Lynda.com - Photoshop Retouching Techniques Faces

Author - Timothy Sexton
Skill Level - Intermediate
Duration - 1h:25m

About this video

Learn how to improve the color and contrast of a model's face, correct posture, smooth skin, and soften strong features, with tips from a professional retoucher.
The face is vital to broadcasting emotion and intent, but also beauty. Balancing these elements is at the heart of skillful retouching in Adobe Photoshop. Join Timothy Sexton, senior retoucher at New York's Gloss Studio, as he explains how to read faces before you retouch them and preserve the natural beauty and character of your subjects. Learn how to identify areas for selective enhancement, improve color and contrast, correct your model's posture, and use the Liquify, Patch, Clone Stamp, and Dodge and Burn tools correctly to soften or play up your model's features. Timothy also shares insights from his decades long career in high fashion photography.

Topics include:

• Analyzing your portrait
• Setting the overall color
• Using masks to color correct
• Controlling blemishes
• Popping the eyes
• Proofing

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