Join David Wadhwani, Adobe’s SVP and GM of Digital Media, as he welcomes four incredibly creative minds to explore how they foster creativity and approach their work. You will hear from Rob Legato, an Oscar winning visual effects supervisor; Paula Scher, an iconic graphic designer and illustrator; Erik Johansson, an up and coming photographer and retouch artist; and Phil Hansen, a constraint-based artist that believes limitations drive creativity. We think you’ll leave with more than a few new ideas to incorporate in your next creative project.
For years retouchers have been asked to affect the expressions on subjects faces, making them smile more or open their eyes. This tutorial will show you how you can use Puppet Warp in Photoshop to easily and accurately take control of faces.
The end goal of a good retoucher is to make their work appear invisible while creating some alternative reality. In this case we're going to look at one method I use for adding a tattoo to an image while making it look like it's really a part of the original photo. This method involves placing an Illustrator file (the tattoo source image) as a Smart Object, using the Free Transform/Warp Tool, adding a Gaussian Blur (to adjust the 'Focus') and then finishing it all off with a lighting effect created from a Channel Pull. Ready to begin?
Two of the most important tools in Photoshop are the Clone tool and the Heal Brush Tools. Tackle them both and learn a few extra tips along the way. Retouch an old Photograph and take away spots and creases
In this episode we'll see how to do a portrait retouch of a more mature person. You'll learn techniques to reduce visible age lines while still making the photo look realistic.