellenberg fine art award. His work is part of the permanent collection of...VIEW FULL BIO»

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