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Updated in [August 31st, 2023]

Skills and Knowledge:
- Understanding of Adobe Photoshop and its features
- Knowledge of colour settings and profiles
- Familiarity with essential keyboard shortcuts
- Ability to process RAW images and adjust settings in Adobe Camera Raw
- Retouching techniques for beauty portraits, including hair, skin, makeup, and jewellery
- Understanding of colour balance, tone curves, hue and saturation, and other colour adjustments
- Knowledge of blemish removal, dust removal, and other imperfection correction techniques
- Understanding of focus stacking, composition, masking, cleaning, and colour correction
- Ability to use dust and scratches filter, layer masks, and other tools for retouching product images
- Ability to create high-impact commercial images and develop a distinct retouching style.

Professional Growth:
This course contributes to professional growth by teaching the fundamentals of beauty retouching in Adobe Photoshop. Participants will learn how to use the software to define the look and feel of a beauty portrait or still-life image, correct flaws in lighting, colour, and composition, and create high-impact commercial images. They will also learn how to process RAW images, adjust settings in Adobe Camera Raw, and use colour balance, tone curves, and hue and saturation to define the overall mood and tone. Additionally, they will learn how to remove blemishes, dust, and other imperfections, make adjustments to the colour, lighting, and shadows, and use tools such as the dust and scratches filter, layer masks, and more. By the end of the course, participants will have a better understanding of beauty retouching and be able to apply their knowledge to their own projects.

Further Education:
This course is suitable for preparing further education in the field of beauty retouching and image editing. It covers a wide range of topics and techniques related to using Adobe Photoshop for retouching beauty portraits and still-life images. The course teaches you how to investigate the software, define the look and feel of an image, correct flaws in lighting, color, and composition, and develop your own distinct retouching style. It also covers important aspects such as color settings, workspace setup, file formats, and essential keyboard shortcuts. Additionally, the course includes lessons on processing RAW images, retouching hair, skin, makeup, and jewelry, defining mood and tone, removing imperfections, making adjustments to color and lighting, focus stacking, composition, masking, cleaning, and color correction. All of these skills and knowledge are valuable for further education and professional development in the field of beauty retouching and image editing.

Course Syllabus

Using RAW Files for Photos

Workflow & File

How to Set up Photoshop