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Retouching for Product Photography
$227.00
One time

In our Retouching for Product Photography course, Arabela is pulling back the curtain on the exact tips and tricks we use when retouching images for our clients. Starting with prepping images in Lightroom and then getting into the heavy lifting in Photoshop, Arabela’s showing everything from adjustment layers and blending modes, to adding depth, extending backgrounds, and exporting for the web.

✓ Unlimited Lifetime Access
✓ Over 8.5 Hours of Content
✓ Bonus: Remove Tool, Generative Fill + Live Gradient Tool
✓ Downloadable Images to Practice Your New Skills

Starting with prepping images in Lightroom and then getting into the heavy lifting in Photoshop, Arabela’s showing everything from adjustment layers and blending modes to adding depth, extending backgrounds, and exporting for web.

Plus we’re including three bonus lessons on recently-released tools you won’t see in older retouching courses that are game changers for speeding up your process!

To cap off the course you’ll complete a final project — AKA, your time to SHINE by editing some stills with the techniques Arabela taught you!

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✺ Units + Lessons ✺

  • 1.1 Image Prep Intro

    1.2 The Basics (File Formats + Color Management)

    1.3 Organizing, Importing, and Culling in Lightroom

    1.4 Basic Adjustments (WB, Lens Correction, and Transform) + Pasting Develop Settings

    1.5 Lightroom to Photoshop + working non destructively (layer masking, smart objects)

  • 2.1 Compositing Intro

    2.2 Compositing to Extend a Background

    2.3 Removing Unwanted Objects

    2.4 Compositing Extra Products/Props

    2.5 Compositing Products with Different Lighting

    2.6 Focus Stacking

    2.7 Compositing A New Image from Scratch

    2.8 Compositing A Pattern

  • 3.1 Transforming and Cropping Intro

    3.2 Guides + Rulers

    3.3 Camera Raw Filter > Geometry

    3.4 Transform Tool (Skew + Warp)

    3.5 Liquify Tool

    3.6 Straighten + Crop Tool

  • 4.1 Retouching Backgrounds Intro

    4.2 Smoothing Backgrounds

    4.3 Smoothing or Extending Background Edges

    4.4 Retouching Fabric (Wrinkles, Fixing Curtain Folds, etc)

    4.5 Removing Unwanted Objects with the Spot Healing, Clone, and Stamp Tool

    4.6 Bonus Lesson: Live Gradient Tool

    4.7 Bonus Lesson: Generative Fill

  • 5.1 Retouching Products + Props Intro

    5.2 Dust & Scratches

    5.3 Removing Blemishes with the Spot Healing, Clone and Stamp Tool

    5.4 Transform Products and Props

    5.5 Bonus Lesson: Remove Tool

  • 6.1 Adjustments & Blending Modes Intro

    6.2 Using Levels and Layer Masks to Adjust Exposure

    6.3 Adjusting Prop Colors

    6.4 Adjusting Backdrop Colors

    6.5 Applying Color to a Gray Background

  • 7.1 Dodge & Burn and Sharpening Intro

    7.2 Add Depth using Dodge & Burn

    7.3 High Pass Sharpening

  • 8.1 Exporting Intro

    8.2 Exporting from Photoshop

    8.3 Exporting from Lightroom

  • 9.1 The Final Project

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HDR Toning Presets by Weekend Creative
HDR Toning Presets by Weekend Creative
$0.00

We love adding punch and texture to our images and one of the ways we achieve that is by using HDR Toning Adjustments in Adobe Photoshop.

Enter “The Oomph” and “The Grit.” Easily installable, these two HDR toning presets help bring out alllll those details when combined with blending modes.

"The Oomph" is the preset that packs a real punch making an image go from good to great. You can double it up and try different blending modes for a truly unique effect.

"The Grit” is the preset that brings in all the texture and well… grit! Consider this the high pass sharpening method on steroids. It’s a fun one!

Be sure to follow the instructions for how to apply these presets because they’re not a one-click solution.

It can take a bit of time playing around to find the right settings but they’re sure to really add that special “oomph” to your photos.

We hope you love these presets as much as we do! Make sure to tag @weekendcreative so we can see and share what you create!

(Click purchase to download, you will not be charged).

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