Photoshop 2020 Full Portrait Tutorial (Dodge & Burn, Color Grading, Skin Retouching) 

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I work in a professional dedicated retouch lab, and if you don´t mind, I´m gonna say a few things. 1- we never use the whole picture (duplicate the background layer) as a clean layer. You´re adding size and consuming RAM memory for nothing. Just use simple empty layers; as many as you need (and name them). The only exception is if you need to use the patch tool for some reason. 2- the first round to clean the skin should be in one of those empty layers (clone and healing brush) and not on the FS process. Imagine you need to correct someting with the mixer brush and in that spot you need to clean dust or any kind of dirt, that dirty spot will contribute negetavly to the blur color effect. 3- You are absolutely right that for a perfect skin, we use just D&B. And for some reason its called Micro D&B (and not "local"). The reason being that its done on pixel level. You have to be constanly zooming in and out to get the whole vision, but its done "pixel by pixel" with a much smaller brush. You should go to the properties and set Shape Dynamics and Tranfer to Pen Pressure. Ah...usually it takes 2 to 3 hours (and not 15 minutes :) ) 4- When setting the help layers, why use a 50% grey BW? a simple BW layer is enough. You can use a contrast help curve and be constantly adjusting it, or simply drag it down...and disable it in the darker areas. 5- Global D&B its done also using curves. Adding as many as the diferent parts you´re accentuating - because each one will have their own oppacity and point position of the curve. This way you should have a diferent curve in the face, another one for the torso, one for the background, say another for the lower part of the body, etc... 6- On color gradding, each one does it their own way. Using Selective color is very good. But if you´re color correcting the skin tones...mask it to the skin only (so you don´t affect the rest). You adjusted the cyans and imagine your client had blue eyes... You would be affect them. Its a matter of routine. 7- Glow effect is awsome if you do it on Color dodge blend mode in an empty layer filled with black; just paint white or any color you want with 2 - 3 % flow. Try it :) 8- -2 vignetting is unnoticeble... More in this image that has the cornes dark enough 9- The are 5 specific blend modes that behave diferent to oppacity and fill. The Normal blend mode is not one of those. 10- For a final comment, just to say that there is a fabulous thing called "Fade" (Ctrl + F ). It would have done you a lot in this specific tutorial. You can just fade your last brush (for example) without having to mess with oppacity and affect the whole layer. Hope this was usefull for all. Keep going!!

Not only did I watch the entire video, I've also shared it with a few friends. This is one of the best photo editing tutorials I've ever seen.

Thank you for such a detailed demonstration and explanation. I solved my confusion because of watching your video.

Great stuff bud, very helpful. I like your style.

This video has the essence for how should you start your work. Thanks

That attention to detail 👌

Sir we want Dodge and burn separate tutorial 🌻

Hola Eli!! you are a reference for my portrait photography. I just started with it, but I am enjoying it so much. Your edition process is really amazing . I am shocked you spend so long in these details that are hardly seen (but perceived) by the rest of us mortals. Hence the quality of your work (the devil is in the detail) Thanks a lot for sharing

You are very kind for supplying a raw image file

you’re amazing at edits

Amazing video and your a great teacher I feel like I’m sitting in a college classroom on photo retouching. Would love to keep seeing more of these type of videos 👍👍

Jajajaja todo el pex. Suscrito. De hecho tengo Capture One, but I already paid Adobe Cc and it's a lot to learn. Thanks for sharing. Success

Thanks for sharing this tutorial Eli... very helpful indeed... keep it up... you deserve more subscriber!

Yes, I would like to see more Capture One editing as well as dodge and burn specific. You are a great instructor, love watching your classes! (Would also like to see the actual shoot, if you are the photographer doing them). Thanks

Just found you on IG. Thank sooooo much for these intermediate videos. I've felt stuck at the beginner level. Can't wait for more, sigue adelante!!!

definately do a dodge and burn video,look forward to seeing that if you decide to cover the technique.

