Comments on: Do’s and Don’ts of Photoshop Retouching

By: Emlak

Emlak — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:07:06 +0000

I’m surprised nothing was mentioned about select >select color range as a means of selected a wanted area. Works really well for extracting something from a solid background more precisely than magic wand for sure!

By: DAWE

DAWE — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:51:01 +0000

NOT USEFUL!!!

By: Kenton Smith

Kenton Smith — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:24:12 +0000

Great post, I shared it with my LinkedIn Group, In House Designers.

By: Robyn

Robyn — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:22:37 +0000

Very nice list of tips! Started using Quick mask again recently – love it!

By: george

george — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:27:53 +0000

These are great tips..Quick mask rock!. I try and teach these steps to my class, hopefully they understand it..

By: Shane

Shane — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:05:56 +0000

Good tips – very useful.

However, perhaps you should be aware of the Dos and Don’ts of apostrophe usage.

By: Alvaro Hernandorena

Alvaro Hernandorena — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:08:07 +0000

is incredible how many tools there are and i keep always using the same.

tank you very much love ur site

By: clipping path

clipping path — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:39:59 +0000

Nice tips!! Thanks!!

By: See-ming Lee 李思明 SML

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:35:52 +0000

Great collection of techniques!

Fyi, for color correction, I personally find it most helpful to do it in Lab mode – it appears that most people neglect this mode.

Tip: if you need to use RGB-only filters when you’re in LAB mode:
1. Create a smart object with the layer(s) you would like to apply filters to
2. Edit content of the smart objects
3. Change content color mode to RGB
4. Apply away
5. Save and voila!

This works for things like if you want to check skintone using the CMYK mode also (I’ve known some photo retouchers doing it this way to check yellow / magenta values)

Cheers,
SML

By: Tyrone

Tyrone — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:31:35 +0000

Thank you. Some great tips for sorting out a shoot that went wrong!
These things can happen…
If you do have to do retouching, gently always does it and ‘God is in the detail’!

My little tip of the day:
Never rely on a photographer who says “don’t worry we’ll sort that out in post”!
If possible, its best to get the shot in camera with no need for PS except for minor colour correction etc. Always do plenty of pre-production before a shoot, be prepared, be prepared, test shots if possible and check the pictures in detail on screen before leaving the location or studio.