Join Chris Orwig for an in-depth discussion in this video Reducing brightness with selections and curves, part of Photoshop for Photographers: Portrait Retouching.
One of the things that constantly amazes me about Photoshop is that there are so…many different ways that we can accomplish the same task.…And so here, I want to show you another technique that you can use when working…with highlights; when you want to reduce or darken those highlights.…And this technique will involve making a selection and then using a…Curves Adjustment layer.…Well, this is a photograph of a World Champion Ironman Triathlete.…I want to select the highlights here in this portrait of him because I want to darken those.…
So to make that selection we'll go to the Select menu then we'll choose Color Range.…In this Color Range dialog what you can do is you can click on different parts…of your image. Here you can see this mask. Whatever is white is selected;…whatever is black isn't.…We can then click on the highlight here, and you can see we can control our…overall fuzziness and also we can select Localized Color Clusters, if we want it…to just remain in this area.…In this case I do, so I'll turn that on.…
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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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