"Portrait Retouching Crash Course"


  

 This short 2-hour online course is designed for professional and amateur photographers who can't fit our longer retouching course in their busy schedules, but would like to improve their portrait retouching skills and learn new professional retouching tricks & techniques.

 

Your Tutor:    Julia Kuzmenko McKim | www.juliakuzmenko.com
Number of sessions:    1 (one)
Session duration:    2 (two) hours +
Max number of students per course:    7 (seven)
Online classroom:    Webex online meeting room
Class schedule:  We are currently working on an eBook which will replace group classes. Check back soon!
Class times:     8pm (Central Daylight Time, UTC/GMT -5 hours), check your time here: World Clock
Course price:     $169 ( one-on-one: $199)
Payment arrangements:     We accept PayPal & Credit Card payments.
You can pay for your class at the bottom of this page.


Spots fill up fast. Remaining class availability is listed in the Class Schedule section above. Your spot will be reserved after 100% of the payment is received.




Class Projects and Objectives:

The course consists of two parts:

  •  Portrait Retouching Essential Tools & Panels
  •  Portrait Retouching Techniques, including Frequency Separation Technique


  • Crash course covers:
  • Photoshop panels for Portrait Photographers: Layers, Adjustment Layers (Levels, Curves, Hue/Saturation, Selective Color);
  • Photoshop tools for Portrait Photographers (overview): Cloning tools, Healing brushes & Patch tool, Free Transform;
  • Layers: Handling, Opacity & Layer masks;
  • Liquify Filter;
  • EYES: secrets of adding more life to and creating arresting eyes;
  • SKIN: Clean, glowing skin with saved texture;
  • BODY: Altering forms; Slimming techniques;
  • Essential keyboard shortcuts;
  • Portrait Retouching Check-List.
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       Whether you are a novice or experienced photographer, a designer or artist, you will know how to perform digital miracles on your portraits upon completion of this course.



    I won`t waste your time or mine filling up the classes with generic information about tools that I myself never use - there are tons of Adobe Photoshop books and online classes for that. I only teach the tools and techniques I use every day working on my portraits. I never stop learning new tricks and improving my skills, and I will make sure to revise and improve the class program as I progress and discover new techniques.    - Julia Kuzmenko McKim -


    Check out our Creative Retouching for Portrait Photographers online course if you would like to learn more about the basics as well as advanced retouching tools and techniques. Find out more and book your class!

    Additional Materials:


    You will be provided with a link to a shared folder with a set of Julia`s Actions (image handling & retouching), a set of Brushes she uses, some useful files for retouching tricks, and a PDF Handout before your class. You will get to keep the PDF Handout with the class outline and essential keyboard shortcuts that you should know and use, so there is no need to spend the class with your head down taking notes.

    Check out our blog for new retouching videos, tips and tutorials: www.OmahaImageProductions.com/Blog

    Prerequisites:
  • Computer with installed Adobe Photoshop (at least CS4);
  • Basic Photoshop skills;
  • Fast internet connection (the classes are run via Webex.com, you can use your computer speakers or call in for audio)
  • Wacom Graphics tablet (optional, but highly recommended).
  • Microphone for One-on-One classes.
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    LEARN TO TURN YOUR IMAGES INTO WORKS OF ART:

    Meet your tutor: Julia Kuzmenko McKim

    Julia is a professional photographer, digital artist, retoucher, an International College of Professional Photography (Melbourne, Australia) graduate and National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP, USA) member., represented by Aston Models Agency, Beverly Hills, CA.
    Blog | Facebook Fan page | Website | ModelMayhem

    The Tutor`s toolbox:
    Hardware:

  • Apple iMac 27-Inch Desktop
  • Wacom Intuos5 Small Pen Tablet

  • Software:
  • Adobe Creative Suite 5 Master Collection [Mac], including Adobe Photoshop CS5
  • Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4
  • Webex online meeting room
  • RadLab - Artistic color application plug-in for Photoshop

  • Gear:
  • Canon 5D Classic
  • Canon EOS 5D Mark II 21.1MP Full Frame DSLR Camera
  • Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM Standard Zoom Lens
  • Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 Prime Lens
  • Einstein E640
  • Canon Speedlite 580EX II Flash
  • Vagabond Mini Lithium





  •     Please make sure to schedule your class with us first if you are purchasing One-on-One traning.
    Your spot will be reserved after 100% of the payment is received.


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