Realistic Portrait Retouching With Photoshop

 Today’s designers and photographers need to have a varied skill set that sets them apart from the pack. One common skill that both can use is portrait photography retouching. This tutorial will make you a more effective retoucher and help keep your portraits looking clean and realistic. Subtlety is – going too far will only make the results noticeable. The best comment you can get after presenting a final image is "I didn’t even notice you did that". Let’s get started!
Step 1
Step 1 does not involve using a tool at all. Before you start retouching an image, you should open and evaluate the image and come up with a mental roadmap of what need be done. I’ve illustrated the steps necessary to retouch this portrait below. The areas to retouch are: 1. Age spots, skin blemishes and other skin issues; 2. Forehead wrinkles; 3. Laugh lines and deep wrinkles; 4. Bags under eyes and crows feet; 5. Thinning eyebrows; 6. Stained teeth  ........

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