The Art of Retouching - Adobe Photoshop & Lightroom Retouching Tutorials

The Art of Retouching - Adobe Photoshop & Lightroom Retouching Tutorials episodes:

• 10.12.2020

  How to Succeed as a Freelancer | Self Employment for Beginners

  Your Freelancer Success is finally here. This video is part 3 in the series of How To Succeed as a Freelancer. If you take the time to watch them all, I will have given you every freelancer trick that I...

  
• 09.23.2020

  What are Color Profiles and Color Modes in Photoshop?

  I want to clear up the usual common misconceptions about Color Modes, Color Models, Color Profiles, and Color Spaces. Give me a few minutes of your time, and you will no longer be confused by it. The base cause of...

  
• 09.14.2020

  What is Effective Resolution? | Resolution and Pixel Density

  In this video, I’ll introduce you to three important topics that are essential for working with digital images in Photoshop, and these are pixels, image size and image resolution. Having a solid understanding of how they are related to each...

  
• 09.01.2020

  How to Succeed as a Freelancer | Self-Employment Strategies

  I'll be talking about how to keep yourself sane throughout your retouching career beyond Photoshop and growing your portfolio. Because working from your home office and making money isn't all about the basics of Photoshop, it's about business. This video...

  
• 08.17.2020

  How to Succeed as a Freelancer | Freelancing Strategies

  The sad thing about working as a freelancer is that thanks to the word "Free", people often think that the work you do is low cost. In their mind, they are doing YOU the favor by keeping you busy, and...

  
• 08.10.2020

  8-Bit vs. 16-Bit | Bit Depth | What is Tonal Range?

  What is the difference between editing images in 8-bit or 16-bit? While it should be obvious that 16-bit color is significantly better than 8-bit color. After all, 8-bit is only 16.7 million colors when comparing that to 16-bit which is...

  
• 08.05.2020

  The 300 DPI Myth | What Are DPI, PPI & LPI?

  What is the 300 DPI Myth? What are DPI, PPI and LPI? John Ross will explain to you the differences between Dots Per Inch, Pixels Per Inch, and Lines Per Inch. You will learn how to use them to supply...

  
• 09.01.2016

  Behind The Retouching | Subtle Beauty Retouching Techniques | Advanced Photoshop #138

  It is my absolute pleasure to lead you into another in-depth look at what goes on behind the scenes in an actual photo retouching session. For issue #138 of Advanced Photoshop Magazine (almost the last, yet almost the best), we're...

  
• 05.26.2016

  Adobe Fails | Changes, Glitches, and Poor Decisions

  Adobe Fails | Changes, Glitches, and Poor Decisions This video is available Free for Everyone. Running Time: 9 minutes As big a deal as Adobe Photoshop is in the world of retouching today, there are and always will be, errors...

  
• 12.24.2014

  Professional Masking | How to use Quickmask

  For Advanced Photoshop Magazine #130, I was asked to show how I create my selections. In this extended video, I'm going to show you the ins and outs of Professional Masking. Properly masking an image with Adobe Photoshop is often...

  
• 11.12.2014

  Smart Objects and Smart Filters | Photoshop Basic 2 Tutorial

  I will tell you all about the magic of Smart Objects and Smart Filters. For any retoucher, it's important to develop a non-destructive workflow. Smart Objects and Smart Filters will give you the ability to go back and...

  
• 11.02.2014

  10 More Things Still Missing in Photoshop CC for Retouchers

  Adobe has released another update to Photoshop CC. They even released a pretty interesting video showing the future of the entire suite of products. While this was a video to showcase their new partnership with Microsoft, there is plenty to...

  
• 09.16.2014

  Rulers and Guides | Photoshop Beginner’s Tutorial

  When working in Photoshop, while most of it is creative, sometimes you will want to be as accurate as you possibly can. Rulers and guides come in handy because they help you create specific points in your image that you...

  
• 09.09.2014

  Magic Wand and Quick Selection | Photoshop Beginner’s Tutorial

  Aside from the Lasso-based tools, we can also use the Magic Wand when it comes to making selections in Photoshop. You can press and hold the Quick Selection Tool to choose the Magic Wand Tool. When you click on a...

  
• 08.28.2014

  Lasso, Polygonal Lasso, Magnetic Lasso | Photoshop Beginner’s Tutorial

  The purpose of making a selection, is so that you can make changes within a limited, and controlled area.There are a variety of tools you should consider when making selections in your image. There are several that will allow you...

  
• 08.21.2014

  Selective Color | Photoshop Beginner’s Tutorial

  Selective Color is the go-to tool for simple color correction. Little need for masking, and no confusing RGB sliders. You just need someone to give you a little direction, and you will find how easy this tool can be. As with...

