1h realtime skin retouching

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Photographer: Tawny Horton

1h of Skin Retouching.
Supporting layers I used can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBK83DZpdEQ

Category:

Education

[jonaswtuts]

@DemonikProduktions Actually it doesn't need to be filled with 50% gray, but yes, it's just a new layer in "Soft Light" mode on which you paint with black and white to darken and lighten just like you do with your curves.

[DemonikProduktions]

@jonaswtuts

The SL layer is a 50% grey fill right?

[jonaswtuts]

@DemonikProduktions Same with darkening curves of course. Since you can't really tell the curves to work with midtones only, it'll darken highlights, midtones and shadows pretty much the same, which is in most cases not what we want.

[jonaswtuts]

@DemonikProduktions Actually curves probably won't work either. The thing is, when clipping to the high pass layer, you're mainly working with gray, not full range.

Since LL is pretty much an additional blend mode (C=B+2*A-1), clipping lighting curves to your LL will not only lighten the areas you chose in curves, but the whole range. Also you'll have to halve the opacity of the curves, but probably only the midtones will look good.

[DemonikProduktions]

@jonaswtuts

But what if my DB layers are not SL? I have them set as curves.

[jonaswtuts]

@DemonikProduktions I actually wouldn't recommend it. The thing is, Linear Light works a lot harsher and has a different curve than Soft Light, so what looks good with your SL layers will probably look really bad when clipped to a LL layer. So if you want to use it (test it first if it's any beneficial for your workflow), try to use it from the beginning, not in the middle or end of the process.

[DemonikProduktions]

@jonaswtuts

Can I clip the layer(s)after I've already created them as my layers are in an action?

[jonaswtuts]

@DemonikProduktions Hey :-). The only purpose is that this way there's a little less discoloration compared to doing it without clipping the dodge & burn layer.

[DemonikProduktions]

Hey! Great video but what is the purpose of having the Dodge & Burn layer clipped to the high layer?

[jonaswtuts]

@AssiieJj Of course I have more techniques, but you need to know what you need in, otherwise you can't put them fully to use ;-).

Just check out my other videos, there's plenty of English videos with some of my techniques here. And if you need further help, you can always write me a message :-).