With each retouching pass, work to create powerful aesthetic and vibrance. Follow photographer, Jake Hicks, as he methodically applies skin smoothing to the gelled key and fill image. Create a mathematical approach, employing gaussian blur, High Pass filtering, Linear Light blending, to create natural and realistic skin texture. Using the paint brush, create even texture, preserving the detail of skin pores and hairs, while eliminating distractions. Learn to also effectively apply the same approach to wardrobe wrinkles and creases.
In direct contrast to black and white skin toning, where the goal is to create a smooth and even under tone, learn an extremely nuanced approach to dodge and burn skin. Understand how to create shape, contour and dimension, by accentuating the highlights and shadows of the image. Focus on a key f...
With the darkening and sharpening pass, apply a broader more global enhancement to the skin retouch. Create global contrast and a sharpening to the image using layering, high pass blending, and opacity adjustments. With each pass, move closer to finishing touches for the gelled key and fill look.
For the final stage of retouching, push the image onto another level. After multiple passes that removed local blemishes and distractions, more global even skin tone, smooth but natural skin texture, dimension and depth, contrast and sharpening, finally apply the finishing layer of color toning. ...
