In the below tutorial, I take you through the details of how we can translate the Dodge and Burn technique that we know well in Photoshop, into one that can be applied at the raw level in Capture One Pro. While capabilities for Dodging and Burning have existed in Capture One since version 11, the process that was once a bit cumbersome and limited is now refined and in[...]
Category archives: retouching
Color Grading and Correction with Capture One Pro
In this tutorial I'll be taking you through the ins-and outs of color grading and color correction using Phase One's Capture One Pro software.
We'll be looking at how to neutralize color casts, achieve beautiful skin tones, changing colors, as well as applying cinematic grading to your portrait or fashion images. For this tutorial you'll need to have version 8 of t[...]
How to Quickly Even Out Rough Skin Texture and Pores
In this tutorial I'll show you a quick and unique approach to fixing rough skin texture and pores while retaining the desirable skin texture that keeps the image looking natural and professional. There are a few steps involved in this process so I've created an action for you that keeps things simple and intuitive. The action can be downloaded here.
We'll be taking[...]
How to Easily Correct Colors and Match Tones in Photoshop
In this tutorial I'll show you a unique approach to correcting mismatched colors quickly and intuitively. Unlike some of the other tools available to you such as curves, selective color or hue/saturation, this approach requires very little guesswork and is largely automated thanks to the corresponding action provided here. Big thanks to my buddy Brock McFadzean for he[...]
How to Quickly Remove Stray Hairs in Photoshop
In this tutorial I'll show you a shortcut for removing stray hairs from a background. This trick will work well if the background is a seamless paper with a tonal gradation across it, or is blurred out due to shallow depth of field. If your background has a lot of detail or texture in it then the technique will not work. Another situation you may run into problems is [...]
How To Quickly Remove Color Casts In Photoshop
In this short video tutorial, I'll show you a quick, intuitive and consistently effective method for removing a colour cast from your images. This technique will work for any type of image, not just portraits.
While Photoshop offers a number of tools that help with colour cast removal, such as the channel mixer, selective colour, curves, etc., none are are ever th[...]
Complete Guide to Eye Retouching
In this series of video tutorials I'll be taking you through some of the most common techniques used for retouching eyes in both beauty shots and portraits.
The series is broken down into five parts and spans nearly an hour in length. We cover a wide variety of tools in the process (most available in Photoshop CS3 and onward) including:
Frequency separation
H[...]
How to Retouch Lips in Photoshop
In this video tutorial I'll show you some tips and tricks for retouching lips in portraits or beauty shots. Note that this is a more advanced tutorial that assumes you have a good working knowledge of Photoshop tools already.
Lip retouching can be one of the most tedious and time consuming parts of the image so my goal here is to give you some advice on where to st[...]
Dark Skin Beauty Photography
As a complement to my previous posts on beauty photography (part 1, part 2), I thought I'd further elaborate by going over a real life example from a shoot I did last week. This one is also made a little bit more interesting by virtue of the fact that I got to work with a dark skin model, which has subtle impacts on both the lighting and retouching processes.
T[...]
Using Lab Mode to Change Colour and Contrast in Photoshop
In this video tutorial I'll show you how you can use Lab color mode in Photoshop to quickly, easily and drastically change the color and contrast in your images and really make them pop.
First off a big thanks to my friend Nagesh Mahadev for letting me demo these techniques one one of his amazing images. Be sure to check out his work on his 500px page and his Faceb[...]