Filters and Smart Objects

Learn how filters and smart objects can enhance your images when you incorporate them into your retouching workflow. Make adjustments to your file without overwriting your original image. Professional high-end retoucher Lisa Carney will show you the many tools within filters and how to use them to improve and speed up your post-processing workflow. You’ll learn about:

• Transforming edit functions
• Camera Raw Techniques
• Understanding Liquify
• Blur and distort techniques
• Adding textures and stylized looks
• Incorporating third party plugins into Photoshop® like Alien Skin Software and Nik

Gain more control over your portraits or product retouching by understanding and incorporating filters and smart objects.

• Class Introduction
• Create Backgrounds with Render Filters
• Autumn Background with Render Filters
• Create Fabric & Hair with Flame Render & Plug-in
• Using Mextures for Color Tone & Textures
• Build Water Scene
• Use Filters & Plug-in for Rain
• Gradient Maps & Motion Blur for Photographs
• Lens Flare with Filters
• Smart Objects Overview
• Oil Paint Filters
• Snap Art Overview
• Camera Raw Processing
• Alien Skin Software Processing
• Adding Rimlight & Glowing Edges
• Alien Skin Software Backlit Plug-in
• Filigree with Alien Skin Software
• Type with Alien Skin Software
• Create Environment with Alien Skin Software
• Logos with Alien Skin Software
• Bokeh & Details with Alien Skin Software