You make so cool photo. I get inspired by your woks! Its very interesting to see how you make your photos. Thank you for inspire ^^

I love all your tutorials, just finished two but I will start to come back and watch some previous ones to learn even more. I definitely love your tutorials and your way of teaching as well. Hope to see more content and hope to see your art/business continue to grow even more.

Love your style of delivering all these useful message. Great job. Keep up and can't wait for more!!!

Your images are stunning! I love Love your work! I am so glad to have found you and thank you so much for sharing your artistic knowledge with everyone. I also want to say that your colors are beautiful! I have been trying to achieve this for so long but I seem to over do it. Practice and more Practice.

Saw this photo on instagram about a month ago and thought it was fantastic, its great to see how you edited it here on RU-vid too!

Your work is beyond awesome. If you ever have spare time, can you make a full edit video from start to finish without using the pre created actions.........

Thanks for this video! Yes please do a Dodge and Burn video AND a Capture One Tutorial. You Rock!!!

Fantastic vid, very helpful, Thanks Eli

Valuable information! Great job and thank you Eli!

Hola Eli del pedo, Muy interezante y educativo el video.. y excelente con la muestra para aprender cada paso..Gracias

Thank you for this awesome tutorial. Since you asked: yes, I would love to see more Capture One and dodge & burn videos :-).

loved your workflow... dynamic process

super dope love this full edits so much info thanks!

Definitely a dodge and burn tutorial

Eli - I’m a fan from Corpus. Do you think you might put out a video that talks through your Sony custom settings and why that set-up works for you? Just switched to Sony and looking for some help from folks like you, Francisco, and Keydrin. I’d write to Francisco as well but it sounds like he and his family are going through a challenging time con la suegra.

Awesome to the max!! This is great! Thanks for sharing!!

Nice video Eli! 👍

Beautiful tutorial bro love it

This is such a good photo! What specific camera and lens did you use for her original shot? I'm using a Sony 6100 and a 50mm f/1.8 lens. Any tips how to get a portrait shot like this for a beginner?

Thank you so much, a very well done, informative video. I am wondering about a few things though. You make quite a bit of color/luminosity adjustments using two selective color layers, but then you go into camera raw and make a great deal of additional adjustments including to the colors. Is there a reason for adjusting in both places, or is it just how things turned out? I am also wondering about the tweaks of the calibration sliders in camera raw. It would be nice to have some words about what effect you are looking to get with these, as opposed to the HSL sliders, split toning, etc. I also play with calibration a bit, but I tend to shoot indoors without flash and so I sometimes need to make some radical adjustments for the colors. :)

that was intense! reminds me how rudimentary my current editing toolbag is. Lots to learn! Thanks!

Thank you! ^_^ As always, it was a very informative video.

Hi, new sub. Were you ever in a teaching cert program RGV Act? You look so familiar. I think we were in the same class! Wow, so proud of you and your success!!!

Wonderful video. Thank you for all the info. Would love to see a dodge and burn video!

U are doing well and my interest is more on the color grading...

Hello Eli, what would you suggest for a new photographer. To take a photography course or to learn from the professionals? I really want to get on as soon as possible.

Very nice video, tnx, greatings from Croatia 🇭🇷

We want more and more videos of capture one ! Thank you mentor for this awesome videos✨Love from Nepal

oiga compa, estan bien chingones sus videos, pero ando todo revuelto, tendras una lista de los videos para verlos de manera ordenada desde nivel basico, nivel avanzado y terminando con lo mas perron que tengas? por el amor de la virgencita haz esquina no seas asi!!! plis!

Awesome!!! TQVM!!

love this! and where did you get that shirt manito? thats my all time favorite book

love the channel 📸

Amazing work which I dearly enjoy watching! But Yes...Mooore Capture One Por Favor!!!!

I haven’t watched yet but ❤️ your shirt!

