Art140 Photoshop Basic Retouching

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Open up your image in Photoshop. In the Layers panel, double-click on the background layer to unlock it and name your layer ‘Original’ for

reference. Naming your Photoshop layers is good practice, but for Smart Objects it’s a necessity, which will become more apparent later on. Once

you’re done, press OK. On your new layer, right-click on the layer name to open a sub-menu. Click on ‘Convert To Smart Object’ option, which

will bring up a small icon on the bottom right of the layer’s preview image.This confirms the image has been converted into a Smart Object and

can be edited non-destructively.



First, go to Filter > Lens Correction… and in the Auto Correction tab select the Camera Make, Model and Lens from

the drop-down menus. This will correct any distortion caused as a direct result of the camera equipment.

To get the most from the filter, ensure all the other settings match the ones shown here. Press OK once you’re done.



basic colour correction, using the new Camera Raw Filter. In general this works just like the pre-processing tool from

previous versions of Photoshop – and which still appears when you bring in a Raw file – though it gains support for the

latest cameras and SLRs.

Go to Filter > Camera Raw Filter… and in the right-hand panel, click the Iris icon to bring up the Basics tab. Adjust the

Exposure slider to fix any under- or over-exposure. You can also set the White Balance here to remove any unwanted

colour cast.



Still in the Camera Raw Filter dialog, now’s a good time to open the Detail tab and apply any noise reduction

necessary. This is particularly useful for anyone shooting in low light at a higher ISO.

Once you’re happy with the results, press OK.



Now that the image is correctly exposed and colour-balanced, your Layer Panel should look like this.

If you need to make any changes at this point to either of the processes we’ve just covered, the dialog boxes for both

can be accessed by double-clicking either of the filter names in the Layer Panel.

These dialog boxes appear with your current settings intact, so minor adjustments can be made easily.



Our next Smart Filter will involve some masking that we don’t want to affect our current changes, so we’re going to package

our Smart Filters and the original image into a brand new Smart Object. Select the original layer and change the name to

Sharpen, then make it into “smart object” again. Your layer will look like this. Renaming your layers is really important.



we’re now going to work on improving the sharpness of our image with a new

feature in Photoshop CC that can detect and repair camera shake. Select Filter

> Sharpen > Shake Reduction, which will bring up a new dialog box. Drag the

Blur Estimation Region (the selection box) over the area you want to analyze

and experiment with different settings until you reach the desired effect.



Alternatively, for the last step, you can go to Filter > Sharpen > Smart Sharpen to enhance

your image.

Here you can remove the effects of lens and motion blur with Photoshop’s new and vastly

improved sharpening algorithm. Choose your preferred settings by repositioning the sliders

and once done, press OK.



Sharpening is great for improving the appearance of eyes, and details in clothing and

jewellery. However, it’s not great for skin, which we want to keep as smooth as possible.

In the Layers panel, click on the white rectangle called Smart Filters and, using a soft-

edged black brush, mask over the areas of your image you don’t want sharpened.



Renaming the layer ‘Liquify’ and change it to smart object again. Go to Filter > Liquify and make any necessary

changes to your image. The Liquify filter lets you push, pull, rotate, reflect, pucker, and bloat any area of an image. The

distortions you create can be subtle or drastic, which makes the Liquify command a powerful tool for retouching

images as well as creating artistic effects. The Liquify filter can be applied to 8-bits per-channel or 16-bits per-channel

images. I don’t really need to add/correct anything in this photo but I expanded her chin just to show you. I personally

prefer that photos show whatever nature gives us but you may have fun play around with this.

Before After



Renaming the layer ‘Blemishes’ and change it to smart object again. Create a new blank layer above itand rename it ‘Blemish Removal’. Using the Healing Brush tool (J) at 100%, change the Sample to‘Current and Below’. Use the Alt key to select your sampling area and then start brushing over anyblemishes or stray hairs.



Select both layers, made them into smart object and rename the new layer “highlight”.

Select both layers this time and – guess what – repeat Step 2 again, renaming the new layer

‘Highlights’.

Create a new layer above this and name it ‘Dodge’. Set the blending mode to Overlay and

tick the box to fill the layer with a 50% grey. This is a non-destructive layer that will allow us

to dodge out blemishes while preserving the original Smart Image.



Using the Dodge tool with its Range set to Midtones at 4% opacity, liftany shadows or blemishes on the skin, such as bags under the eyes orwrinkles. (There are also a better way to do this, see additionalhandout.)



create a second new layer and name it ‘Hair’. Set the blending mode to Overlay and tick the box to

fill the layer with a 50% grey as before. Again, select the Dodge tool, but this time set the Range to

to Highlights at 4% opacity. Brush over the highlights in the hair to give them extra shine.



Click all layers and convert to smart object again. Rename the layer ‘Effects’. This is where we will now add any

required stylization to our images, as this is the element most likely to need changing in the future.

Here I used the Camera Raw filter to apply a Split Toning effect to change the overall tone of the image, bringing out

the highlight and darken the background shadow.



Experiment with several filter. Here I blurred thebackground a bit more using an Iris Blur.

Filter > Blur > Iris Blur.



Finally, when you’re happy with your image, right-click on the layer to convert to a final Smart Image,

which we’ll call ‘Finished Image’. Just remember to save your progress.

If you’re working with Raw images, when you open your chosen image the Camera Raw dialog box will

appear. To skip Steps 1 and 2 of this tutorial, hold down Cmd/Ctrl + Shift to change the ‘Open Image’

button to ‘Open Object’, which will open your photo in Photoshop CC as an unlocked Smart Object.

Alternatively, if you’re an Adobe Lightroom user, you can also use the ‘Edit In Photoshop As A Smart

Object’ option.



If at any point you need to make changes to your retouching, you can

access your root folders by double-clicking on the Smart Object layer

itself, which will take you down one level.

The name of the Smart Object that appears will tell you what retouching

was done within that Smart Object Group. Continue to double-clickdown through the root folder until you reach the layer you need to adjust.

Once you’ve made your changes, remember to click Cmd/Ctrl + S to

save your changes and allow them to filter back through the subsequent

Smart Objects.

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