Learn Portrait, Beauty, and Outdoor Retouching Techniques
What you'll learn
- Learn how to refine skin, adjust tones, and highlight natural beauty while keeping portraits realistic.
- Master contouring, lip color adjustments, and eye enhancements to create polished beauty shots.
- Understand how to manipulate natural and artificial lighting, making your images more dynamic and visually appealing.
- Explore tools like bokeh, LUTs, and artistic filters to add unique styles to your work.
Requirements
- This course is designed for all skill levels, including complete beginners. No prior experience in photo editing is necessary!
Description
Whether you're just starting in photo editing or have experience in the field, this course will be incredibly useful! It's packed with insights, practical tips, and hands-on exercises to help you refine your retouching skills. Plus, you'll get to work with powerful tools to transform your portraits, beauty shots, and outdoor images into stunning, high-quality visuals.
Throughout the course, you will explore essential retouching fundamentals—from the different styles of portrait and beauty retouching to common mistakes you should avoid. You’ll also have plenty of opportunities to practice, following expert guidance and industry best practices. By the end of the course, you’ll be able to apply basic adjustments, as well as use advanced techniques to enhance your work and make your images stand out.
THE COURSE COVERS 4 KEY AREAS:
Portrait Retouching Basics
This section introduces essential portrait editing techniques, guiding you through the process of enhancing skin, facial features, and achieving a polished yet natural look. You’ll also learn how to use specialized tools to adjust lighting, contrast, and textures seamlessly.
Beauty Retouching with Digital Makeup and Contouring
For those interested in editorial or high-end beauty editing, this section dives into contouring, digital makeup techniques, and color correction. Learn how to create stunning, flawless beauty shots using advanced retouching tools.
Outdoor Retouching and Natural Enhancements
In this section, you'll explore techniques to optimize outdoor lighting, enhance backgrounds, and use artistic effects like Portrait Bokeh and LUTs. These tools will help you refine your images for a professional, vibrant outdoor look.
Advanced Editing Techniques & Professional Workflow
Here, you’ll discover advanced workflows, including using presets and masks for efficiency, comparing outdoor vs. studio retouching styles, and conducting before-and-after analyses to achieve polished final results.
LEARN FROM INDUSTRY EXPERTS
We have been making world-renowned photo editing software since 2009 that helps elevate the creativity of photo artists. Since then, Skylum won many industry awards, and, what's more important — the trust of thousands of customers.
Skylum thrives for innovation and has won industry awards, including Best Mac App of 2017, EISA Best Product 2019-2020, Outdoor Photographer Editors’ Picks, The LUCIE Technical Awards for Best Software Plugin 2019, TIPA World Awards for Best Imaging Software 2019.2020 Editor’s Choice by Macworld for Luminar 4.
Our instructors have years of experience not only in editing but also in teaching, and the syllabus of this course has been meticulously developed to be both easy to follow and comprehensive.
WHAT YOU’LL GET IN THIS COURSE:
Comprehensive Lessons – 1 hour of instructional content with detailed, step-by-step guidance
Lifetime Access – Enroll once and revisit the content anytime
Student Support – Have questions? Our team is here to assist you throughout the course
Udemy Certificate of Completion – Showcase your newly acquired skills with a professional certificate
NO RISK – 30-DAY MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE
If you're not satisfied with the course, we offer a 30-day money-back guarantee—so there’s no risk in getting started.
START YOUR RETOUCHING JOURNEY TODAY!
Click the 'Enroll Now' button to begin learning and take your retouching skills to the next level!
Who this course is for:
- Beginners who want to start editing portraits
- Intermediate photographers and editors looking to refine their techniques
- Freelancers and digital artists who want to expand their skill set
- Content creators and influencers aiming to improve their personal branding through visually appealing images
- Anyone passionate about photography and digital art
Instructors
- 4.4 Instructor Rating
- 499 Reviews
- 68,779 Students
- 6 Courses
We started as a team of two co-founders in 2009 and initially called ourselves Macphun Software. At the beginning we created apps of different genres. A few years later we felt that we wanted to focus on what we are truly passionate about - innovative technologies and solutions for creative photography. Since then, we grew into an international team of people who shared our passion, changed the name to Skylum, won many industry awards, and, what's more important - the trust of thousands of customers.
- 4.4 Instructor Rating
- 38,672 Reviews
- 918,672 Students
- 101 Courses
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