Great tutorial. Thank you!

thank you very much very interesting

With lots of Love, from Zambia

please teach us how you made these nice actions. and tell us more about burning. thank you sir.

you need to do a class on lighting :) I would love to check it out. Was this just one light or two?

Do you find that the 400W is enough for lighting outdoors? I am trying to get into more OCF with my photography and do alot of shoots outdoors, during the days and things. Some people I see use 200-400W and then others I see use 600W+ strobes for their shots. I am on a budget somewhat, so I am looking at the Neewer Vision 3 and 4 as starting options for some more powerful OCF.

Sir your really helpful. I learned a lot from you. Is it possible for you to have tutorial on camera setting please.

please do a dodge and burn. your video is so useful

Would be nice to see a before and after at the end to see how all those microscopic tweaks impacted the image as a whole.

Great edith

I wish that I could find a video that teaches the functionality of lightroom and Photoshop. I myself find it hard to navigate throughout the software. Maybe even go into the basics what to do first in lightroom and or Photoshop.

Keep going man 😍♥️

Bro...I love this man! San Antonio tacos are waiting for you man.

I see you own the Sigma 135mm art lens. How do you like it?

Are your actions pack included Global, Detail Pop, Contrast Pop and Red Lum? I really like your work. Thanks!

Nice one, with proper workflow, but too many excessive steps, like the actions in ACR - all these could have been done initially in C1, as well as tweaking the skin tones to look great in C1. The skin tones in the "Before" were too greenish (again, this is where the powerful skin tone editor in C1 comes into play) and in the "after" they turned too reddish-orange, but this is strictly a personal thing :) Keep up the good work and enthusiasm, Eli! :) P.S. One more thing - noise/grain must be added at the very end of the workflow and not using high pass or any other sharpening over it. :) Cheers.

Very Nice Video! Do you have a video where you set up all your actions the way you have them under your "Infante 2019 Actions"?

can we pleaaaassseee get that dodge and burn video...... ASAP

Really nice tutorial and photo itself, I like it at all! On other hand, is sense and worth (in time manner) to polish everything to create "new person" end even worse, only to have an IG picture?

Great tutorial!.. Please do a D&B video.

i love it

Muchas gracias.

More! Excellent

Great video! Please do make a capture one edit video

I have a question 🤔: why u use Curvs layer for d&b and don't use D&B 50%gray layer? 🤔 and about the zoom in for retouching I make 2 window, first on 50-70% zoom and second on 130-160% zoom, I think is a good option 😇✌️

excellent video😃😃😃😃

el tutorial esta bueno para hacerse una idea general del proceso, pero intente hacerlo a la vez y cuando me tope con las acciones ya no pude avanzar más porque son de pago :( igual gracias por guiarnos en algo

Hey Eli, when you export from C1 into PS and finish working there and save it back to C1, are your colours off? every time I open the saved file from PS back in C1 the saturation and clarity seem to be a little off. Thanks!

i agree zooming in is a big problem, but a solution to that is to have 2 windows open of the same document side by side. @ Eli Infante

Sir make a Dodge and burn and skin retouching separate video

Plz if u are not using a tablet what will be the capacity and also the flow for especially if ur are using a mouse ...

Hola. Sería genial que tenga subtitulos en español. Saludos!!!!

Can you do a dedicated dodge and burn video?Appreciated

Full tutorial on Dodge and burn plz🙏🏻

We want a Dodge and Burn Video

Let's go for some Capture One edits! :)

Nice

can you do a tutorial without actions?

Thx and subs!!! ❣️

Amazing shirt.

i had no idea you could make actions

From Syria 🙌

Please do a tutorial on how to edit like BR Football!

Lovely. I'm watching this video, in the same time I've opened IG and I saw, scrolling my home, the #street_ninjas post with your photo of this girl but different pose and your tag on the description :D Lovely coincidence. Im going to following you right now :D

how settings u use to upload to instagram??? I am loosing so much in salve process to up there

we need dodge and burn tutorial in detail

YES

Where can i purchased your Action?

is this 150mp file ? so freaking huge