Portrait Retouching

- Color correct the skin using a curves adjustment layer

- Use the color sample tool to select 2 highlights(make sure it is on 11 x 11 sample)

 - Add a curves adjustment layer.

- Make sure the Cyan is 1/3 to 1/5 of Magenta - Red in the curves palette will correct Cyan

- Magenta can usually be left alone-base color - Green corrects Magenta

- Yellow should be slightly higher than Magenta - Blue corrects yellow

-Corrected Example 
     Cyan 8%

Magenta 24%

Yellow 26%

It should look good to your eye when you are finished.

Merge Layers when finished

- Blemishes

- Use retouching tools-clone stamp, patch tool, healing brush.

- Sharpen the Eyes using an unsharp mask smart filter

- Duplicate the background layer

- Choose Filter -> Convert for smart filter

Then

- Choose Filter -> Sharpen -> Unsharp Mask(zoom in on the eyes)

- Use the layer mask to only affect the eyes(fill the layer mask with black, and then paint with white over the eyes.)

Merge layers when finished

- Skin Softening using a gaussian blur smart filter

- Duplicate the background layer

- Choose Filter -> Convert for smart filter

Then

- Choose Filter -> Blur -> Gaussian Blur(concentrate on the skin)

- Invert the layer mask to only affect the skin(fill the layer mask with black, and then paint with GRAY over the skin.)

Merge layers when finished

- Comb Hair using the Clone stamp

- Whiten Teeth using a Hue Saturation Adjustment Layer

- Add a Hue Saturation adjustment layer
- Turn up the lightness
- Fill the layer mask with black, and paint over the teeth with white.

- Cropping - Crop tool

- Vignette 

- Levels adjustment layer-turn up the black slider.

- Create a oval selection around your subject.

- Right click in your selection and choose Feather.(250 pixels)

- Fill the selection on the layer mask with black to hide the levels adjustment.

Damaged Photo

Scan in or use one of my damaged photos.

Get on from me buy logging into my dropbox on my front computer.

Desaturate your image to remove any color from a Black and White Photo. Don't use this for a color photo.

Use the retouching tools to fix all of the cracks, scratches, or imperfections.
• Clone Stamp (use Option to define a source point)
• Healing Brushes
• Patch Tool

Goto Filter->Noise->Dust and Scratches to get rid of the small imperfections. Leave the radius at 1 pixel and the threshold at 0.

Straighten your photo using the Measure tool found under the Eye Dropper tool.
• Drag a line on the bottom edge of your photo.
• Goto the Image Menu then to Image Rotation then Arbitrary. Hit OK.

Cut off the old border using the rectangle marquee tool then select inverse.

Add a new border using the Rectangle Shape Tool.

Add a Photo Mask Adjustment layer to put the Sepia Tone back in.

Put your Before and After on 1 page to turn in.

Selective Coloring

Open your photo in Adobe Photoshop.

Add a Black & White Adjustment layer.

Paint on the layer mask with black to hide the Black & White effect.

Do 3 different photos.

Studio Setup

Controlling Light-Studio

Controlling Light

Aperture (2, 2.8, 4.0, 5.6, 8, 11, 16, 22, 32)
Located in the lens.
Measured in ƒ-stops.
Moving from smaller number to larger number cuts the amount of light in half.
Moving from larger number to smaller number doubles the amount of light.
ƒ-2=Shallower Depth of Field
ƒ-32=Broader Depth of Field

Shutter speeds (1, 2, 4, 8, 15, 30, 60, 125, 250, 500, 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000, 8000)
Located in the camera body.
Measured in seconds.
Moving from smaller number to larger number cuts the amount of light in half.
Moving from larger number to smaller number doubles the amount of light.

ISO (100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200)
Same as film speed.

Lenses
20mm and less = Ultra Wide Angle
21mm-35mm = Wide Angle
50mm = Normal
70mm-300mm = Telephoto

Define
Depth of Field
Light Meter
Focal Length
Aperture
Shutter Speed

Painting with light

You can either do this at school, or at home within your own camera.

20 Photos total.

- 5 using words
- 5 Tracing an object
- 5 Lighting something
- 5 of anything you want

Turn in your favorite one from each category.