Download - Photo Retouching
R E T O U C H I N GBEYOND THE ORDINARY
PHOTO
MethodsPath
Liquify
Channel Masking
Skin Retouching
Enhancement
Transformation
Colour Corrections
Colour Treatments
COVER PHOTOGRAPHY
KRISTINA SANDRAITE
Dress Design byDovile j Strydom
Photo Retouching Skill & Techniques
DAVID HAYES
I R E L A N D
BlemishesSKINRETOUCHING
The Retouching examples here
are to illustrate the
importance of skin retouching
and the techniques used
to cover skin blemishes.
The photos here were from fashion
students in university who needed their
models retouched before
they could be used for the graduation magazine.
This model had badly scratched and marked skin on her legs, arms
and hands.
I covered these blemishes by
using the
Patch ToolClone StampSpot Healing
&Healing Brush
David Hayes
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Step 1
Step 2
Firstly you open the image you plan to use and make a copy of that image.
By clicking on the channel options find the maximumcontrast by clicking on ‘blue’. From the pull down menu go to ‘image’ choose ‘calculations’ and click ‘overlay’ in blending options and repeat if needed.
Step 3
Apply a black brush on the areas of the images to extract. Next click ‘command’ to highlight the background and using a white brush to remove the gray tones in the background also you can use ‘levels’ to aid in this process.
Blemishes Channel MaskingMASKING
Channel Masking
is a technique for removing
the background from an image by creating a mask.The process can
be done a number of ways.
Here is a basic step by step
guide through the process
David Hayes
Step 4
Click on ‘RGB’ go to the copy of the original image and apply a clipping mask. Click on the mask and press ‘command’ and ‘i’ to invert the mask.
Result
Channel MaskingMASKING
Channel Masking
is a technique for removing the background from
an image by creating a mask. The process can
be done a number of ways.
Here is a basic step by step
guide through the process
David Hayes
LiquifyPHOTOMANIPULATION
Photo Manipulation
is image editing techniques to
photographs in order to create an illusion after
original photographing
took place.
The photo I used here is of a plus
sized model.The changes I made to this model’s figure
were extreme but there were more subtle changes
made to the face.
I created this illusion by using
the
Forward WarpPucker ToolBloat Tool
Freeze Mask&
Thaw Mask
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MakeupCOLOURRETOUCHING
With Colour Retouching it also allows for the addition of things such as
Makeup.
The addition of makeup can be either subtle or
dramatic, for this example I use an
image of Cara
Delevingne and subtly
added some eye makeup and lip
gloss .
There are numerous ways of adding such effects. Here I used masking.
David Hayes
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Colour TreatmentMakeupCOLOURTREATMENT
Colour Treatment
can add to the vibrancy of a
photograph. With minor
adjustments to a previously flat
photograph the results can be
eye catching and
dramatic.
For the Colour Treatment here I used a mixture of
Selective ColourHue / SaturationColour Balance
&Levels
David Hayes