Hey guys today we will be learning Photo retouching in Photoshop.
#1-Use this Free Stock Image . get more stock here
#2-Duplicate the Layer and heal the spots using spot healing brush tool
#3-take a new layer fill it with pure grey color #808080,and set the blending mode to overlay
#4-use burn,dodge tool,set the exposure to 8-10% and paint inside the eyes on the grey layer.
#5-use same technique for rest,(cloth,skin,hairs)to highlight and darken the areas.
#6-ones you satisfy,take a new adjustment layer (levels) - layers-new adjustment layer-levels.and adjust the values as shown
#7-take new adjustment layer (hue/saturation) - layers-new adjustment layer-hue/saturation- increase the saturation a bit"2%"
#8-take new adjustment layer (curves) - layers-new adjustment layer-curves- and adjust red,green,blue channel.
#9-now take a copy of heal layer(the layer on which we used spot healing brush tool)apply
surface blur,radius"4%"threshold"21%".now apply mask on that layer,take soft brush with color black
and paint all the areas except skin as we need smoothy skin.
#10-take new adjustment layer (Brightness/contrast) - layers-new adjustment layer-Brightness/contrast.brightness"-25%" contrast"0%"
#11-select all the layers and(ctrl+shift+alt+e) you will get the merged layer at the top
#12-select that layer(filter-render-lightning effect)apply omni light, adjust the intensity.
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#14-and use the same image as a background,blending mode"normal" opacity"50"
finally we are done
Tutorial by click3d