In this section of the tutorial, focus on the process of retouching for commercial headshots. Take a more refined approach, emphasizing a clean, professional appearance. Examine the lighting and styling in a commercial environment, compared to a creative portrait approach. Identify the kinds of elements for retouching cleanup and the consistent requests that come from photography within this market.
With a clear understanding of a commercial portrait industry expectations, develop a plan for your retouching process using markup in Photoshop. Follow retoucher, Patrik Naik, as he examines areas across skin, hair and wardrobe that will require detailed attention during the retouching process. L...
After creating a game plan with markup in Photoshop, begin your RAW processing for a corporate, commercial headshot. Using Capture One, balance color, exposure, dynamic range across shadows and highlights to position the RAW image at the highest quality possible for retouching in Photoshop. Adjus...
With the RAW processing complete, begin the retouching process for your commercial portrait headshot. Using your game plan, cleanup fly aways, under eyes, and a variety of other distractions across the subject. Use the markup layer as reference as you retouching using a fast and efficient workflo...
