Beginner Tips for Retouching Portraits in Photoshop Tutorial

Learn three beginner-level portrait retouching techniques in Photoshop in this 26-minute tutorial. Master eye enhancement to make them pop, skin blemish correction including under-eye darkness, and dramatic lighting improvement through non-destructive dodging and burning. Explore essential tools like the healing brush, patch tool, and brush tool while following a step-by-step workflow. Gain bonus tips on adding lip glisten, using mask density, and creating a sharpness layer. Download provided assets to practice along and elevate your portrait editing skills.

- Summary of the three tips
- Camera RAW and Lightroom
- Retouching workflow
- Tip 1: Retouching the eyes
- Sharpening the eyes
- Tip 2: Fixing skin blemishes… and which to fix
- Spot healing brush
- Healing brush
- The Patch tool
- “hidden feature”
- Tip 3: Fix the lighting with dodging and burning
- The nondestructive method
- Women’s Makeup tutorials are your friend
- Soften the dodge and burn
- Bonus: Add glisten to lips
- Retreading the eyes
- Bonus: How to use Mask Density
- Retreating skin blemishes
:2 - How to add a sharpness layer
- Summary