March 2011
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Masking – Basics and Tips
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A wise man once said, “Nothing worth doing in life should be done without layer masks”.
Masks are a way to insure flexibility. It’s just that simple. And when you think about it, layer masks are incredibly simple and easy to understand.
We could replace the word “mask” with selective “transparency”, because that’s exactly what a layer mask...
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Asia Tour
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Unsolicited Advice II
For the Stater Retoucher (The biz side of things) There are a lot of myths in this industry. Such as: You need a full portfolio before you can contact an agency/photographer/brand You need a classy website with a Gallery You need to have contacts, “know” people in the industry You need to be good at everything: retouching/design/3D You need to know how to use photoshop,...
Unsolicited Advice
For the Stater Retoucher 3 major Things to take into account in retouching * Not because you can do it means you should * Not because it looks better means that it looks good * Don’t fix it if it ain’t broken When retouching an image, specially when it’s a portfolio image (testing) you make all the aesthetic decisions (or most of them), then you need to make the right...
Texture
Disclaimer ;) This thoughts are to try to explain how we can make texture work from one image to another. This is not meant to say you should remove skin texture when retouching beauty and then reapply it. The guidelines are still the same for Beauty and Fashion Work: Don’t lose texture to begin with. But since you’re not always given an image with texture to begin with, this could...
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