Monday, June 23, 2008

Reader Question #002: Retouching Portraits

This video focuses on techniques for improving portraits in a subtle and natural way. Use layer adjustments to adjust levels, saturation, and clone out imperfections. 

I do hint at adjusting color balance in this video, but didn't delve into it completely. Stay tuned for an upcoming video on color balancing photographs, including skin tones.

Monday, June 2, 2008

Reader Question #001: Brightness/Contrast or Levels?

The first video in the series. My goal is that these be both fun and useful. I'm going to be doing some more testing and tweaking of how these things are done, but at least we are in motion.