Retouching Headshots

Discover how to retouch a professional headshot in Adobe Photoshop.

Introduction

• Retouching headshots
• Exercise files
• Setting up your workspace in Photoshop

1. General Cleanup

• Healing Brush
• Spot Healing Brush
• Patch tool
• Clone Stamp

2. Skin Smoothing

• Frequency Separation 2.0 explanation
• Frequency Separation 2.0 layer setup
• Using the Mixer Brush
• Blending color content
• Fixing texture problems
• How to remove wrinkles on clothing

3. Adding Dimension to Skin

• Adding depth and dimension to skin

4. Retouching Eyes

• Accentuating eye color
• Using custom brushes for eyes
• Using custom brushes to enhance irises
• Softening under the eyes

5. Retouching Lips

• Lip cleanup
• Add lip color

6. Finishing Touches

• How to sharpen a portrait

Conclusion

• Next steps