Retouching Headshots
1h 54mGeneral2022-02-22
Authors

Kristina Sherk
Photographer, Freelance Retoucher
Course details
In today's complex and changing workplace environment, your professional headshot is more important than ever before. In many cases, your headshot is your primary face at work: a digital representation of who you are—and not something you should take lightly. In this course, instructor Kristina Sherk walks you through the steps of retouching headshots in a way that preserves the natural appearance of your subjects.
Get tips on setting up your workspace in Photoshop so you’re ready for general cleanup. Explore retouching techniques for skin smoothing, adding dimension to skin, retouching eyes and lips, and adjusting color. Follow along with Kristina as she shows you how to sharpen your headshots so that they look more professional and beautiful, and more realistic, too.
Get tips on setting up your workspace in Photoshop so you’re ready for general cleanup. Explore retouching techniques for skin smoothing, adding dimension to skin, retouching eyes and lips, and adjusting color. Follow along with Kristina as she shows you how to sharpen your headshots so that they look more professional and beautiful, and more realistic, too.
Skills covered
Portrait PhotographyImage EditingPhotoshopPhotographyAdobeOne-Off
Concepts
Introduction
- Retouching headshots
- Exercise files
- Setting up your workspace in Photoshop
General Cleanup
- Healing Brush
- Spot Healing Brush
- Patch tool
- Clone Stamp
Skin Smoothing
- Frequency Separation 2.0 explanation
- Frequency Separation 2.0 layer setup
- Using the Mixer Brush
- Blending color content
- Fixing texture problems
- How to remove wrinkles on clothing
Adding Dimension to Skin
- Adding depth and dimension to skin
Retouching Eyes
- Accentuating eye color
- Using custom brushes for eyes
- Using custom brushes to enhance irises
- Softening under the eyes
Retouching Lips
- Lip cleanup
- Add lip color
Finishing Touches
- How to sharpen a portrait
Conclusion
- Next steps