Beauty Retouching for Beginners

Start your course by meeting Xi Chen, a professional photo retoucher based in NYC. Discover how she got started with retouching, learn about her influences, and take a look at what this course entails.

Open Adobe Photoshop and start exploring the ideal layout for color correction. Explore color settings and profiles,then take a look at your workspace and essential keyboard shortcuts. Set up your project and get familiar with the tools, windows, and file formats frequently used for fast and efficient retouching. Learn how to process RAW images and adjust settings in Adobe Camera Raw before importing your images to Photoshop.

Xi shows you her approach to beauty portraits, which mainly consists of retouching hair, skin, makeup, or jewelry. See how to define the overall mood and tone with color balance, tone curves, and hue and saturation. Using the clone stamp and healing brush, learn how to remove blemishes, dust, and other imperfections. Then adjust the color, lighting, and shadows.

Move on to retouching product images by learning about focus stacking, composition, masking, cleaning, and color correction. Dive into tools like the dust and scratches filter, layer masks, and more.

Wrap up your final image by implementing stop motion techniques to create an animated GIF learning how to export it for different online platforms. Finally, discover Xi’s tricks and tips for working in the photography industry and growing strong client relationships.