Adobe Photoshop for Retouching Portraits

Overview

“In this lesson I will explain how to create layers of help correctly so that the edition with dodge and burn is correct and faster. Sometimes there are retouchers who also use help layers created in other ways or in other techniques such as frequency separation.”

In this video lesson Iris Encina addresses the topic: Help layers, which is part of the Domestika online course: Course 4 - Dodge and Burn. Learn to adjust the exposure of a selected area to achieve depth in your portraits.

Partial transcription of the video

“PHOTOSHOP COURSE 4 LESSON 3 Help layers In this lesson I will explain how to create help layers that will facilitate the retouching with Dodge and Burn. Let's go with it. First I will turn the photograph to black and white because, really, what I will work on Dodge and Burn is luminosity, whereby the color can distract. So the first layer I'm going to create is a Hue / Saturation layer, A Hue / Saturation adjustment layer, and under saturation to photography. In this way I already distinguish between lighter and darker grays. But still, as the photo still looks very gray, there is little co...”

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Course summary for: Course 4 - Dodge and Burn

• Level: Beginner
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