Portrait Retouching

Indispensable techniques for everyone taking photos of people

Topics covered:

  • How to read a portrait and spot the weak points.
  • The work flow of retouching a portrait.
  • Preparing the Raw file for retouching a portrait.
  • Removing or reducing skin imperfections.
  • Removing or reducing wrinkles and eye bags.
  • Removing or reducing the shine of some areas (e.g., nose tip, forehead, etc.) without losing the texture of the skin.
  • Making the skin silky and luminous with a perfectly natural effect.
  • Reducing the yellow stain on teeth.
  • Eyes: removing the redness, where to increase contrast, how to darken eyelids, and how to readjust proportions in erroneously shot eyes.
  • How to give tridimensionality to a face.
  • How to alter the color of eyes and hair.
  • How to apply digital lipstick with a perfectly natural result.
  • Cheeks: tridimensionality and make-up.
  • Eyelashes and eyebrows: how to make them thicker.
  • Plastic surgery with Photoshop.
A light retouch is by far the most commonly used since it keeps the facial structure unaltered. A heavy retouch is rarely used.

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