Overview
The ability to retouch photographic images is something you can use over and over again to improve your images, whether you are touching up a recent portrait, or repairing old family photographs the skills necessary to do digital retouching and restoration are important and surprisingly easy to learn. Photoshop is a fantastic tool for retouching photographs.
Lynda.com Tutorials (Must See)
Enhancing Digital Photography with Photoshop CS2 with Chris Orwig
Chapter 15 - Retouching
Nature 1 (must see!)
Nature 2 (must see!)
Nature 3 (must see!)
Nature 4 (must see!)
Restoration 1 (must see!)
Restoration 2 (must see!)
Restoration 3 (must see!)
Restoration 4 (must see!)
Restoration 5 (must see!)
I recommend watching all of the remaining videos on retouching!!!
Photoshop CS3 Creative Photographics Techniques with Chris Orwig
Chapter 7 - Soft Focus
Lens soft focus - Wind Shelter (must see!)
Lens soft focus - My Sophia (must see!)
Photoshop CS5 for Photographers with Chris Orwig
Chapter 22 - Image Cleanup
I recommend watching all the videos in this section, but make sure to watch the first 4 at least (must see!)
Chapter 23 - Retouching Essentials
I recommend watching all the videos in this section (must see!)
Enhancing makeup (must see!)
Removing blemishes (must see!)
Softening skin
(must see!)
Reducing shadows around the eyes (must see!)
Reducing and removing wrinkles around the eyes (must see!)
YouTube.com/Danscourses Video Tutorials
Restore an old photo - tutorial 1
Restore an old photo - tutorial 2
Restore an old photo - tutorial 3
Restore an old photo - tutorial 4
Restore an old photo - tutorial 5
Restore an old photo - tutorial 6
Download the sample image by clicking here.
Week 16 Assignment 1 - Restore an Old Historical Photograph
In this assignment, I would like you to restore an old historical photograph for the Sheridan Museum. The photograph has a crease in it as well as multiple scratches. In order fix it digitally you will need to watch some of the videos above and use tools like the clone tool, patch tool, spot healing brush, and more. Please download zipped file "Griffen_shaving_man001.zip." You will need to extract the image first by right clicking and selecting "extract all." The image is a tiff file. Do not lower the resolution of the image since the museum may use your restored version in a book or printed publication. Thank you for your help in this historical project.
Turning it in:
Due date: End of Week 16
The assignment is finished when you have emailed me a flatened (no layers) tiff file or jpg file of the restored image.
Week 16 Assignment 2 - Retouch a Portrait
In this assignment, I would like you to retouch a portrait and removing blemishes, brightening the eyes and teeth and utilizing a soft focus effect. You will need to use one of your own images. Use some of the Chris Orwig recommended tutorials above to help you.
Turning it in:
Due date: End of Week 16
The assignment is finished when you posted before and after images to Picasa and the Danscourses Forum. Please comment in the forum on what tutorials you utilized the most!!!
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2011-05-07 11:14:43 |Registered| lesleamccabe
I found Photoshop CS5 for Photographers with Chris Orwig Chapter 23 - Retouching Essentials to be very helpful for me. I also follow along with your tutorials very well. I enjoy watching all the tutorials they are very helpful!! Thank you for a wonderful semester and all of your help!
Leslea
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2011-05-09 16:22:17 |Registered| melindaslaughter
I liked Dekes top 40. All of the stuff by Chris Orwig was interesting, but some was complicated and hard to follow, you have to watch it more than once. I think the most helpful and practical tutorials were the utube videos that went along with the assignments.
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2011-11-22 10:08:05 |Registered| laramienoyce - Restoring
I found the restoring to old photo so difficult. I would fix somthing then the face would go blurry, it was hard to have patience. I did find all the videos helpful because i didnt even know where to start with fixing the photo.
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2011-12-12 22:01:25 |Registered| MichelleHankel
I definitely used the quick selections, layers, masking, sharpening, hue/saturation, blend modes and retouching the most.
Because I use them in almost everything I did, and they are very important in creating amazing pictures.
I had a great time doing the assignments in this class. I've messed around with Photoshop and other photo editing software before but this class definitely furthered my skills and abilities.Thank you so much, Dan!
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2011-12-15 10:01:16 |Registered| jrl
I went into this class with an intermediate knowledge of Photoshop. I learned most of it on my own, however, I needed some extra knowledge so I took this class. I learned quite a bit more than I had anticipated. I love using the masks, it works wonders. I will probably revert back to my class assignments to refresh my memory on some of the techniques but all in all this was a good class. You had very good tutorials! I have heard from others that have taken this class at GC but didn't learn much b/c of the instructor (a different instructor) so I hope you continue to teach this so others can get a better knowledge of this program.
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Because I do not spend a lot of time on computers, this course challenged me. Those lessons that I found most useful were the ones that dealt with improving your image such as adjustments, sharpening, correcting for backlighting and exposure, and retouching. I also found the info on other historical photographers to be great. Thanks Dan for your patience. I learned a lot.