The Art of Retouching - Adobe Photoshop & Lightroom Retouching Tutorials
Summary: There are many professional image retouchers, professional retouching websites, and photoshop tutorials that teach a style of retouching that I would refer to as ‘glamour’. The reason I call it ‘glamour’ is because they take a perfectly normal photograph, usually of a model, and then they over exaggerate all the different aspects of the image. For example, the whites are blown out, the contrast is sharp, the colors are over saturated, and the overall image looks very stylized.`` ``The type of photo editing that we do here is not like that at all. Our work is more grounded. We feel that we do our best work, when you can’t tell that we did anything at all. Our photoshop techniques don’t exaggerate the blowouts, we actually fil in the blowouts, leaving the detail and better print reproduction.````Overall, our look is more natural, and that’s what we’re looking to teach. By backing away from the overkill, you’re left with something that looks realistic, and believable. Once you understand the fundamentals of image editing, you can then let your creative side free.
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This Adobe Photoshop tutorial covers the difference between using a RAW file format, and a JPG, or JPEG, file format. If you know the difference, you can easily skip this video. There are no secret surprises or revelations here. However, if you do not know the strengths and weaknesses of each, then by all means, watch and learn. This Photoshop Tutorial is an overview of the RAW file format. No real detail is covered. Rather, this is a dip your feet in, and see why it is the choice of professional retouchers and photographers.
PictoColor iCorrect EditLab Pro 6 Review This is a video PictoColor iCorrect Editlab Pro 6 Review. It's Friday at 4:35pm.Your boss says that he wants you to get this group of images ready for a print proof on Monday morning. Ugh… you want to go home. Now what do you […](Visited 765 times, 1 visits today) The post PictoColor iCorrect EditLab Pro 6 Review appeared first on The Art of Retouching.
Your browser does not support the audio element. PodCast: Download Running Time: 15 minutes I fixed the link problem, for anyone who noticed. Welcome everyone, to the second episode of The Art of Retouching's audio podcast. I have been taking notes for 2 weeks, and I am so ready to get going on today's show. Read More
This Adobe Photoshop tutorial describes what spotting images means, and how to do it. In short, spotting simply means that you are going to remove any extra dust spots, or other very quick dirt removal. While it usually means dust from the camera lens, it could also mean quickly removing any other sort of blemishes from the picture, like lint on clothing or freckles. Again, the real key is that it is quick, and usually takes less than 10 minutes, and less than 5 minutes is even better. Ideally, this would be the very first thing done to an image, before any other sort of retouching is done. All you need to do is create a new layer, select one of the cloning tools, and begin removing anything that doesn't belong. Spotting Images should be done for every picture you start working on.
Your browser does not support the audio element. PodCast: Download Running Time: 15 minutes An audio podcast about Adobe Photoshop? Seriously? Yup! Would someone really want to listen to my podcast? Why not? I always have a ton of things to say, this seems to be a better place for most of my random thoughts Read More
This Adobe Photoshop tutorial is about the Hue and Saturation Adjustment Palette. In a previous video about the Vibrance Palette, we showed the limitations of the tool. This video expands on what the Hue and Saturation Tool Palette is really capable of.
Portrait Professional 10 Review This is a video Portrait Professional 10 Review. You simply can not go to a Photoshop related website without seeing ads for Portrait Professional 10. To the point of Ad Nauseum, these obnoxious ads are everywhere. When I signed up for Adsense, to put some revenue […](Visited 3,151 times, 1 visits today) The post Portrait Professional 10 Review appeared first on The Art of Retouching.
This Adobe Photoshop Tutorial is on the difference between editing images with Vibrance and Saturation. At the core, Saturation affects ALL colors, and Vibrance affects the WEAKEST colors.
Photoshop CS5.5 Tutorial – How to Color Correct Using Variations for Beginners This Adobe Photoshop CS5.5 tutorial is on how to use variations to make color correction to photographs for beginners. Once you begin, you are presented with several copies of of your image, each being shown with slight variations […](Visited 6,248 times, 2 visits today) The post Photoshop CS5.5 Tutorial – Variations for Color Correction appeared first on The Art of Retouching.
OnOne Software Phototools Review This is a video review of OnOne Phototools. This is a Phototools Review of the different options available, showing how you can customize your own photographic vision, time and time again. This is a stand alone product that can be used for batch function, as well […](Visited 1,608 times, 1 visits today) The post OnOne Software PhotoTools Review appeared first on The Art of Retouching.
This Adobe Photoshop tutorial for beginners is about using the Levels tool in Photoshop, and how it can be used for contrast and color balance on your photographs. Levels are used to adjust brightness, contrast, and tonal range by specifying what you want for the pure black, pure white, and midtones in a histogram.
This Adobe Photoshop Cloning Tutorial is about the High Pass and Low Pass Frequency Separation method of cloning. We covered many different topics in our Photoshop Extended Cloning Video Tutorial, but we wanted to give you this advanced way to clone, as a sample of the content you can find in the full video. If you use the Clone Stamp Tool, Healing Brush, or Spot Healing Brush straight onto a layer, you are making an exact clone with little control over the fine details. If you approach your clone with a High Pass Layer for texture, and a Low Pass layer for color and tone, you greatly increase your ability to soften or remove skin blemishes, facial hair, and even pores, without a dreaded repeating pattern. This is used by professional retouchers who need to create porcelain skin for the models. This is one of the very few ways of achieving this level of high precision, perfect skin retouching.
This Adobe Photoshop Tutorial video will show you how to use the Channel Mixer. This is the fourth of four videos about working with channels. We will explain how to use the channel mixer, and when you would want to use it. Before you watch this video, we strongly recommend you watch the previous Adobe Photoshop tutorial about the Color Channel and Alpha Channel, and then you can then follow this one withone about the Spot Channel if you havent seen it yet.
Learning How to Clone in Adobe Photoshop Cloning in Adobe Photoshop is an important skill to master for any photo retoucher. The more tools you learn to use, the better your cloning will be for the images you retouch. You have the Clone Stamp Tool, Spot Healing Brush, Healing Brush, […](Visited 7,128 times, 1 visits today) The post Learning How to Clone in Adobe Photoshop CS5.5 appeared first on The Art of Retouching.
This Adobe Photoshop tutorial video will introduce Spot Channels. This is the third of four videos about working with channels. We will explain what Spot Channels are, and how they differ from regular Color Channels. Before you watch this video, we recommend you watch the previous Adobe Photoshop tutorial about Color Channels and Alpha Channels, and you can then follow this one with the Channel Mixer. Spot colors are intended to be used with CMYK for printing. These will allow you to add extra colors for press such as PMS, create “bump plates”, or for detailed varnishes. The can be used to add a 5th color to a CMYK print run, or limit the image to a two color duotone image. Used with Quark Express or Adobe inDesign, either of the programs just mentioned can select, and print, the Spot Channel that was created in Photoshop.
