Portrait Retouching Essentials in Photoshop (Udemy.com)
Learn everything you need about retouching and Create Amazing Images with Photoshop!
Created by: Marcin Mikus
Last updated June 2019
What you will learn
- Create amazing looking portrait images
- Use retouching tools in photoshop like a pro
- Work and approach colors in photoshop
- Do raw conversion to make retouching easier
- How to clean up the image in non destructive way - using just simple tools.
- Do professional retouching with dodge & burn technique
- Work with contrasts, shadows, and highlights
- How to work selectively with certain areas like shadows highlights and midtons to adjust colors
- Final steps - how to make sure your images looks perfect
How it compares
Against the other 188 rated Udemy courses in Photoshop on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.5 out of 5higher than 52% of them
- Reviews348#76 of 189 by number of reviews
- Length1.8 hoursshorter than 87% of them
- Last updatedJune 2019earlier than 63% of them
Course Description
You dont want to spend countles hours on watching courses and getting tips You dont need?
Do You want to get course that is straight to the point - whats right, and whats not?
Then, I am sure this course is for You.
My name is Marcin, i am internationaly published fashion and beauty retoucher. And today I am coming to you with this amzing course on retouching essentials. I am going to teach you everything what's important about non-destructive retouching.
I am not going to give You any shortcuts or tips about weird techniques.
I am just going to tell You what i do, and what You should do to make Your images looks great.
What will You get in this course?
1.
I am going to show you how to do raw conversion to make your retouching easier - in camera raw, as well as in capture one!
2. I will show youhow to clean up the image in non-destructive way - using just simple tools.
3. Probably most demanding part - I will show you how to do dodging & burning. Also I will deliver you actions which help you to speed up your worflow.
4.
I am goin to give You my best method for working with contrasts, shadows, and highlights to have full control on every detail.
5.
I will show You how I work with colors - how towork selectively with certain areas like shadows highlights and midtons to adjust colors.
6.
Final touches - my final steps to make sure your image - will look perfect.
What else - resourses that supports your work in photoshop and exercise files. Lifetime acces to course, and my personal support.
See You in the course!
MarcinWho this course is for:
Portrait photographersEveryone who wants to Learn Retouching - FastRetouchers willing to speed up their workflowEveryone who wants to learn how to create amazing portrait images
Instructor Details
- 4.5 Rating
348 Reviews
Marcin Mikus
I'm open minded and creative photoshop retoucher and photoshop educator with over 7 years of experience in the field. I specialize mainly in fashion, beauty, commercial and portrait retouching. Choosing me as your teacher guarantee that you will get prefessional knowledge and practice from the real photoshop expert, who works every day with images that can be found in magazines, lookbooks and fashion campaigns and peoples social media.
I've been teaching Photoshop for the last seven years. I spend almost every day with photoshop and in time I was able to gain more and more knowledge about right ways of teaching Photoshop. After few Years I felt it's the right time to come out with Premium Courses on udemy. Where I can share some amazing ideas and make Photoshop fun!
During my retouching career I have been internationaly published in various Fashion and Beauty magazines like Nasty, Numero, Ellegant, L'oficiel and many more!
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Reviews
By Saumya Singh on 7/1/2020
I have been retouching pictures for a long time, this was everything I needed to know. Made my portraits a lot, thanks Marcin!
By David on 6/5/2020
Learn somethings I didnt know before
By khalil Elmoudden on 5/10/2020
thank youu is very helpful
By Nasser Alameeri on 4/25/2020
nice course
By Vinicius Oliveira Farias on 1/19/2020
Excelente curso
By Santosh Vishwakarma on 11/19/2019
Teaching technic is supb!!!
By Nduta samwa on 11/5/2019
Its a good match as I am a beginner
By Muhammet Mustafa MUTLU on 10/24/2019
Gzel bir kurs. Artk ince dzeltmeler yapabiliyorum. Emeinize teekkr ederim.
By brahim nltrk on 10/14/2019
Karde ingilizce bu
By Yacine Chabane on 9/27/2019
oui vraiment
By Selina Ercan on 9/25/2019
Pek aklayc deildi. Pek bir ey anlamadm.
By Ethan Montalvo Montealegre on 9/16/2019
Looks like he knows what he is doing which is great and also I've learned some stuff i wasn't aware of
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Overall Score : 90 / 100












