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Photoshop for Photographers
Discover how easy it is to make Photoshop work for you as a photographer.View Classes
Essential Tools
Whether you're new to the software or looking to polish your skills, here's the most essential Photoshop tools you need to know.View Classes
Advanced Photoshop
Join pro retoucher Viktor Fejes as he explores why and how retouching is a crucial skill for serious photographers.View Classes
Fashion & Beauty Post Production
See exactly how Karl retouches his final images from our Fashion and Beauty Photography classes.View Classes
Product Post Production
Discover all the final steps Karl takes to polish his images taken in our Product Photography classes.View Classes
Compositing in Photoshop
Learn how to create amazing composite images in Photoshop.View Classes
Frequency Separation
Discover the world of Frequency Separation for retouching your images, and the reasons why it is so great in your workflow.View Classes
Lightroom for Photographers
Lightroom has some great features, learn them fast in this selection of classes.View Classes
Photoshop Retouching with CS
Master the essentials of retouching, whilst this series uses an older version of Photoshop, the techniques are still very relevant!View Classes
Post Production Extras
Here's a selection of bonus post production videos we think you'll find useful. Everything from colour correction to prepping your images for print.View Classes
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This comprehensive course builds you a solid foundation using Photoshop and is the ideal place for anyone starting out or looking to expand their Photoshop knowledge.
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Photoshop for Photographers
Discover how easy it is to make Photoshop work for you- 16 Classes
- 4+ Hours content
- Level: All Levels
Photoshop is powerful. It can also be daunting. But with the right instruction, you’ll soon discover how easy it is to make it work for you.
What you’ll learn:
- Equipment needed for successful retouching
- How to manage digital image files
- Photoshop interface and capabilities
- How to use the burn and dodge tools
- Tips for retouching product, fashion, beauty, wedding and landscape photography
- Using Photoshop and Lightroom together
Retouching: Recommended Equipment- Understanding Digital Images
Managing Digital Image Files- Photoshop Interface and Tools
- Using Masks, Burn and Dodge
- Thinking and Working Efficiently
- Basics of RAW File Conversions
- Product Retouching: Practical Demonstration
Landscape Retouching: Practical Demonstration- Fashion Retouching: Practical Demonstration
- Interiors Retouching: Practical Demonstration
- Business Portrait Retouching: Practical Demonstration
- Wedding Retouching: Practical Demonstration
- Beauty Retouching: Practical Demonstration
- Key Workflow Essentials
- Photoshop and Lightroom Working Together
- Beauty Retouching in Photoshop
Photoshop Tools and Techniques
- 23 Classes
- 4+ Hours content
- Level: All Levels
Ready to explore everything that Photoshop has to offer? Whether you’re new to the software or looking to polish your skills, these classes give you a closer look at the most essential Photoshop tools.
What you’ll learn:
- Using masks in Photoshop
- What curves do and how to use them
- How to dodge and burn in Photoshop
- How to use the pen tool in Photoshop
- How to remove a person from an image
- Colour space and colour theory
- Removing Someone in Photoshop – Part 1
- How to Use Liquify in Photoshop
- How to Use Curves
- Making and Using Masks
- The Selection Tools
- How to Burn and Dodge in Photoshop
- Preparing Your Images for Web
- Preparing Your Images for Print
- Adjusting Colour in Photoshop
- Colour Theory
- Converting Images to Black and White
- How to Create a Custom Workspace in Photoshop
- Clone and Healing Tools
- Master the Pen Tool
- How to Create Actions in Photoshop
- Removing a Person
- Fundamentals of Post-Production
- Retouching Clothes and Removing Creases
- Understanding Histograms and How to Use Them
- How to Clean Paper Backgrounds in Photoshop
- Removing Objects Using Content-Aware Fill in Photoshop
- Understanding Bit Depth
- RAW vs JPEG
- Understanding Colour Space
Advanced Photoshop
- 14 Classes
- 4 Hours content
- Level: Intermediate to Advanced
In this course, professional retoucher Viktor Fejes explores why and how retouching is a crucial skill for serious photographers and reveals his professional workflow.
What you’ll learn:
- Why and how to retouch in Photoshop
- Luminance and Saturation
- Using Visual Aid Layers
- How to retouch hair in Photoshop
- How to undertake a full beauty retouch
- Black and white conversions in Photoshop
- Retouching With Viktor Fejes
- Why Retouching Is Essential
- Beauty Retouch (Part 1)
- Beauty Retouch (Part 2)
- Beauty Retouch (Part 3)
- Beauty Retouch (Part 4)
- Preparing “Visual Aid” Layers
- Home Interior Retouch
- Product Retouch (Part 1)
- Product Retouch (Part 2)
- Hair Ad Retouch
- Wedding Retouch (Part 1)
- Wedding Retouch (Part 2)
- Proper Black and White Conversions
- Advanced Photoshop for Photographers: Bonus Outtakes
Fashion and Beauty Post-Production
- 18 Classes
- 16.5 Hours content
- Level: Intermediate to Advanced
Retouching is an essential part of achieving professional-grade fashion and beauty photographs. These courses cover retouches undertaken of final images from our Fashion and Beauty Photography section.
