Welcome to Hair Retouching with high end retoucher, Sef McCullough. Commercial retouching encompasses a tremendous amount of knowledge and application, with techniques and workflow that continue to evolve. Some of the most challenging work involves the unpredictability, unique, and incredibly dynamic component of hair. In this tutorial series, follow the advanced, yet linear methods of one of the industry's best retouchers, Sef McCullough. Tackle complicated images, for the most painful hair extractions and manipulations to develop intelligent, strategic workflow for your retouching.
For the first image, dive in with advanced techniques for hair retouching a fashion portrait in Photoshop. Watch as high end retoucher, Sef McCullough, demonstrates standard practice in retouching flyaways and why those methods simply don't work. Watch comparative examples using the clone stamp t...
Continue the hair retouching method on the fashion portrait image. Work to contain, manage, and manipulate the edge of hairline with significant fly-aways. Focus on developing a clean edge and shape that you can control. Utilize gaussian blur, masking, camera RAW filtering and a variety of other ...
With the first image complete, transition to a new fashion portrait for a completely different task in hair retouching. Follow high end retoucher, Sef McCullough, in a procedural method for hair extractions and background replacement. Use Photoshop to create custom brushes for creating new hair d...
