Skin Retouching Part 3 - Dodge and Burn HD

[EatY0urTV]

i think using the clone tool is a lot simpler and the result is much more convincing

[k1eee]

a few questions... im aware of the whole dodge and burn things but when you come into like blemishs colored spots do you desaturated or match it with colored curved? and when your dodging and burning theres two circles is that the opacity shortcut?

[MrDonack]

this works better if you use a sola layer rather than black and white. drawing a wiggle line on a curves using the pen tool, it will give you a larger range of gradients, displaying the tonal levels of the skin for you to make a better judgement when it comes to dodge and burn.

[weirdo033]

also, you said you dont use clone/healing, how do you take out bits that need to be erased? like a bit of clothing for example?

[JasonShootsPeople]

@weirdo033 For both questions, I use the clone stamp tool. it gives me much more control compared to the healing brush. Have a look at the video on safe cloning.

I don't use healing / cloning to address the tonal variations in the flesh, only when absolutely necessary. This video's a follow on from parts 1&2, which cover cloning.

[weirdo033]

@JasonShootsPeople cheers!

[weirdo033]

thanks for the tut, I was wondering, what do you do when you have blemishes that have a different colour from the skin? like a red pimple, you can't dodge and burn that out can you

[kenyee88]

In pro retouching, you don't ever soften the skin, even if the lens is too sharp?

Cool technique...I noticed that problem w/ using the healing brush too..

[JasonShootsPeople]

@kenyee88 I'll only soften the skin if it's asked for, and to be honest, that's pretty rare. Most people want to see natural skin structure and texture, but have it blemish free.

[joesimmons90]

i love your channel name

[mussfrombruss]

Great tutorial, It is totally the best way of doing it, but I find if you go in too close you end up taking out too much detail and it starts to look false.

[Euroniaa]

Okay, now that I've tried this technique, I've gotta say, it's amazing, and well worth the effort! I guess I haven't perfected it yet, but I am still impressed with the results!

[Euroniaa]

Wow, what an interesting technique, I must try!

[rolybling]

nice technique, I usually use the healing brush but this makes more sense to me, yes it may take longer but anything done in a rush isn't worth doing imo, Iol at the comment about this being for begginers, some people just think they know it all and there's nothing more than what they know, sad.

[rolybling]

@rolybling sorry I meant to say I usually use the clone tool not the healing brush, don't know why I said that, the healing brush can make things a bit too smooth at closer inspection, a bit unnatural so I prefer the clone stamp myself but will be trying this dodge and burn technique because it looks so good mate, thanks.

[pelukkas]

nice, good job! thanks for sharing

[JasonShootsPeople]

@xcakemix666x

The whole point of Dodge and Burn is that you retain texture!!

You'll not find any of the high end retouchers using the healing tool, because when the images are printed large the areas where the healing tool was shows up really badly. Hopefully it's better in CS5, but for high end stuff, from the likes of Carrie Beene, Chris Tarantino and Amy Dresser, they don't go anywhere near it. I can say that confidently because I've been taught by them ;)

[mikedimples]

@JasonShootsPeople but you'd still clone out large blemishes right? I've never heard of anyone dodge and burning away a large blister-pimple, the resulting texture would be less realistic than careful healing. Most of the time when the blemish doesn't alter the texture too drastically it can be "faded" with dodge and burn, but cloning and healing have their uses in skin-retouching. Unless I misunderstood your point. Great tutorial, thanks for posting!

[JasonShootsPeople]

@mikedimples Thanks, as for the cloning, if you have a look at some of the earlier tutorials, I go through how to use the clone tool safely. I don't use the healing tool at all because when you blow it up big it looks bad.

[thebiggestjimmy]

thanks, great vid

[005Taylor]

I must have missed how you set up the D&B curves layers. What did you do specifically to set those up?

[JasonShootsPeople]

@005Taylor

You just create 2 opposing curves, one that lightens and another that darkens, then hide them both with masks. You don't need them to be strong curves, and you'll find each image needs a slightly different one.

There's a written explanation of the process on my blog which has a link in the more info section over there----------

[makeupartsy]

love it thanks for sharing!

[yellabell1]

really helpful thank you