In this tutorial I will focus on the hair. Before watching please note that there is a lot of information in this video to absorb, so watch and re-watch areas. I’d recommend pausing it at regular intervals before continuing so that you fully understand all the processes. Some of the areas covered in this video are:
– Colour Correction
– Removing Unwanted Straps and Hair
– Adjusting tonal values
– Grading the image
– Boosting image vividness
– Removing blemishes
– Working with blending modes
There are a lot of techniques and processes that go into each of the above, so if you’ve got a question leave a comment and I’ll do my best to answer.
This is the image I used: Before Photograph
Here are some before and after shots:
Any questions leave them below. Also, if you’ve got any ideas for more tutorials feel free to shout it out.
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Amazing tutorial!… I really like your retouching tutorials and would love to see more of them :)
Great tutorial for portrait photography retouching. Thanks for sharing!
What was the name of the song? dd evolution?
Do the Evolution – Pearl Jam
Hey Youssef
Great video, thanks a lot. I watched it a couple of times and tried to use your ideas on my own pics. It works fine except for the patch tool. I have a picture of a girl with black hair and some fine white strands looking through. If I want to cover the white hair using the patch tool it looks blotchy. The tool does not cover completely. I ran into the same problem when trying to cover pimpels and dark spots on the skin. Is there a way to influence the opacity of the patch tool ?
Thanks for your ideas. Keep going on, the blog is great !
Cheers,
Maria from Argentina
When using the patch tool make sure you’ve got transparency un-ticked, failing that a simple copy and paste on the hair could also work, however you may need to work on the paste. Hope that helps.
hi Youssef!
plz plzz plzzz plzzzz plzzzzz……can u post a vdo or something on retouching male photographs!!!
i need it badly…..
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Great Tutorial. Thank you so much for sharing… :-)
Can you put someone eles face on a different body and make it look real. Just eyes , nose and lips or is this not possible.
Love the hair tutorial. Do you have any trapcode tutorials?
Good content, thanks for sharing it with us
amazing tutorial, thank you for posting :)
Awesome tutorial. Thanks
dass
Wher is the video dude, meaning the part II you promised. U even placed a link on youtube for it. Frustrating when guys like u attract people to their pages with false promises.
am i missing something? where is the video??