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Talk: Editing Portraits with Photoshop - April 7, 2011

Here are the instructions for what we covered today. If you have any problems following, feel free to email me (Jenna) or leave a comment below!

Duplicate layer (ctrl j)

Red eye:
Red eye tool hidden under the healing brush tool (pupil size and darkness adjustable)

Blemish removal:
Healing brush
Wrinkles: Healing brush on new layer, reduce layer opacity.

Teeth:
Select teeth: Magic wand/polygonal/magnetic wand, feather 1 px
Easy: Dodge tool. Exposure ~5-15%
Image—Adjustment—Hue/Saturation
Master: -18, +18 or to taste
Yellow: -100, +32 or to taste
Deselect (ctrl d)

Eyes:
Select whites, feather 1 px – dodge tool. Or hue/saturation: desaturate reds only/lighten overall.
Select Iris, feather 1 px, Hue/Saturation, increase saturation, change colour if desired
Dodge (midtones) inside of iris – exposure 5-10%
Burn (shadows) outside of iris – exposure 5-10%
Deselect (ctrl d)

Liquify:
Filters-liquify. Use very large brush. Push, pucker and bloat.
Use to slim down, pin ears, make eyes bigger, cheap nose jobs, botox, etc.

Skin softening:
Duplicate layer (ctrl j)
Filters-blur-Surface blur 15-15, adjust layer opacity. Bring back full details with layer mask/eraser too.

Lashes and eyebrows:
Burn tool
(Or duplicate layer, blend mode multiply, alt+layer mask, paint effect back in, change opacity as necessary)

Remove sheen: Clone tool (low opacity) OR eyedropper, paintbrush (low opacity, darken mode), blur tool over it

Helpful links/video tutorials:
http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-to-enhance-eyes-in-photoshop-video-tutorial
http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-to-whiten-teeth-in-photoshop-video-tutorial
http://www.digital-photography-school.com/4-photoshop-portrait-makeover-tutorials
http://photoshoptutorials.ws/photoshop-tutorials/photo-retouching/retouching-a-studio-portrait.html
http://www.ephotozine.com/article/enhancing-eyes-using-photoshop-4918
http://www.betterphoto.com/forms/QnAdetail.asp?threadID=31215
http://www.photoweeklyonline.com/how-to-edit-eyes-in-photoshop/
http://www.digital-photography-school.com/editing-eyes-3-photoshop-steps-to-eyes-that-pop
http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/photoshop/articles/phs8retouch.html
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