Photoshop is the premiere software for retouching. In this course discover the 5 Rs: retouching, repairing, reshaping, replacing, and removing. Start with basic overall image adjustments like white balance for color casts and density adjustments, then move onto local adjustments using selections, masking and color range. From there students will learn how to repair damaged images, enhance and beautify portraits, convert to black and white including hand coloring and compositing images together to achieve more dynamic images. Techniques such as spotting, cloning, retouching and HDR will be covered. Maybe you would like to repair an old family photo, retouch a wedding image, remove the spots off a lady bug, reshape a fashion portrait, or replace a photo of yourself with an old boyfriend for a new one. All that and more will be covered in this class.
Applicable Job Roles: photographers, graphic/web designers, illustrators and digital artists.
Outline
Week 1: Image Evaluation and Global Correction
Retouching Workflow
White Balance and Color Casts
Tonality Adjustments
Color Adjustments
Density Building
Week 2: Localized Adjustments
Dodge and Burn
Luminance Masking
Gradient Masks
Refine Edge
Color Range
Sharpening: High Pass and Masks
Week 3: Retouching Tools Specified
Healing Brush vs. Clone Stamp Tool
Patch tool for Large Areas
Spot Healing Tool or Large Area Treatment
Red Eye tool or Hue and Saturation Adjustment Layer
Retouching Tools Using Blend Modes
Week 4: Portrait Makeovers
Eye Enhancement and Replacement
Teeth Whitening
Removing Wrinkles and Blemishes
Removing Beard Shadow
Frown to Smile
Skin Smoothing
Hair Coloring and Stray Hair Removal
Nose Reshaping
Week 5: Damage Control
Repair Rips, Tears and Folds
Remove Stains and Scratches
Replace Missing Data
Remove Distracting Elements
Noise Reduction or Adding Grain
Week 6: Adding and Subtracting
Weight Reduction
Replace Sky and Background
Adding Shadows and Light
Group Shots
Duplicate Image Elements
Week 7: Black and White and Colorize
Black and White Conversion: Hightlights and Shadows or Channel Mixer
Adding Tint and Color : Sepia Toning
Gradient Map to Add Color
Hand Coloring a Black and White
Finishing Touchs: Vignettes and Creative Edges
Week 8: Composited Braketing and Special Effects
Photomerge
Panorama Compositing, Vertical and Horizontal
HDR
Prerequisites
Introduction to Photoshop (G301) or previous experience recommended.
Requirements
Software: Adobe Photoshop CS6, CS5 or CS4. Photoshop Elements is not acceptable. Compression software for turning in images, such as Zip, Rar, 7z, Keka recommended.
Your place in the course is confirmed by your payment. Introductory courses are intended for students with no experience in the subject matter and are seeking beginner level training.
Refund Policy: Please read our Terms and Refund Policy before registering for this course.
Additional Cost: Book and software might be required for the course. Read the Requirements and Book section for more information. Course fee does not include the book and software cost .
How eClasses Work:Instructors post lectures (text-based, no video or audio), reading selections, and hands-on assignments once a week in the online classroom. Students can discuss the assignments with the instructor and amongst themselves in the classroom area. This format has no set meeting time, which allows students to attend class at a time most convenient to them, yet still provides logically organized communication between class participants. Students can apply for the completion certificate after finishing the class.
Open Courses:
No other sessions are scheduled for this course. You can add to your wish list and you will be notified when other sessions are scheduled.
Instructor's Profile
Andrea Massalski is an artist and educator. She teaches classes in photography and web design at Foothill College and City College of San Francisco in addition to numerous workshops throughout the Silicon Valley. Andrea holds a Life Time Instructor Credential in Art and Design, including Photography. She also has a Bachelor’s Degree from Temple University and a Certificate of Graphic Arts from the University of California, Santa Cruz. Andrea has been teaching online for 12 years. In addition to her teaching work, Andrea has her own graphic design business, bluelinestudio. On a more personal level, Andrea is a photographer and exhibits her photographs and multimedia projects locally and in Berlin, Germany.
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