Lightroom: Retouching Faces

Course details

Retouching faces used to be really hard if you weren’t using Photoshop, but recent advancements in Lightroom retouching and masking tools have made it much simpler to retouch headshots and portraits with only Lightroom. In this course, Kristina Sherk shows you how to save yourself tons of time by doing your retouching in Lightroom. Kristina discusses how to adjust settings for optimal speed, then dives into the new masking interface in Lightroom. She walks you through removing blemishes, then covers how to use the local Adjustment Brushes, as well as how to save your own custom local Adjustment Brushes. Kristina goes in-depth on how to make eyes and skin look their best. She explains how you can lighten and darken specific areas of an image and shows you how to whiten teeth. Kristina finishes up with instructions on syncing adjustments you make in one image across multiple images.

Concepts

Welcome

01 - Edit headshots and portraits in Lightroom
02 - Exercise files

1. Lightroom Optimal Settings and Tips for Speed

03 - Preferences - Performance
04 - Catalog settings
05 - History states

2. New Masking Panel

06 - Lightroom's new masking interface - Overview
07 - Selection tools - Select Subject, Background, and Select Sky
08 - Selection changing options - Add and Subtract
09 - Selection changing options - Intersect
10 - Selection tools - Select Object
11 - Selection tools - People overview
12 - Selection tools - One-person edit
13 - Selection tools - Multiple people edit
14 - Lightroom masking options and features

3. Blemishes

15 - Spot Removal tool to remove blemishes
16 - Spot healing - Custom opacity
17 - Remove hard elements
18 - Content-Aware Remove tool

4. Local Adjustment Brush Overview

19 - The power of the local Adjustment Brush

5. Saving Custom Local Adjustment Brushes

20 - Create and save a local Adjustment Brush
21 - Modify and update a local Adjustment Brush
22 - Decrease the overall effect of a local Adjustment Brush

6. Eyes Section

23 - Eye masking tools
24 - Fix eye whites and irises
25 - Fix under eyes and eyebrows
26 - Add lashes

7. Skin Section

27 - Skin selection options
28 - Smooth skin
29 - The difference between Texture, Clarity, and Dehaze

8. Dodge and Burn

30 - What are Dodge and Burn
31 - Dodge to reduce distracting elements
32 - Burn to reduce distracting elements

9. Mouth and Teeth Section

33 - Whiten teeth
34 - Lips select and colorize

10. Syncing Adjustments across Multiple Images

35 - Sync multiple adjustments across images

11. Creating Smart Beauty Presets

36 - Create your own presets
37 - Apply presets while importing

Conclusion

38 - Thank you