Beauty Retouching for Beginners
Workflow & File
A course by Xi Chen , Photo Retoucher
About the video: Workflow & File
Overview
“In this unit, I will teach you how to set up Adobe Photoshop. We will also go over how to optimize the structure of files and RAW conversion in Photoshop. These steps are crucial before working on an image.”
In this video lesson Xi Chen addresses the topic: Workflow & File, which is part of the Domestika online course: Beauty Retouching for Beginners. Learn the basics of professional image retouching and color correction for beauty and product photography.
Partial transcription of the video
“Workflow and file In this lesson, we'll be importing the first image we'll be working on during this course, and I'll show you how I set up the file structure, groups and layers, which is universal for all the images I work on. I always start with a TIFF image. Even if the clients sent me a JPEG, I'll convert it into a TIFF to start. For working files, I store them mostly in layered PSDs which is a Photoshop file, or a PSB, which is a Photoshop file larger than 2 GB. Let's get started. Before I start talking about this I would like to go through a couple of file formats. I always start with...”
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Course summary for: Beauty Retouching for Beginners
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Category
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Areas
Digital Photography, Fashion Photography, Photo Retouching, Photography, Portrait Photography
Xi Chen
A course by Xi Chen
Xi Chen is a freelance photo retoucher based in Brooklyn, New York. Originally a photographer, she now specializes in color correction and retouching images for fashion editorials, portraits, commercial campaigns, social media content, and fine art.
Xi has worked with luxury fashion brands like Chanel, Prada, Alexander Wang, Balenciaga, Calvin Klein, Hermes, Valentino, Bobbi Brown, Vera Wang, and more. Her client list also includes Google, Samsung, Nike, and Adidas, as well as editorials like GQ, Harper’s Bazaar, Vanity Fair, and Vogue.
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