I love retouching! I can spend hours and days working on a single photo. Retouching for me is relaxation, inspiration, meditation, excitement, satisfaction and more:-) I can only wish I could have done it earlier in my life.
I still have to learn a lot and learn fast and deep. If you love Photoshop like I do, join me on this blog and I will share everything I learn here.
A couple days ago, I decided to practice in Hi-End portrait retouching. Our studio does not shoot people these days , so I found our friend’s Anna portrait from the last Halloween celebration:-)
Below, at the end of this post, you will find the links with tutorials and tips I used for this retouching session.
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 Glamour portrait high end retouching in Photoshop Continue reading Glamour portrait retouching. Before and after. Useful links.
Update: This script is for edit psd layers in Adobe Camera RAW ONLY, because you can open any TIFF and JPEG through Bridge. Right click on the image and choose Open in Camera RAW… I did not know it. Thank you guys from LinkedIn 
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Some days, working on customer’s images (not RAW), I had a dream:-) I wish it would be possible to edit TIFF or even JPEG files in Adobe Camera RAW converter. ACR has a very convenient interface and controls, and I’ve got used to work with it. And what a surprise:
Calvin Hollywood asked Russell Brown to write this amazing script. You can download the script here. With this script, you are able to open any layer of your psd file in a camera raw converter. It does not matter what image it is: TIFF or a crappy JPEG because you can still use RAW converter interface to adjust it as if it were a RAW (obviously, it won’t make file RAW-like). You can see the video how it works.
For a quick test, I tried to edit a JPEG file (made by point-and-shoot camera) of my daughter working in class. The result was truly impressive! Love it!
I do not have much TIFFs or JPEGs (we shoot only RAW), but if you have to edit such files this script is able to save a lot of time as ACR converter is very intuitive and convenient.
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 Edit layers in ACR script. Photoshop. Thank you for looking. Any feedback and suggestions are very welcome!
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There are many tutorials how to sharp images for web, and I tested majority of them. Finally I found the one which works best for me. I did not invent the algorithm, big thanks to smart Russian guy, photographer Pavel Kosenko for his research, summarizing the knowledge and finally action he created. I use this action couple years already and very happy with result.
I am not a theorist I only filter and use the best on the marker:-). So if you are interested in theory, please read books and another blogs for the explanation on how and why every step works this way. Here I give you only a practical part. This action works best for web size images from 300 х 200 px to 1200 x 800 px.
Below one of the examples of how this actions works. Mouse Over to see Before and After
 Advanced sharpening in Photoshop for web. Now, the sharpening process, step by step (or you can download Action at the bottom of this article):
Continue reading Advanced sharpening for web in one click and full control.
I was asked couple times what the strange mode I used in my video. So, here is the answer:
I used curves presets to see differences in gradients and colors. When I apply various curves even slight difference in color or brightness become extremely visible. Here are two examples:
1. On this image I want to see clearly every tiny dust piece on the black background. It highlights it very well by using such curve:
Continue reading Using curves in photoshop for retouching. Very useful trick.
I have been asked many times about the post production I do for a landscape photography. This post should answer some of the questions, as I’ll show you how and what I did on the images from our trip to Key West, FL.
A funny thing is that there is no Photoshop (by it’s common meaning): I’ve used RAW converter to do all (except sharping) the job.
This is why Alex always shoot RAW, and I like to work with RAW files. It is much faster and cleaner to use a RAW converter and a batch processing to get a perfectly adjusted large stack of photos.
Below, I show you several screen shots so that you can see what adjustments I did in a RAW Converter for the particular image. You can’t simply apply these settings for your picture, as they may not work in your case, but you can see the idea and experiment with your own image by moving sliders and see the difference.
Continue reading Landscape photography. My post production.
A recorded LIVE broadcast from the product photography masterclass you can find at Alex’s blog. Here is a post production part with some explanations what I did. Hope you will find it interesting:-)
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 Product photography retouching, video. Thank you for looking. Any feedback and suggestions are very welcome!
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Genia
I am glad to start a first post in New Year with our recent creative shot for our good customer, a company called aDesign. The assignment was to create an image for the front page of the company website, and should look WOW!
It was really fun to work on such project and play with the lighting. We did several different variations and I choose these two photos to show them here, at my blog:
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 Post production in photoshop. Before and after. Continue reading aDesign makeup brushes WOW! shoot and post production in photoshop: Before and After.
It was such a pleasure to jump in the middle of the summer, especially when outside is a cold, freezing and going to snow. I love summer, I love sun and palms:-) I really hope we move to live in a such “always summer” place. I am talking about our week vacation on Key West, Florida. It was a true joy to spend a week there, with our friends.
And now, in a cold Atlanta I enjoy to work with these warm pictures we brought from Key West .
As always, I experiment with the post production: now trying to do a most work in RAW converter and then a little touch-up in Photoshop. Working with RAW in converter gives me the most from the image (speaking of the quality), as I want to make sure I can use my experience in a commercial work as well. Below the set, use your mouse to see before and after.
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Continue reading Key West photos. Before and after Photoshop.
This video shows my post production process in photoshop.
This is my first video, I think water and product retouching is hard to find, and I am sure my video will be very interesting for those who do products.
Some time ago I start to record retouching process of almost every image I work on. So more interesting post production videos to come! stay tuned:-)
Fruit splash photography: how much post-production it takes to get a perfect splash from Alex Koloskov on Vimeo.
To see before and after retouching photo, please open the entire post.
Continue reading Retouching water splash in photoshop. Video.
This is the announcement of our next LIVE Masterclass. More details please find at Alex Koloskov’s blog.
LIVE Masterclass will be completely free, but recorded video will cost $49. Video will include bonus; a retouching for the watch.
Below is the image before and after post-production. Similar photo we will do on our Masterclass.
Join us Sunday 24 of October 2010, 4PM Eastern time. The link to LIVE broadcast is on AKELstudio main page, top menu: AKELstudio LIVE! You have to have an account to get there, member login is on top of the page.
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