Welcome to Part III of the Professional Photoshop Retouching Series on SLR Lounge. It is time to get to retouching!
In this Photoshop
Keep in mind that in this tutorial we are removing unwanted detail. There are certain types of details such as eye lines and smile lines that you want to diminish, not remove. We will cover how to diminish lines in a future tutorial. Enjoy!
If you haven’t watched the previous parts to the PPR Series, then please catch up by watching the prior videos below:
Part I – Adobe Camera Raw Editing and Importing into Photoshop
Part II – Learning and Setting the Healing Brush Presets
Part III – Healing Blemishes and Unwanted Detail
Part IV – Diminishing Eye and Age Lines
Part V – Correcting Skin Tone Shifts and Tan Lines
Part VI – Softening Skin When Necessary
Part VII – Retouching the Eyes
Part VIII – Cleaning Up Stray Hair and Other Detail
Part IX – Enhancing and Sharpening Image Details
Part X – Final Color Adjustments
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This is exactly the tutorial I have been searching for. Well done! Thanks.
Curious about the mouse you are using. The clicks sound as if it is very sensitive. What brand and model is it? Thank you! Your explanations are super easy to understand, Nice tutorial!
nice, very clearly explained.
anyway, why don’t use the spot healing brush on a transparent layer, instead of a copied layer?
with a transparent layer you will be able to fade the adjustment, and if you want to remove some adjustement you don’t like you can simply delete them with the eraser.
Francesco, great question. There is nothing wrong with the transparent layer method, and for some it may honestly be a better workflow option. For myself, I find that it is unnecessary. I am always healing an area to how I want it before moving on, and I don’t really have the need to fade an entire adjustment layer as some areas  I will want more opaque than others. So, I prefer just working on a layer copy and correcting each area to taste before moving on. Â
I understand. Thank you for your answer.
I love the subtle approach that you take with all of your retouching. As you say, automation just makes everything look false. The ‘per image/per pixel’ approach, whilst taking longer gives a better, and altogether more realistic end product. Thanks for sharing, really, really useful tips and techniques. Keep up the great work.
Thank you for sharing such detailed tutorial with all of us… a lot to learn and its helping beautifully! :-)