Easy Photo Retouching Photoshop Tutorial

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March 24, 2008

Above are the before and after results from our origianl image. We are going to use of a dancer from a recent show in Los Angeles, CA. The dance group would like to use this image for a flyer for an upcoming event. We are going to show you some quick, easy, good photo retouching that can be used for any photograph.

I then use the selct tool, along with the shift button, to select the dancer’s leg. I want to take out some of the ripples and dimples for a smoother look with the Gaussian Blur tool. This is the result:

I then use the Selct Tool again on the dancer’s face. Because of her skin tone, the select tool also picks up her shoulder and arm, which is fine with me.

I used the Gaussian Blur tool again with a radius of 1.2 to soften her facial features. This is the result:

Now that I’ve softened her face a little, I want her eyes to pop a litle more so I use the Selct Tool again on all of her eye whites. Use the Shift button to select all of the eye whites at the same time. I tehn go to Image, Adjustments, then to Brighten/Contrast to brighten her whites in her eyes. This is the result:

As you can see, her eyes are popping nicely, which makes her makeup more complimentary to her skin tone.

I could leave the touch ups alone at this point, bud decide to go back to my trusty Select Tool. I click on the dancer’s hair, which is black. The tool selects her hair and much of the dar background with just one click, which is just what I needed.

I then click on Images, Adjustments, Brighten/Contrast again. I brighten the selected part of the image by 28 and tweak a little with the contast bar again. This is the result:

Our girl is really starting to look professional, but I have one more little tweak that I want to implement on her. Without selcting anything, I go back to Image, Adjustments, then to Hue/Saturation. I increase the Sauration by +27 and leave it at that. I could probably play with this image for another hour tweaking colors and balances, but decide to end the tutorial here. This is your final image:

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