Photo retouching

This post will briefly explain about the basic of photo retouching methods and steps as well as Masks and Channels in Photoshop. I will start with introduction of tools and settings essential for photo retouching.

Spot Healing Brush tool, Healing Brush tool, Patch tool and Red-eye tool.

A very useful tools for correcting any flaws or mistakes in a picture. If you are about to edit a picture of your face, these tools can help you remove pimples and scar by just doing some clicks.

Blur tool, Sharpen tool and Smudge tool

Great tools to smoothen a rough surface or sharpen an unclear object.

Dodge tool, Burn tool and Sponge tool


Tools used to create shines and dark spots as well as enchance the colour of the picture.

Clone Stamp tool and Pattern Stamp tool


Nearly the same as the healing brush tools, helps to cover flaws and mistakes in a picture.

Eraser tool, Background Eraser tool and Magic Eraser tool


Tools for erasing. Magic eraser acts like a magic wand tool except it will immediately get rid of the part you have selected.

Filter gallery


The settings can be found under 'Filter'. Serves a lot of handy and nifty effects for your picture.

Adjustments

This settings can be found under 'Image' -> 'Adjustments'. The settings can help you to enchance and change the colour of your picture.

Next, I will be explaining about the exercise I have done during Computer Graphic 2 tutorial class.

This is the picture I have used for the task. The image is opened through Photoshop.
Next thing I've done is I erased the pimples and scars on my face using Blur tool.


See the difference? The skin looked much smoother than before. Next, I used Healing Brush tool to get rid of pimples and scars completely.


No pimples and scars anymore. Then, I went to Image -> Adjustment -> Brightness and Contrast to brighten the picture.


Dramatic, isn't it? After that, I used Image -> Adjustment -> Curves to make the picture appears warmer.


More dramatic than before. Lastly, I used Gradient tool for the finishing touch.


This is it! The end piece of my work.

That is all for now. For next post, I will bring you the basics of Mask and Channels in Photoshop. Until next time!