Learning Photoshop Portrait Retouching

Introduction

• Welcome
• Challenges
• Resources
• Exercise files

1. Clean Up the Background

• Removing distractions with the Spot Healing Brush
• Cloning away problems on a new layer
• Harnessing the magic of Content-Aware Fill
• Removing a lamppost and Content-Aware Crop
• Painting in a solid color into the background
• Improving the color and brightness of the background
• Fixing a backdrop with the Patch tool
• Challenge: Removing distractions
• Solution: Removing distractions

2. Remove and Improve

• Logo removal with the Patch tool
• Advanced Content-Aware Fill improvements
• Using Patch, Clone, and Heal for the best results
• Removing jewelry
• Removing lint
• Challenge: Removing a logo
• Solution: Removing a logo

3. Shape, Sculpt, and Modify

• Thinning the body
• Sculpting with Liquify as a smart filter
• Fixing clothing and hair
• Removing unflattering distortion
• Fixing the ears
• Changing the face with Face-Aware Liquify
• Challenge: Removing distractions
• Solution: Removing distractions

4. Improve Skin

• Simple skin clean up
• Removing acne and fixing discoloration
• Fixing sunburned skin
• Improving skin with Camera Raw and Photoshop
• Using the Healing Brush for consistent results
• Fixing shiny skin with Curves and masking
• Fixing details and brightness
• Challenge: Improving skin
• Solution: Improving skin

5. Remove Shadows and Wrinkles

• Quick work with the Patch tool
• Natural looking wrinkle reduction
• Removing difficult shadows around the eyes
• Wrinkle reduction 101
• Removing wrinkles with blending modes
• Learning how to use the Dodge tool
• Expert wrinkle removal with the Dodge tool
• Challenge: Shadow removal
• Solution: Shadow removal

6. Improve Eyes

• Making eyes sparkle
• Brightening and coloring the eyes
• Creating vivid eye color
• Opening a closed eye
• Fixing eye details
• Improving the whites of the eyes
• Fixing a common issue with glasses
• Challenge: Adding sparkle and changing color
• Solution: Adding sparkle and changing color

7. Whiten Teeth and Change Makeup

• Whitening teeth
• Fixing a discolored tooth
• Changing makeup color on the lips
• Challenge: Teeth whitening
• Solution: Teeth whitening

8. Hair

• Changing hair color
• Hiding roots
• Removing stray hairs
• Removing stray hairs on a complex background
• Using select and mask to fix hair
• Challenge: Fixing stray hairs and improving color
• Solution: Fixing stray hairs and improving color

9. Using Multiple Frames

• What to do when the subject blinks
• Combining the best from two frames
• Challenge: Improving a group portrait
• Solution: Improving a group portrait

10. Bonus Tips and Advanced Challenges

• Retouching a black and white portrait
• Removing and changing the background
• Applying creative effects to a portrait
• Challenge: Advanced background clean up
• Solution: Advanced background clean up
• Improving skin mini project
• Challenge: Improving skin
• Solution: Improving skin, part 1
• Solution: Advanced skin smoothing, part 2

Conclusion

• Next steps