- [Instructor] Our next step in our workflow here…is to select an image to work on.…There are a handful of keepers in this set,…I'm gonna say about six or eight images…that I think are keepers.…I'm gonna start off with the first keeper from the set,…this one here, and there are two which are very similar,…so I'll just use my arrow keys to go back and forth.…And the look is nearly identical.…And I think I'm gonna go with this one here,…and then I'll tap the R key to select the crop tool.…Now, I wanna crop in a little bit…and also I need to level it out.…
One of the problems was that it wasn't level.…So I had shot at a little bit of an angle,…which wasn't very good, so I need to fix that…and tap the R key and make sure she's centered.…The idea that I had for this photograph…when I was capturing it was this really just straightforward…connected image like we have here.…Press F to go to full screen mode.…I like to do that to get rid of everything else,…just so I can see the image.…I think we're going in a good direction, just,…
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7/19/2018- Selecting keepers
- Creating collections
- Creating a strong black-and-white look
- Cropping portraits
- Retouching skin and other features
- Fine-tuning portraits
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 47s
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Using the exercise files1m 2s
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1. Portrait of a Legend
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Setting the stage2m 21s
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Reviewing the photos6m 8s
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Selecting the keepers5m 13s
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Creating a collection4m 51s
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Fixing the hat8m 36s
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Content-aware cropping4m 2s
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Final Curves adjustments6m 39s
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Wrapping it all up2m 14s
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2. Portrait of an Artist
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What is your vision?2m 6s
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Cropping the keepers5m 46s
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Fine-tune the image5m 11s
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Now it’s your turn1m 55s
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3. Portrait of a Celebrity
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Introducing the project2m 46s
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Searching for the look6m 14s
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Retouching skin tones5m 9s
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Fine-tuning color and tone6m 38s
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Conclusion
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What's next?1m 28s
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