Photo Retouching for Advertising Still Lifes
A course by Karina Meza , Photographer and Digital Retoucher
Learn to use Photoshop to enhance the features of products for commercial or creative reasons
Highlighting the visual potential of a good image with volume, textures, color and lighting is the main objective of photo retouching. Karina Meza is a photographer and digital retoucher specializing in touch-up of advertising still lifes and has worked for photographers, advertising agencies, magazines and retail , such as Falabella, Riplay, Paris, among others.
In this course you will learn different techniques to touch up a product still life in Adobe Photoshop in two ways: one advertising and one creative.
What will you learn in this online course?
16 lessons & 18 downloads
- 100% positive reviews (120)
- 2,381 students
- 16 lessons (2h 25m)
- 18 additional resources (8 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish
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- Level: Beginner
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Recommended software & tools for this course
Adobe PhotoshopWhat is this course's project?
You will make the complete touch-up of the still life of a product of advertising beauty, and a more creative version of it.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
This course is aimed at photographers, designers and people who want to learn specific techniques of product retouching.
Requirements and materials
You must have basic knowledge of Adobe Photoshop, layer management and masks.
On the materials, you will need a computer with Photoshop installed and also, a digital tablet, although it is not essential.
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Karina Meza
A course by Karina Meza
Karina Meza is a self-taught Chilean photographer with more than 15 years' experience dedicated exclusively to digital retouching. During the beginning of her career, she decided to focus solely on retouching product and fashion photography as well as campaigns. This decision has led her to work both directly with clients as well as through agencies, production companies, and photographers.
She has also been teaching photographic postproduction for over 10 years as part of various degree programs including design, art, advertising, and photography.
Content
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U1
Introduction
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Presentation
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Influences
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What will we do in the course
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U2
Project Preparation
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What we want and for what purpose
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Preparing the project
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Reference Search
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U3
Digital image
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File development in Camera Raw
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Photoshop key tools
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Frequency separation
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General cleaning
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U4
Postproduction
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Rebuilding the logo
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Highlighting and creating glare and reflections
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Color settings
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Focus adjustment
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Editorial or creative version
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Exporting files
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FP
Final project
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Photo retouching techniques for advertising still life
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Adobe Photoshop
Recommended course for anyone who wants to learn photo retouching
Básico pero lo recomiendo.
Un buen curso.
Contenido sencillo, practico, fácil de entender y dinámico
Sencillo, muy completo y muy claro. Buenas ideas y buenos recursos.
100% recomendable