A 35 minute video tutorial covering all aspects of professional male model photo retouching.
I’ll be using tools such as the Liquify tool, high pass filter, a lot of layer modes, brushes and more. The video is 1200×900 resolution, so you can see everything crispy and clearly, as well as fully commentated throughout, describing all the techniques used.
Techniques covered:
You do not need to be a Photoshop Genius to follow this tutorial! All techniques are covered in sufficient depth, for those relatively new to retouching.
- Skin cleaning.
- Skin smoothing.
- Keeping detail in smoothed skin.
- Facial structure retouching.
- Lighting retouching.
- Hair retouching.
- Eye retouching.
- Colour Correction.
- HDR Toning.
- Swapping backgrounds.
- Adding noise.
- And more!
All this to achieve a professional looking glamour portrait, much like you see in cosmetic magazines, fashion magazines, and so on.
To make it all relevant, I’ll be working with a portrait taken by professional photography agency Fantasy Fotos (http://fantasyfotos.zenfolio.com/).
Along with the video, you also get a Photoshop file with all the layers shown in the video, so you can see how it works in practice!
(note files in Photoshop are lower resolution)
Model is Randy Burrell.
Music in preview courtesy of Alexander Blu (http://www.jamendo.com/en/track/946)
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