Advancing towards the final stages of the lifestyle image retouch, focus on the perimeter outline of the athlete in relationship to the background of the image. Work to create a clean, refined, high end extraction for stand out results. Learn a couple of tricks from high end retoucher, Sef McCullough that will expedite your workflow and provide the highest quality results in subject and background integration. Apply Frequency Separation, the silo mask, leverage Photoshop's Lasso Tool, feathering, the mixer brush, channel masks, curves, the paint brush and Content Aware Fill for a clean separation of subject and background.
With a more advanced method of frequency separation as part of your toolset, transition to the contouring phase of retouching. Utilize the power of Photoshop's curve tools, to dodge and burn your image for creating subtle, smooth rolloff that adds dimension. Learn to dynamically optimize the work...
Cleanup is a massive task in high end retouching. And this is the highest end workflow to establish the most creative freedom. With the complex technical phase of the process complete, move into the creative exploration of retouching. Shift hue and saturation to create a different body color on t...
The critical and technical construction of the image has been the majority of the focus. Transition into the establishing story and mood through grading the lifestyle image. Moving towards final touches, focus on adding contrast and manipulating saturation. Use curves and the targeted adjustment ...
