Tag Archive: retouching

21st Century Lighting Techniques +

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Lee Varis shares two recordings of live sessions he did at the PMA show in January on lighting techniques and portrait retouching.

Advanced Hair Masking Technique in Photoshop

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Lee Varis shows an advanced hair masking technique that DOES NOT rely on the Refine Edge dialog in Photoshop CS6. Instead, this unique approach utilizes the Hard Light blend mode with a subject shot on a gray background.

Classic Hollywood B&W Glamour

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Lee Varis shows how to convert a color photo into the kind of classic B&W of the Hollywood glamour portraits of the 1930′s. This is the Photoshop post processing part of his Classic B&W Portrait workshop at the California Photo Festival.

The Ultimate Skin Retouching Technique

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Lee Varis shares a step-by-step video tutorial for an advanced “Frequency Separation” skin retouching technique.

Secrets of the Mask Panel

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Lee Varis examines masking and compositing in Photoshop CS5 with special emphasis on managing fine hair wisps using the Mask Panel and the Refine Edge dialog. He ends with a further refinement to color the hair edges to match the background color…