Follow high end retoucher, Earth Oliver, as he defines and dissects the traditional methods and workflow for Frequency Separation. Understand the pitfalls and image degradation that can occur when using the traditional method and why it is happening. Begin to develop an alternate process for approaching beauty and skin retouching, evaluating fresh methods in the workflow. Examine the Gaussian technique from the traditional model against the significant advantages of a median based workflow. Using Photoshop, examine Frequency Separation - layer by layer.
Leverage the power of Photoshop's Median filter with a combination of smart objects and filters, to eliminate unwanted edge blurring and haloes. Learn to create a toolkit that responds well to Photoshop's tool set. Learn to evaluate a median based workflow, applying the right amount of filtering ...
Using a portrait image with skin as the primary target, compare the Gaussian vs. Median based methods of Frequency Separation. Examine gradients across skin, edges, hair fly-aways, and eyelashes. Examine through practical steps the degradation and digital artifacts that result from Gaussian Filte...
Listen as high end retoucher, Earth Oliver, continues to retouch a skin texture, comparing gaussian vs. median based separation. Evaluate cloning vs. healing on the high frequency layer. Learn to retouch an image without leaving tracks and begin to develop a skill set for industry leading results...