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Beginner Tips for Retouching Portraits in Photoshop Tutorial

Nucly • Photoshop and Creative Design Training via YouTube

Overview

Learn how to retouch portraits in Photoshop with three beginner-level tips. The course covers retouching eyes, fixing skin blemishes, and enhancing lighting using tools like the healing brush, patch tool, and dodging/burning. The teaching method includes step-by-step demonstrations and explanations. This course is intended for beginners looking to improve their portrait retouching skills in Photoshop.

Syllabus

- Summary of the three tips
- Camera RAW and Lightroom
- Retouching workflow
- Tip 1: Retouching the eyes
- Sharpening the eyes
- Tip 2: Fixing skin blemishes… and which to fix
- Spot healing brush
- Healing brush
- The Patch tool
- “hidden feature”
- Tip 3: Fix the lighting with dodging and burning
- The nondestructive method
- Women’s Makeup tutorials are your friend
- Soften the dodge and burn
- Bonus: Add glisten to lips
- Retreading the eyes
- Bonus: How to use Mask Density
- Retreating skin blemishes
:2 - How to add a sharpness layer
- Summary

Taught by

Nucly • Photoshop and Creative Design Training

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