This course will empower you with the skill set to achieve a retouched image at a commercial editorial level.
In this 3-session practical workshop, you will build your confidence to produce beautiful retouching focussing on skin and hair, colour grading and preparing your image both for print and web using Lightroom and Photoshop.
Add the finish that takes your image to a different l...
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This practical course is designed for those who want to develop core retouching skills using Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom using a non-destructive workflow. You will learn how to refine skin, enhance makeup, and adjust colour and tone while maintaining texture and detail. The course focuses on established retouching techniques commonly used in beauty, fashion, and editorial imagery, helping you produce polished, professional results.
What will we cover?
Facial and skin retouching
Changing hair colour
Changing clothing colours
Non-destructive retouching of skin and other image elements at the Raw file stage
Correctly processing your image in Lightroom before editing it in photoshop
What will I achieve? By the end of this course you should be able to...
Retouch skin at the Raw file stage
Generate selection masks both in Raw and JPEG files
Make adjustments to image colour, texture, tone and contrast
Confidently implement the above into your workflow
What level is the course and do I need any particular skills?
This is an introduction to beauty and fashion retouching tools but it is not a beginners course in Photoshop and Lightroom. You will benefit most from the course if you have reasonable experience of Photoshop and/or Lightroom.
How will I be taught, and will there be any work outside the class?
This is a practical workshop. You will be taught with tutor demonstrations with lots of time for practice and individual and group support.
Please note the City Lit uses Apple Mac computers in the Photography studio. The course also uses Google Classroom (an online teaching resource) for you to share comments with your class, download course material and upload images (as appropriate) for group crits.
Are there any other costs? Is there anything I need to bring?
It would be useful to bring a memory stick (or portable hard drive – please note: PC formatted hard drives can be read by Apple mac computers, but not written to.)
See note above. You can bring your own computer if it has the latest version of Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom pre-installed or have your own account details to log into your Adobe account on City Lit computers).
When I've finished, what course can I do next?
City Lit has a vast range of practical and theoretical photography courses including Fashion and Editorial photography, studio lighting and courses in Adobe and Affinity software.
Ed Gregory is a multi-talented Entrepreneur and photographer. As the owner of Edwin James photography and Picturesnap photography, Ed has over 32 years of experience in Hair and Beauty, Fashion, commercial photography, as well as family portraiture, events, and high-end wedding photography. Each of the businesses covers different aspects of this portfolio. He is an expert in shooting in Natural light, Mixed-light, and studio lighting and holds full professional qualifications with the MPA, BIPP, and the Guild of photographers. Ed's photographic and award-winning retouching and image-making have received accreditations and awards by all of the above national and international governing bodies mentioned. Teaching and Learning are a massive part of Ed's Life, and he feels it's essential to pass on knowledge. His background in education started in 1998, delivering HNC photography to London Students. Joining the CityLit team was a natural progression that has allowed him to give back some of the fantastic knowledge and experience he has accumulated over his long career. Software expertice in retouching using - Photoshop - Lightroom - Creative Cloud
Please note: We reserve the right to change our tutors from those advertised. This happens rarely, but if it does, we are unable to refund fees due to this. Our tutors may have different teaching styles; however we guarantee a consistent quality of teaching in all our courses.
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The course focuses on established retouching techniques commonly used in beauty, fashion, and editorial imagery, helping you produce polished, professional results.</p><p>Retouching for fashion and beauty photography.</p><p>This course will empower you with the skill set to achieve a retouched image at a commercial editorial level.</p><p>In this 3-session practical workshop, you will build your confidence to produce beautiful retouching focussing on skin and hair, colour grading and preparing your image both for print and web using Lightroom and Photoshop.</p><p>Add the finish that takes your image to a different level.</p><ul><li justify;="">Facial and skin retouching</li><li justify;="">Changing hair colour</li><li justify;="">Changing clothing colours</li><li justify;="">Non-destructive retouching of skin and other image elements at the Raw file stage</li><li justify;="">Correctly processing your image in Lightroom before editing it in photoshop</li></ul><ul><li justify;="">Retouch skin at the Raw file stage</li><li justify;="">Generate selection masks both in Raw and JPEG files</li><li justify;="">Make adjustments to image colour, texture, tone and contrast</li><li justify;="">Confidently implement the above into your workflow</li></ul><p>This is an introduction to beauty and fashion retouching tools but it is <em>not </em>a beginners course in Photoshop and Lightroom. 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You can bring your own computer if it has the latest version of Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom pre-installed or have your own account details to log into your Adobe account on City Lit computers).</p><p>City Lit has a vast range of practical and theoretical photography courses including Fashion and Editorial photography, studio lighting and courses in Adobe and Affinity software.</p>PhotographyPhotography editing & printingconfigurable