  
• 08.13.2014

  Vibrance | Photoshop Beginner’s Tutorial

  Let’s say you have an image that’s looking pretty pale. When you want to adjust the saturation of an image, I normally don’t recommend using the Saturation Adjustment. Instead, what we’ll be using is the Vibrance Adjustment, because it has...

  
• 08.07.2014

  Levels | Photoshop Beginner’s Tutorial

  When you want to create tonal changes the easiest and simplest way possible, your best bet is to use Levels. Simply go over to the Adjustments palette (or if it isn’t open yet, go to Window – Adjustments). There, click...

  
• 07.13.2014

  Adjustment Layers | Photoshop Beginner’s Tutorial

  Adjustment Layers work like tinted sheets of glass that you overlay on top of your image one at a time. It’s kind of like a tinted or colored light bulb. You can turn on/off the effect, or adjust the values...

  
• 07.06.2014

  Color Picker | Photoshop Beginner’s Tutorial

  The Color Picker in Photoshop is used for a variety of different reasons. At a basic level, it can be used to choose a color, and then then you can paint with that color. Once you become more familiar with...

  
• 06.29.2014

  Spot Healing Brush | Photoshop Beginner’s Tutorial

  Nearly every image can benefit from Cloning or Healing. It could be removing flyaway hair, dust on the lens, skin blemishes, or any of the other hundred things I could think of. Some corrections require some skill, and knowledge to...

  
• 06.20.2014

  10 Things Still Missing in Photoshop CC for Retouchers

  Photoshop is an amazing tool. Mindblowingly complex, but nearly flawless. Recently, Adobe announced all the new 2014 features for the Creative Cloud Suite of products. While I am sure that graphic designers, 3D modelers, and video technicians have plenty to...

  
• 06.15.2014

  Navigator, Hand, and Zoom Tools | Photoshop Beginner’s Tutorial

  When it comes to navigating around your image, there are two tools and one palette that will come in really handy. This video will walk you through how to use the Navigator Palette, Hand Tool, and Zoom Tool. These are...

  
• 06.08.2014

  History Palette | Photoshop Beginner’s Tutorial

  Nobody is perfect. We all make mistakes, especially when it comes to perfecting our retouching. In those moments when you just can’t find the right adjustment for something, the History Palette comes to the rescue. By default, you will have...

  
• 06.01.2014

  Layers Palette | Photoshop Beginner’s Tutorial

  Layers make up a huge chunk of the magic of Photoshop. It is one of the most crucial tools that you can use especially for non-destructive editing, but it is also one of the most confusing if you don’t quite...

  
• 05.25.2014

  Options Bar | Photoshop Beginner’s Tutorial

  Do you see that toolbar that runs along the top of Photoshop, below the main menu? That is the Options bar. The Options bar changes depending on the tool that you have selected. For instance, if we click on the Eyedropper...

  
• 05.24.2014

  Info Palette | Photoshop Beginner’s Tutorial

  The Info Palette shows you different information about your image, based on your selected tool. It will tell you about color breakdown, measurements, and other useful tidbits.

  
• 05.19.2014

  Photoshop CC 2014 Preferences Tutorial

  Eager beaver beginners usually just want to start editing photos without even giving much thought to settings and preferences. This is a big no-no, which is precisely why amateurs make this mistake all the time. Preferences greatly affect the workflow...

  
• 05.11.2014

  Palettes and Navigation | Photoshop Beginner’s Tutorial

  Once you’re inside Photoshop, you come face to face with all these tools, palettes, and seemingly random symbols. Add that to a boring interface and you just might give up on Photoshop right from the start. I’m telling you now...

  
• 05.04.2014

  Camera Raw | Photoshop Beginner’s Tutorial

  So you took a lovely shot of the perfect night sky, and now you want to start retouching it. When you drag this image onto Photoshop, the first thing it does is not really open it up in Photoshop but...

  
• 04.06.2014

  Photoshop Tutorial – Camera Raw Filter

  This short clip will teach you all about Camera Raw Filter, a powerful tool available in Photoshop CC. It basically lets you treat a pixel-based image as a raw file and make adjustments to it. How does that happen?

  
• 03.30.2014

  Photoshop Tutorial – Portraits and Smart Objects

  After all of the techniques and tools that we talked about, you are now ready to see all these concepts applied into a single image. This tutorial will show you how to actually retouch a photo using all the knowledge...

  
• 03.23.2014

  Photoshop Tutorial – Smart Objects Inside Smart Objects

  We’ve discussed the wonder of Smart Objects, but it does get confusing for some people, especially for a beginner. This tutorial will teach you workarounds when it comes to working with Smart Objects, and will get rid of your fear...

