Why Retouching is Important
Note: This was an email sent to our subscribers (buyers of our online courses) on Wednesday, 3rd May 2023.
Hi
Day before yesterday I did a portrait shoot for a client where we had a good make-up artist.
But even then the tones on the skin were not appearing smooth and some blemishes were visible.
So I corrected things by retouching in Photoshop. Here are the before and after results:
You can see that it improved the portrait massively.
Here are the exact things I did:
- Used Frequency Separation to make the skin tones more even and smooth
- Used Dodge and Burn to add depth to the highlights and shadows.
- Used the Spot Healing Brush Tool to remove minor blemishes and stray hair
- Did color correction by using the Hue/Saturation function
That’s it!
These 4 steps did the job and it took me less than 10 minutes.
I teach these exact steps and much more in my Portrait Editing MasterClass Course .
This course is also a part of our Advanced Course Package which has 12 Courses.
Let me know if you have any questions on Retouching.
Regards,
Kush Sharma
Creative Pad Media
