Portrait Retouching
Non-destructive editing: always duplicate the layer and use adjustment layers whenever possible.
- Eyes
- Red eye reduction (8:46)
This covers the basics of the red eye tool and what to do when you don't get the results you want. - Brighten (4:20)
This tutorial show you how to brighten the eyes with a Hue/Saturation layer. It also covers the use of a reference window. - Sparkle (3:16)
Use the unsharp mask to give those eyes a little sparkle.
- Red eye reduction (8:46)
- Whiten Teeth (2:31)
Use a hue/saturation layer to white your models teeth.
- Add smile with liquefy (2:55)
This will show you how to use the liquefy tool to add a subtle smile to your subject. - Sharpening techniques (5:48)
This tutorial demonstrates techniques for sharpening that include smart sharpen, unsharp mask and blurring filters. - Restoring Photographs (13:00)
This tool packed tutorial will cover the spot healing brush, healing brush, patch tool, and clone stamp. You will also learn how to clear up those pesky blemishes that so many teens have to deal with on a daily basis.
- Resize for Print (4:48)
This tutorial is extremely valuable to those newspaper and yearbook students that crop and resize images for printed output.&
Here is a great web site that show how the professionals retouch photographs.
http://homepage.mac.com/gapodaca/digital/digital.html
