Join Chris Orwig for an in-depth discussion in this video Reducing blemishes in the background, part of Photoshop CS5: Portrait Retouching.
In the next few movies, we'll be working on this fashion photograph, which was…captured by one of my students, Ben Bassu.…What we want to do here initially is clean up the background and then in the…next movie or the following movie, we'll want to work on the skin.…Let's do first things first.…Well, you'll notice in the Layers panel there are two layers, a Background and…then a Final layer where all the retouching has been completed.…While we're not going to do all of this retouching,…what I do want to do is get us going saying hey!…How do we start to get to this place?…One of the first steps of course is to work on some of the background or…surrounding elements.…
Now if we zoom-in on this image, one of things that we'll notice is there are a…lot of blemishes here in the background.…We need to remove those.…So let's copy the Background layer.…Press Command or Ctrl+J to do so.…Then double-click the layer name.…Let's name this one bg.…Next we'll zoom-out.…We need to build up a selection of this background.…
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7/14/2010- Understanding the art of retouching
- Correcting overall white balance
- Using color correction tools to correct skin tone
- Using Content-Aware Fill
- Detailing and improving eyes and other facial features
- Working with the Camera Raw Adjustment Brush
- Adding and improving hair
- Whitening and brightening teeth
- Softening skin and enhancing makeup
- Reviewing the final workflow for the best work possible
Skill Level Intermediate
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Welcome
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Introduction1m 28s
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1. Getting Started
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Using a Wacom tablet4m 11s
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2. Basic Color Correction
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White balancing with curves2m 22s
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White balancing and masking6m 28s
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3. Color-Correcting Skin Tones
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4. Reducing Blemishes and Cleaning Up in Adobe Camera Raw
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Creative tip: Leaving crumbs1m 13s
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Using the Spot Removal tool4m 42s
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Reducing skin shine2m 28s
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5. Reducing Blemishes and Cleaning Up in Photoshop
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Using Content-Aware Fill3m 47s
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Removing tags from clothing8m 57s
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Extending a studio backdrop8m 20s
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Reducing hot spots5m 50s
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Taming flyaway hairs6m 28s
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6. Cleanup Project
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Cleaning up larger areas5m 16s
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Making a final evaluation2m 28s
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7. Correcting Tone
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Combining blending modes5m 42s
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Reducing shadows by dodging4m 34s
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8. Reducing and Removing Wrinkles
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9. Enhancing Eyes
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Adding sparkle to eyes5m 54s
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Changing eye color5m 14s
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Adding a catch light2m 19s
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Whitening eyes8m 12s
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Creating "Hollywood Eyes"4m 59s
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10. Enhancing Eyelashes and Eyebrows
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Reshaping an eyebrow5m 39s
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Darkening an eyebrow2m 7s
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Adding eyelashes5m 58s
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11. Improving Lips
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12. Enhancing Teeth
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Removing a gap between teeth3m 46s
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13. Improving Hair
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Patching a gap in hair4m 47s
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Covering hair discoloration3m 23s
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Removing flyaway hairs5m 37s
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14. Improving Makeup
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Modifying lip color4m 32s
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Modifying eye makeup color3m 36s
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Additional makeup resources1m 12s
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15. Enhancing Skin
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Beauty skin workflow8m 48s
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Advanced skin enhancement4m 30s
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16. Softening Skin in Practice
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Example 1: Skin softening7m 11s
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Example 3: Basic cleanup3m 12s
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Example 4: Improving tone2m 48s
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17. Making Body Improvements
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Thinning with Liquify4m 47s
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Modifying color and light5m 47s
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18. Structural Image Enhancements
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Thinning with Free Transform5m 13s
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Reshaping with the Warp tool1m 53s
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Reshaping with Liquify2m 52s
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19. Retouching Workflow: Project 1
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Brightening the shadows5m 35s
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Improving the eyes2m 31s
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Modifying the background3m 41s
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Brightening hair and leaves2m 23s
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Final sharpening3m 13s
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20. Retouching Workflow: Project 2
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Improving the color and tone3m 45s
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Modifying the skin tone2m 46s
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Enhancing the lips3m 38s
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Sharpening the eyes7m 29s
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Final color adjustments5m 24s
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Conclusion
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Goodbye35s
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