retouching and color grading

Result – you know all stages of retouching and their instruments, you adjust Photoshop and panels, know how to “process” RAW files

• Creating the brief strategy for retouching. Steps overview, photo analysis.
  Understanding what needs to be edited, which methods and techniques to use and in which order, how to choose references.
  Retouching plan (37:52)
• Why we need to work with RAW files.
  How to make the best raw conversion and take out the most possible from raw photos for further easier retouching.
  Сapture One vs Lightroom vs Aadobe Camera RAW (16:45)
• Raw conversion in Adobe Camera RAW (Photoshop and Lightroom) (48:07)
• Raw conversion in Capture One (46:21)

Result – Master all retouching tools, layers, masks, retouching techniques. You know how to retouch skin, makeup, lips, eyes, nails, hair, body, clothes, background.

• Cleaning as the first and must needed part of retouching, tips and tricks (48:18)
• Frequency separation as the fastest and most effective retouching technique.
  How to use it wisely and make the natural “untouched” skin texture, but fix all the issues.
  How to avoid a filtered “plastic doll” result. (01:00:07)
• Frequency separation practice, tips and tricks (48:49)
• Dodge and Burning for perfect skin texture (basics and essentials) (24:27)
• Dodge and Burning practice for male and female portraits (52:26) BONUS
• Full high end beauty retouching process for black skin female portrait (part 1 – raw conversion) (28:19)
• Full high end beauty retouching process for black skin female portrait (part 2 – retouching and color grading) (1:42:01)

The result is that you are able to even out skin tone, remove redness, add volume, radiance, and tan.

• How to fix oily shiny skin. Creating a matte skin (14:35)
• Undereyes area – dark circles, wrinkles, tired look (12:39)
• Age and mimical wrinkles (10:56)
• Teeth (16:03)
• Getting rid of small facial hairs (09:02)
• Eyes makeup retouching, eyebrows, lashes (27:24)
• Eyes retouching (14:25)
• Fixing and adding the makeup (13:47)
• Lips retouching – making the perfect lips makeup (14:57)
• Lips retouching – natural soft lips (12:27)
• Nails retouching (8:22)
• Introduction to hair retouching (4:55)
• High end hair retouching (50:56)
• Body retouching (1:28:17)
• Clothes retouching (38:35)
• Studio background retouching (43:51)
• Even balanced skintone. Matching skintone (23:41) BONUS
• Sharpening (16:23)
• How to edit images from the one shoot and save time (15:35)

The result is that you understand color, know how to change it, to do color correction, to tint, to match to the references, to work with curves and other color tools.

• Color understanding (11:45)
  Technical aspects of color work. (8:46)
• Color harmonies (54:09)
• Color instruments and masks (49:27)
• Local color grading (26.41)
• Skin local color correction, removing redness (29:44)
• Skintone, portraits color grading (25:14)
• Outdoor fashion color grading (15:34)
• Family, preganancy, kids photography color grading (37.32)
• Studio color grading (24:42)
• Wedding color grading (29:00)
• Advanced luminosity masks for color (20:37)

— Computer or laptop (it’s not recommended to watch from phone due the amount of small details you need to mention).

—  Adobe Photoshop (basically, any version you have will work, but if you can – update to Adobe Photoshop CC 2022)

—  Capture One Pro (optionally, this can be used as alternative in RAW conversion, but Photoshop or Lightroom are fine as well)

If you don’t have Photoshop yet – you can buy a subscription here, I recommend Photography Plan for 9,99$/month

https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop.html

—  Mouse or graphic tablet (optionally, it’s recommended for the best professional result, thought many retouchers start with the mouse and buy a graphic tablet later in the end of their educational process)

ⓘ Recommended model – any Wacom tablet (small size fits most of retouching tasks). My model – Wacom Intuos Pro M

https://www.wacom.com/en-us/products/pen-tablets/wacom-intuos-pro