For this stage of the retouching process, utilize Photoshop to create a global dodge and burn pass for your image. Focus on preserving and enhancing dimension in your subjects skin tones, developing sculpted highlights and shadows for nuance and aesthetic.
Liquify can sometimes have a negative connotation within photography and retouching. And indeed, there can be misuse and abuse of the tool. In this section, learn the subtleties of liquify as filter to enhance your subjects, shape, wardrobe, and perspective within the image, without losing contex...
Push The Couple dramatic portrait into the final stages of retouching, focusing on color and tone. Manipulate contrast, blend modes, saturation, channel and luminance masking.
For the finishing touches, learn how to create a Photoshop action for sharpening, adding noise, and creating output settings to expedite and create consistency across your final deliverable images.