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Dodge & Burn IV: Skin Retouching
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This is the final part of Kate Breuer's Dodge and Burn series. In this episode, Kate uses the dodge & burn technique to retouch the skin.
Kate Breuer shows, how dodging and burning can be used for skin retouching. It is an advanced technique, that normally takes much time, practice and patience. But with this video, you can learn the basics easily and save some time practicing.
This ist the last part, so if you missed the other three go back and learn the technique of dodging and burning and how to use it for different things.
Dodge & Burn III: Body and Face
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This is the third part of Kate Breuer's Dodge and Burn series. In this episode, she explaines, how to use dodging and burning to form body parts and the face.
Kate Breuer uses the technique to make the arm of a model lose weight and to add to the bust size of the female model.
In addition, she shows how dodging and burning can be applied to the face to make it look slimmer and more perfect.
The last parts will be about skin retouching. If you missed the first two parts, go back and learn the technique of dodging and burning and find out, how to use it to accentuate foldings and guide the vision of your viewers.
Dodge & Burn II: Guide and Accentuate
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This is the second part of Kate Breuer's Dodge and Burn series. In this part, she shows how to use dodging and burning to accentuate foldings and to guide vision.
Kate Breuer starts with a trick, that will save you a lot of time, when preparing to dodge and burn. Afterwards, she uses the technique to accentuate the foldings at the male models shirt.
Finally, she explaines to ways to use it for guiding the vision of those watching your pictures.
The other two parts will be about forming body parts and the face and about skin retouching. If you missed the first part, go back and learn more about the technique of dodging and burning.
Dodge & Burn I: The Technique
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This is the first part of Kate Breuer's Dodge and Burn series. In this first part, she explaines the basics and shows the technique of dodging and burning.
Kate Breuer creates two circles and shows how to create an orb out of one of them, just by adding shadows and highlights. In addition, she explaines, the different techniques one can use to darken or lighten.
One example is simply drawing on an empty or neutral-gray layer at "soft light". Another one is to create two curves layers and using the layer masks.
The other three parts will be about accentuating foldings, guiding the vision, forming body parts and the face and about skin retouching.
Glazy Spots
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Without a professional make-up artist, getting glazy spots is absolutely normal. When not usind matte powder or when the location is how, the model will get glazy spots when sweating a bit.
In this video, Kate Breuer shows, how to get rid of them with Photoshop. She shows different techniques, to eliminate those flaws in your pictures.
One of those techniques is the double RAW conversion, where Kate creates two RAW conversions, one for the glazy spots, one for the rest of the image.
Another technique is using the on-board possibilities of Adobe Photoshop, e.g. the stamp tool at decreased opacity.
Create a Movie Scene
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In this video Kate Breuer shows, how to create a cinematic effect, that makes your pictures look like they were taken out of a movie.
She adds a hue/saturation adjustment layer to create the brown-golden color typical for movies and to add some contrast and satuartion.
In the next step, she adds some black bars at the top and bottom to make the viewer think of 16:9 movies at television.
Finally, she draws in some back lighting by painting with a white, smooth brush on a new layer.
Learn how to make your own images look like cinematic art!
Retouching the Male Body II
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In this tutorial Photoshop expert Kate Breuer shows us, how to retouch a male body.
In this second part, Kate Breuer shows some techniques to work out the muscles. In addition, she explains, how to create some atmosphere and how to use vignettes to guide the viewer through your image.
In the end, you will learn, how to use the Niksoftware filters to add the last final look to your image.
Retouching the Male Body I
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In this tutorial Photoshop expert Kate Breuer shows us, how to retouch a male body.
In this first part, Kate Breuer shows some quick techniques saving you hours of dodging and burning. In addition, she explains, how to emphasize the micro contrast of your image to create a more plastic look.
The Crop Overlay Tool
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In this tutorial, photographer Mike Le Gray takes us through the Crop Overlay Tool in Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom. Not only does he explain the Crop tool itself, but he also shows us numerous ways to straighten our photos, both by eye and by using the Straighten Tool.
In addition to this, he shows us a fantastic new way to crop our images without any of the interface or tool palettes to distract us. This is a really handy little tip and he tells us that it'll knock our socks off!
The Lab Color Booster
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Mike Le Gray invites you to share one of his favourite tips. Prepare to be amazed when you see the difference these few short steps can make to your colors!