
Open outdoor lifestyle images in camera raw via bridge, choose a camera profile for natural colors, and use the basic panel to balance highlights and shadows for consistent skin tones.
Match colors across Camera Raw by adjusting hue, saturation, and luminance to align skin tones and overall hues between images, using non-destructive smart object workflow in Photoshop.
Learn to work with non-raw jpeg and tiff files in Photoshop, use calibration and hue/saturation/luminance, and apply non-destructive edits with smart objects.
Learn basic clean-up retouching tools in Photoshop, including the healing brush, clone stamp, and patch tools, on non-destructive layers with careful sampling, edge preservation, and natural skin texture.
Learn to fix bikini folds in Photoshop using the pen tool to create natural curves, then restore texture with high pass filtering and layer masks for seamless results.
Learn to remove fine body hair from images using the dust and scratches filter on a nondestructive smart object, then refine with a layer mask to preserve skin details.
Learn to balance uneven shadows in Photoshop CC by using curves to control highlights, contrast, and shadows, preserve skin tones, and achieve a magazine-like advertisement look.
Understand color grading through color harmony and complementary palettes to keep skin tones natural. Use Photoshop tools—adjustment layers, curves, color balance, and selective color—for cohesive looks.
This studio image clean-up lesson demonstrates fast retouching on the empathy layer, removing spots, scars, and stray hairs with brush and clone stamp, while preserving lashes, background, and natural skin.
Learn an advanced sharpening workflow for studio portraits using layered frequency separation techniques to selectively sharpen hair and skin pores, adjust radius and threshold, and apply masks for natural results.
Lifestyle Photography is one of the most pupular genre photography these days. And the reason for that is simple,
Huge Social Media influencers in need for great images, as well as Countles, Lifestyle, Swimwear or lingerie Copanies exist on the market trying to grab their own piece of this huge market. One thing they all have in common is to have great images, and this is why I am coming to you this course.
Whether you are photographer, or retoucher - in this course, I will give you all the important knowledge on how to process, retouch, and color grade your images in photoshop to make yourself and your customers fully satisfied.
I am Marcin Mikus, Professional Retoucher and Photoshop educator with 7 years of experience in the field. Working wth fashion magazines, and on commercial campaigns. And o find the proof of it you can just find my portfolio. My retouching knowledge and experience is what makes me different from other teachers - in my courses - you get real world experience.
In this course you will learn:
1. Processing RAW Images using camera RAW or Lightroom. You will know how to get the right colors at the start.
2.Everything about skin retouching. You will learn how to clean up image non destructively with retouching tools as well how to use additional techniques like Frequency Separation. How to use other filters to remove fine details like body hair and uneven skin. And what is most important you will learn Dodge & Burn retouching with Curves, which is only one technique that provides 100% non-destructive results.
3. You will learn how to create and work with layers masks till you achieve advenced knowledge on the subject. Understanding and creating masks will allow you to gain amazing control over the lights a shadows in adjusting contrasts.
4. I will teach you how to understand define color palette and understand color harmonies to do good color grading, and of course how to do funal touch ups to the images such as final touch ups and adjustements to colors, liquifying and adding subtle noise.
5. As a Bonus section we will work on studio lingerie images, where we will polish our knowledge, learn other additional techniques helping you to retouch lingerie images, Create a soft atmosphere by adjusting lights and color grading.
Within this course you will get resources such as retouching actions, dodge & burn bursh and images to practice your skills and speed up your workflow..
Enjoy the course!
Marcin