Lynda.COM Photoshop CS5: Fashion Retouching Projects

Author:
Chris Orwig

Duration:
04h 29m

Released on:
9/24/2010

Exercise files:
Yes

Software works on:
Windows only



Join professional photographer and instructor Chris Orwig in Photoshop CS5: Fashion Retouching Projects, as he demonstrates how to enhance and correct photographs for the fashion industry. This course covers retouching techniques such as color, contrast, and tone improvements, wrinkle reduction, skin smoothing, enhancing the eyes, lips, and hair, shape modification using Liquify, and background cleanup. Projects include a commercial fashion campaign and a natural beauty shoot, focusing on corrections that bring out the existing strengths of the photograph without marring the original intent. Exercise files are included with the course.
Topics include:

    Changing clothing drape or shape
    Modifying the background
    Working with shadows and highlights
    Improving color
    Adding blur
    Cleaning up flyaway hairs
    High pass sharpening
    Adjusting eyes and eyebrows
    Reducing shadows around the eyes
    Making creative adjustments with color
    Removing wrinkles and smoothing skin texture
    Cropping



Welcome
Introduction           00m 55s
Using the exercise files           01m 14s

1. Simple Fashion Project
Cleaning up the background and small details           05m 04s
Making structural improvements           04m 42s
Final image cleanup and organization           05m 41s

2. Cleanup Fashion Project
Cleaning up the background           04m 03s
Fixing details and wrinkles           05m 31s

3. Desert Fashion Project
Enhancing the color and tone on the model           08m 10s
Modifying the background           05m 26s
Improving the desert floor           04m 56s
Final color adjustments and final review           04m 44s

4. Commercial Fashion Project
Cleaning up the small details           03m 38s
Retouching the model's skin           04m 04s
Changing the dress           04m 27s
Modifying shape           05m 40s
Working with shadows and highlights           06m 38s
Reducing wrinkles           06m 33s
Enhancing skin           03m 50s
Smoothing skin           05m 00s
Adding highlights to skin           04m 01s
Working with contrast and color           03m 20s
Improving color           06m 46s
Final color adjustments and final review           03m 47s

5. Vintage Fashion Project
Cleaning up the small details           04m 56s
Retouching the skin           12m 25s
Removing small edge details           05m 01s
Smoothing the skin           10m 48s
Changing shape with Warp           05m 45s
Using Liquify to change shape           05m 50s
Adding creative colors           06m 44s
Modifying tone and adding blur           05m 09s
Cropping and final review           08m 10s

6. Natural Beauty Project
Cleaning up the small details           07m 19s
Cleaning up the neck           09m 53s
Cleaning up flyaway hair           07m 28s
Reducing shadows around the eyes           04m 48s
Improving the eyes           05m 47s
Enhancing the lips           05m 53s
Modifying the shape           06m 32s
Improving the tonality of the face           03m 49s
Enhancing the overall color and tone           03m 23s
Modifying the background           03m 59s
High Pass sharpening and final review           03m 52s

7. Fashion Beauty Project
Cleaning up the small details           05m 40s
Reducing shadows           08m 26s
Improving the lips           08m 23s
Sharpening the eyes           03m 14s
Enhancing the eyes           02m 43s
Adjusting the eyebrows and final review           05m 26s

Conclusion
Goodbye           00m 26s