With the creative brief established, follow the road map with high end retoucher, Sef McCullough. In this first step of the process, learn best practices to establish a clean, logical workspace in Photoshop. Learn from an experienced pro, how to optimize the right tools in an organized way, so that creativity doesn't become hampered by technology. Learn to customize your own workspace and save presets that will transition through Photoshop versions and updates.
With a linked workflow established, begin honing the replacement shoe elements for compositing into the main lifestyle base image. Shape and refine the shoes with the Liquefy tool in Photoshop. Use silo clipping to create clean mask, cutting clean, flexible paths for compositing. Leverage the kno...
With clean clipping and isolation of the replacement shoes, integrate these elements into the main lifestyle base image. Utilize Liquefy to tweak the shape of the replacement shoes, using the original shoes as a base target. With the shoes placed, develop a process to integrate them with the athl...
After establishing a clean workspace in Photoshop, jump over to Capture One. Learn the importance of using a camera RAW module to process RAW image data. Establish best practices to apply quality assurance to the images you retouch, every single time. Learn how to restore valuable data, creating ...
