Photoshop CS5: Portrait Retouching

Welcome
Introduction
Using the exercise files

1. Getting Started
Initial retouching considerations
Retouching workflow strategies
Making notes for a retouching road map
Using a Wacom tablet
Finding resources and inspiration
Choosing a format: RAW or DNG
Creating a custom retouching workspace

2. Basic Color Correction
White balancing in Adobe Camera Raw
White balancing with curves
Advanced white balancing with curves
White balancing and masking

3. Color-Correcting Skin Tones
Introducing skin tone color correction
Color-correcting skin by the numbers
Color-correcting lighter skin tones
Color-correcting darker skin tones
Color-correcting medium skin tones
Correcting color with skin tone and neutral content
Correcting color with the Curves dialog and Hue/Saturation

4. Reducing Blemishes and Cleaning Up in Adobe Camera Raw
Creative tip: Leaving crumbs
Using the Spot Removal tool
Cleaning up a portrait backdrop
Reducing wrinkles in a Camera Raw workflow
Reducing skin shine
Removing blemishes across multiple frames

5. Reducing Blemishes and Cleaning Up in Photoshop
Using Content-Aware Fill
Using Content-Aware Fill to create variations
Removing graphics from clothing
Removing tags from clothing
Removing distractions near subjects
Extending a studio backdrop
Removing blemishes from the face
Short project: Cleaning a child's face
Reducing hot spots
Taming flyaway hairs

6. Cleanup Project
Cleaning up the small details
Cleaning up larger areas
Making a final evaluation

7. Correcting Tone
Creative tip: Artistic sensibility
Correcting tone with curves and masking
Correcting tone with blending modes and masking
Using Shadow/Highlights to brighten shadows
Combining blending modes
Reducing shadows by dodging
Using curves and Color Range masking to darken highlights
Redirecting light with curves and masking
Using Shadow/Highlights to improve exposure

8. Reducing and Removing Wrinkles
Reducing shallow wrinkles with the Healing brush
Reducing wrinkles with the Clone Stamp tool
Reducing wrinkles with Soft Light blending
Using curves to reduce wrinkles
Using the Burn and Dodge tools on wrinkles
Using Clone Stamp, Healing, and Curves tools on wrinkles
Fine-tuning and making final adjustments

9. Enhancing Eyes
Adding sparkle to eyes
Enhancing eyes with adjustment layers and blending
Changing eye color
Adding a catch light
Whitening eyes
Creating "Hollywood Eyes"
Modifying pupils and eye edges
Eye sharpening with the High Pass filter
Sharpening eyes behind glasses

10. Enhancing Eyelashes and Eyebrows
Reshaping an eyebrow
Darkening an eyebrow
Working on eyebrows and adding eyelashes
Adding mascara to increase eyelash density
Adding eyelashes

11. Improving Lips
Creative tip: What makes a good retoucher?
Enhancing lip color and tone
Using curves and blending modes to improve lips
Adding dimension with curves and masking
Improving lips with the Burn and Dodge tools

12. Enhancing Teeth
Whitening teeth with the Dodge and Sponge tools
Whitening teeth with Hue and Saturation
Removing a gap between teeth

13. Improving Hair
Patching a gap in hair
Removing a gap in hair with the Patch tool
Covering hair discoloration
Brightening hair for emphasis
Removing flyaway hairs
Adding thickness to thinning hair
Filling in a receding hairline

14. Improving Makeup
Brightening shadowed areas on the face
Adding color to the cheeks and eyelids
Modifying lip color
Modifying eye makeup color
Using curves to change eye makeup
Increasing color saturation and variety of makeup
Using Selective Color to create vibrant color
Creating dimensions with contours
Creating contours with painting and blending modes
Additional makeup resources

15. Enhancing Skin
Creative tip: Using fewer layers
Reducing skin variations and freckles
Cleaning up small skin blemishes
Improving the skin on the face
Beauty skin workflow
Reducing blemishes in the background
Advanced skin enhancement
Fashion project: Cleaning up the background
Fashion project: Cleaning up the skin

16. Softening Skin in Practice
Creating a soft, glamorous look
Example 1: Basic skin cleanup
Example 1: Skin softening
Example 2: Skin softening on a color beauty photograph
Example 3: Reducing brightness with curves
Example 3: Basic cleanup
Example 3: Reducing color variation
Example 3: Smoothing skin with the High Pass filter
Example 4: Viewing an image in multiple windows
Example 4: Improving tone
Example 4: Final fashion smoothing
Advanced masking and skin softening

17. Making Body Improvements
Adding dimension with painting and Soft Light
Adding dimension with curves and masking
Using bristle tip brushes to burn and dodge
Thinning with Liquify
Thinning with Puppet Warp
Using Puppet Warp to change shape
Making enhancements with Free Transform
Extending Free Transform with the Warp command
Modifying color and light
Changing an expression with Liquify
Brightening with curves and masking
Modifying skin brightness and dress color
Increasing the height of the subject

18. Structural Image Enhancements
Creative tip: The ethics of retouching
Combining multiple exposures for group portraits
Thinning with Free Transform
Reshaping with the Warp tool
Reshaping with Liquify
Creating simple symmetry in the face
Removing distortion in a portrait
Tailor-fitting a wedding dress
Changing perspective on a fashion photograph

19. Retouching Workflow: Project 1
Brightening the shadows
Improving the eyes
Modifying the background
Brightening hair and leaves
Brightening the subject with curves
Final sharpening

20. Retouching Workflow: Project 2
Cleaning up the small details
Improving the color and tone
Modifying the skin tone
Brightening dark hair root color
Enhancing the lips
Sharpening the eyes
Final color adjustments

Conclusion
Goodbye