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Photo Retouching and Compositing Techniques - Part 2

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Overview

Dive into advanced photo retouching and compositing techniques in this comprehensive Adobe Live session with renowned photographer Aaron Nace from Phlearn. Master portrait retouching through basic color correction and blemish removal, then explore professional compositing tips including background adjustments, object removal, and custom brush creation. Apply these skills to create a dynamic double exposure design featuring an athlete in motion. Learn to enhance shadow details, work with channels for multiple exposures, and utilize various retouching tools like the spot healing brush, healing brush, and clone stamp. Discover the power of frequency separation for seamless retouching and perfect your color matching skills. Download Aaron's custom Photoshop actions and brush files to follow along and elevate your editing prowess.

Syllabus

Getting more details in shadow
Working with channels to get multiple exposures
Techniques for blemish removal
Spot healing brush vs healing brush
Frequency separation
Retouching with frequency separation
Retouching with the clone stamp tool
Color matching areas in a photo
Final adjustments

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Adobe Creative Cloud

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