  
• 03.16.2014

  Photoshop Tutorial – Smart Objects and Smart Filters

  This session will tell you all about the magic of Smart Objects and Smart Filters. For any retoucher, it’s important to develop a non-destructive workflow. Smart Objects and Smart Filters will give you the ability to go back and forth...

  
• 03.02.2014

  Camera Raw Tutorial – Output Options

  Because of all the fancy tools that Camera Raw comes packed with, it’s easy to overlook certain settings that are actually very important. This tutorial will briefly go over the significance of knowing how Camera Raw exports images to Photoshop....

  
• 02.23.2014

  Camera Raw Tutorial – Local Adjustments

  This Photoshop tutorial teaches you how to isolate certain areas of a photo using Local Adjustments in Camera Raw. Does one cheek of your model look a little too flushed? Is a particular part of the leg covered in unnecessary...

  
• 02.17.2014

  Camera Raw Tutorial – Open Image vs Open Object

  This Photoshop Tutorial teaches you the difference between opening up a raw file from Camera Raw as “Open Image” or as “Open Object”. While the former opens up your image as it is, the latter lets you make changes on...

  
• 02.10.2014

  Camera Raw Tutorial – Introduction

  The wonderfully convenient thing about Camera Raw, is that it’s incredibly easy to learn your way around it. Its simple interface and easy to use tools will only take minutes to get the hang of; as opposed to taking many...

  
• 02.03.2014

  Photoshop Tutorial – Lightroom, Camera Raw and Photoshop

  Many people wonder what the differences are, between Camera Raw, Photoshop, and Lightroom. To be clear, each one serves a very different function in your Post-Production Workflow. Lightroom is a database that displays your images as thumbnails so that you can...

  
• 01.21.2014

  Photoshop Tutorial – RAW Processors

  We’ve spent quite a bit of time playing around with the RAW format, so it’s only practical for us to go over a quick overview of the various RAW processors in the market today. There’s a variety of choices out there,...

  
• 01.06.2014

  Imagenomic Portraiture Tutorial Review – Condensed

  This is a shortened Imagenomic Portraiture Tutorial for people who want a quick tutorial. For those who want to learn more, I have a longer version at this Imagenomic Portraiture Tutorial Extended page. While the content is the same at...

  
• 01.05.2014

  JPG vs. RAW File Formats | Digital Fundamental Tutorial

  This Adobe Photoshop Tutorial Video compares and contrasts the JPG and RAW File Formats. Now that we’ve spent some time delving into the twists and turns of JPGs and RAWs, it’s time for us to show you some differences of...

  
• 12.30.2013

  What is RAW File Format? | Digital Fundamental Tutorial

  This Adobe Photoshop Tutorial Video is going into detail about what is so good about the RAW File Format. When you shoot, the picture taken by your DSLR Camera is stored in the RAW File Format, which essentially keeps your...

  
• 12.18.2013

  What Are JPGs? | Digital Fundamental Tutorial

  In this digital world we live in, you see the ubiquitous JPEG everywhere—practically all images you can find online are in this format. Short for Joint Photographic Experts Group, JPEG pictures are compressed images that have the .jpg file extension....

  
• 10.30.2013

  The Art of Retouching Podcast 016 – Say No to Paid Work

  Your browser does not support the audio element. PodCast: Download Running Time: 20 minutes I found this episode buried on a disk somewhere. Apparently I recorded the various parts, edited it, filed it, but never actually published it. Very strange....

  
• 10.20.2013

  The Art of Retouching Podcast 015 – Paranoia of Failure

  Your browser does not support the audio element. PodCast: Download Running Time: 15 minutes Just because you are paranoid, does not mean they are NOT out to get you. I have spent my childhood, and adult life, accepting the fact...

  
• 08.26.2013

  Photoshop Tutorial – Adjustment Layers

  Photoshop Tutorial – Adjustment Layers This video is available Free for Everyone. Running Time: 6 minutes In this digital world we live in, you see the ubiquitous JPEG everywhere—practically all images you can find online are in this format. Short...

  
• 08.04.2013

  Color Spaces and Color Profiles | Digital Fundamental Tutorial

  This is an Adobe Photoshop Video tutorial that explains Color Models, Color Modes, Color Spaces, and Color Profiles. This is one of the modules from the Photoshop Basic 1 Video Course. I thought this video was a good example of...

  
• 02.14.2013

  Tonal Range, Levels and Curves | Digital Fundamental Tutorial

  This is an Adobe Photoshop Video tutorial that explains Tonal Range, and the difference between Levels and Curves. While each of these topics is technically different, they each work with the same basic principals, so I thought it would be...

  
• 11.25.2012

  Color Range | Photoshop Basic Tutorial

  Color Range tool is a crucial aspect of Photoshop Masking, that many people have difficulties using. The tool plays a significant role in selecting groups of color areas, that need to be adjusted separately in a particular image. Color Range...