The Essential Elements of Retouching
Learn the essential elements of retouching. Join Viktor Fejes as he provides you with a solid a foundation for how to approach retouching. This is not a class on how to use the basic tools of retouching, but rather how to think about retouching in a logical and methodical fashion, so that you can develop a workflow to properly retouch a photo from start to finish. You’ll learn how to evaluate an image, how to start in Camera Raw, how to structure your layers in Photoshop, how to use techniques involving false colors to fine tune texture, tones, and color, and all the while gaining a firm understanding for why you would approach retouching in this way.
Release Date: 2017-08-09
Lessons
Where to Begin
Join Victor as he introduces the class and discusses what will be covered in the lessons that follow.
Duration: 2 mins 8 seconds
How to Think About Retouching
We are in the business of selling images, and this should inform your approach to retouching.
Duration: 6 mins 40 seconds
How an Image is Built
Duration: 5 mins 35 seconds
Raw Conversion
Your approach to your raw conversion is based upon the goals of your project.
Duration: 5 mins 30 seconds
Structure Your Layers
You can create a non-destructive workflow by properly structuring your layers.
Duration: 7 mins 50 seconds
False Colors
False color is very important, and it’s origins come from the movie industry to help you retouch your photos.
Duration: 21 mins 23 seconds
Destructive Editing
There will often be instances where some destructive editing has to be done, so your approach to when in your workflow it is done becomes very important.
Duration: 8 mins 6 seconds
Texture
Cleaning up the texture in a portrait is an important step in the overall workflow.
Duration: 23 mins 22 seconds
Tones: Global Adjustments
The first step is a global tone adjustment using adjustment layers.
Duration: 8 mins 42 seconds
Tones: Local Adjustments
Dodging and burning is the classic local tonal adjustment made by retouchers.
Duration: 17 mins 2 seconds
Color
Colors are important for unifying the image. Adjusting hue and saturation will have a big impact.
Duration: 12 mins 1 seconds
Finishing Up
From adding contrast to sharpening, there are a number of techniques you can apply to complete your retouching process.
Duration: 4 mins 20 seconds
Closing Thoughts
Victor wraps up the class with some closing thoughts on where to go from here.
Duration: 1 mins 35 seconds