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Retouching tips... - muzza - Nov 10, 2005
Post your best ones!
If you care to share!
Retouching tips... - shellby - Nov 11, 2005
Be prepared to spend 3 to 5 hours on one image. I am talking about beauty and fashion retouching here.
Try not to use heavy blurring and bring back the texture by adding a layer fulled with 50% brightness, blend mode to soflight with a noise filter applied to this layer - change opacity to about 20% or what ever looks best.
Always clone on a new layer. Check on USE ALL LAYERS. Do not clone directly onto your original image.
You should always add noise to any cloning layers too. Group the noise layer to the cloned layer so that it does not add noise to the original image.
Retouching tips... - Rufus - Nov 11, 2005
Hey Shelb, I know you know your stuff.
I know you know I know your stuff.
BUT
What did you just say????? :/
Retouching tips... - byrt_001 - Nov 11, 2005
hi
know how to copy and paste
do small changes
never save ur original, always copy it
read, read, sleep photoshop
take care
christian
Retouching tips... - shellby - Nov 15, 2005
Hey Rufus, it's hard to know where to start!!
I learned a lot by siging up to online training with www.lynda.com
Some great Photoshop tutorials there and you can do it from the comfort of your own home
Retouching tips... - slejhamer - Nov 15, 2005
Get Katrine Eismann's excellent PS Restoration and Retouching Techniques book. There's none better, IMO.
In lieu of that, here are some faves:
1. "Local contrast enhancement," aka high-radius sharpening. Run USM at amount 20 - radius 50 - threshold 0.
2. Luminosity kicker: run "match color" and set luminance to 110. Instant brightness adjustment without clipping highlights.
3. some basic Soft Focus techniques: http://freespace.virgin.net/nick.thomas3/web_pages/technical%208.htm
Retouching tips... - StudioJ - Nov 15, 2005
Less is more
Retouching tips... - shuttertalk - Nov 22, 2005
Err... take a good photo to start with? lol... just kidding...
Retouching tips... - Rufus - Nov 22, 2005
StudioJ Wrote:Less is more
Not when dealing in Bananas though............................... :/
