Join Chris Orwig for an in-depth discussion in this video Correcting tone with blending modes and masking, part of Photoshop for Photographers: Portrait Retouching.
Here in this movie, we are going to explore how we can work with adjustment…layers, blending modes and masking in order to improve exposure.…With this portrait here, you notice that this area is a little bit too dark.…I want to brighten that up.…I also want to brighten up the overall picture.…So let's go ahead and zoom in on the photograph and then let's make a…few adjustments to it.…We are going to do this again with adjustment layers and blending modes.…Here click on the Curves Adjustment Layer icon that will create a new Curves adjustment.…
Now we actually aren't going to make any adjustments to the Curves itself,…rather we are just using this, so that we can then apply a brightening blending mode.…The blending mode that we are going to use is Screen.…You can think of this blending mode as if you were projecting from two different…projectors the same image onto one screen.…It's like we have a double the intensity of the overall brightness.…Well, I don't want that to be applied to the entire image everywhere in the same…
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5/25/2012After exploring techniques to improve the overall photo, Chris shares his techniques for reducing wrinkles, enhancing eyes and other facial features, improving hair, and retouching makeup. The course concludes with a look at retouching skin and reshaping portions of a portrait using transformations, the Warp tool, and the Liquify filter.
- Using selections and cloning to remove small distractions
- Removing lint
- Improving skin
- Removing tan lines
- Correcting tone with Curves and masking
- Burning and dodging
- Reducing wrinkles
- Enhancing eyes
- Whitening teeth
- Fixing flyaway hairs
- Adding and changing makeup
- Softening and adding a glow to skin
- Reshaping the body subtly
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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Welcome1m
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1. Getting Started
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Using a Wacom tablet1m 8s
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2. Removing Distractions in the Frame
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Where to begin?1m 19s
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Removing small distractions2m 41s
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Removing a garment strap5m 17s
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Removing a distracting logo3m 43s
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Removing lint from a T-shirt3m 40s
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3. Making Creative Image Adjustments
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4. Improving Skin
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Retouching skin4m 35s
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Reducing hotspots, part 14m 32s
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Reducing hotspots, part 24m 36s
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Removing tan lines1m 53s
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5. Improving the Shadows and Highlights
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6. Reducing Wrinkles
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7. Enhancing Eyes
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Adding sparkle to the eyes4m 38s
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Whitening eyes, part 13m 54s
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Whitening eyes, part 25m 42s
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8. Cleaning Up Eyelashes and Eyebrows
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Trimming eyebrows5m 25s
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Darkening eyebrows2m 48s
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9. Retouching Lips
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10. Whitening Teeth
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Teeth whitening made easy2m 33s
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11. Improving Hair
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Patching a gap in hair4m 27s
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Removing flyaway hairs6m 18s
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12. Adding and Changing Makeup in Photoshop
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Modifying eye makeup color3m 52s
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13. Advanced Skin Smoothing
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High-pass skin softening6m 48s
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Creating a mask for the skin4m 23s
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14. Enhancing Shape and Structure in Images
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Conclusion
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Goodbye36s
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