What you’ll learn:
- What to retouch in Beauty and Fashion Images
- How to retouch hair and skin
- Layer masks and curves adjustment layers
- Adding noise and Gaussian blur
- Using the Liquify tool
- Combining multiple images into one final shot
- Experimental Portrait Photography | Post Production
- Pro Retouch on a Member-Submitted Image | Part 1
- Pro Retouch on a Member-Submitted Image | Part 2
- Painterly Portrait Post-Production
- Solar Flair Fashion | Post-Production
- White Blocks Fashion | Post-Production
- Hard-Light Beauty | Post-Production (Part 1)
- Hard-Light Beauty | Post-Production (Part 2)
- Hard-Light Beauty | Post-Production (Part 3)
- Parabolic Reflector Beauty | Post-Production (Part 1)
- Parabolic Reflector Beauty | Post-Production (Part 2)
- Parabolic Reflector Beauty | Post-Production (Part 3)
- Liquid Fashion Retouching
- Sixties Fashion | Post-Production
- Projection Spotlight Beauty | Post-Production (Part 1)
- Projection Spotlight Beauty | Post-Production (Part 2)
- Rebel Colours Fashion | Post-Production
- Legs Up Fashion | Post-Production
- Dual Lighting Fashion Shoot | Post-Production
- A Monochromatic Moment in Time | Post-Production
- Fashionscape: Overview and Post-Production – Part 1
- Fashionscape: Overview and Post-Production – Part 2
- Beauty Retouch 2: Eye enhancements
- Beauty Retouch 2: Remove Fine Hairs, Blemishes and Liquify
- Beauty Retouch 2: Shine Removal and Lip Definition
- Beauty Retouch 2: Adding and Removing Hair and Liquifying
- Beauty Retouch 2: Initial Clean-up
- Beauty-Style Photography Retouch: Getting Started
- Beauty-Style Photography Retouch: Colour Adjustments
- Beauty-Style Photography Retouch: Liquifying, Burning and Dodging
Product Post-Production
- 46 Classes
- 40 Hours content
- Level: Intermediate to Advanced
In these detailed demonstrations, follow step-by-step through retouches of images captured in our product photography classes. Watching a professional at work, you’ll be amazed how quickly your own skills improve.
What you’ll learn:
- Photoshop tools and techniques for product photography
- Layer masks and curves adjustment layers
- How to composite multiple images in Photoshop
- Using Distort in Photoshop
- Burning and dodging in Photoshop
- Making hue saturation adjustments
- Much more...
- 1 Light Sports Bike Shoot | Post Production
- Omega Watch Retouch – Part 1
- Omega Watch Retouch – Part 2
- Omega Watch Retouch – Part 3
- Kurt Geiger Rainbow Handbag Post-production
- Coca Cola Advertising Shoot | Post-Production Part 1
- Coca Cola Advertising Shoot | Post-production Part 2
- Coca Cola Advertising Shoot | Post-Production Part 3
- Furniture Photography: Elm and Resin Table Post-Production
- Wall Art Shells: Against the Tide | Post-Production
- YSL Libre | Post-Production
- Wall Art Shells: Macro | Post-Production
- Mugler Angel | Post-Production
- Wall Art Shells: The Black Pearl | Post-Production
- Wall Art Shells: White Water | Post-Production
- Sunlit Window Hair Products | Post-Production
- Dior Fahrenheit Photoshoot | Post-Production
- Still Life Pasta: Food Art | Post-Production
- Drop-Tank Fruit Beverage | Post-Production
- Acrylic Rods Hair Product | Post-Production
- Cosmetics Product Shoot Using TV Background | Post-Production
- Wall Art Shells: Psychedelic Vibes | Post-Production
- Apple Watches | Post-Production
- Chanel Soap and Bubbles | Post-Production
- Rémy Martin XO Cognac | Post-Production
- Still Life Pasta: Long-Exposure Lighting Techniques | Post-Production
- Sunlit Shadows Cosmetics | Post-Production
- Wall Art Shells: Imitating Golden Hour in the Studio | Post-Production
- Still Life Pasta: Simple One-Light Shoot | Post-Production
- Creating Artificial Shadows In Photoshop
- Professional Car Photography – Side View | Post-Production
- Still Life: Natural Decay | Post-Production
- Electric Guitar Product Photography | Post-Production
- Sports Car Photography | Post-Production
- Tennis Racket | Post-Production
- Studio Motorcycle Photography | Post-Production
- Flying Tea Post-Production
- Clinique Post-Production 6: Final Adjustments
- Clinique Post-Production 5: Black Logos
- Clinique Post-Production 4: Creating a White Background and Refining Water Splash
- Clinique Post-Production 3: Adding Water Splash
- Clinique Post-Production 2: Cleaning Bottles and Creating Reflections
- Clinique Post-Production 1: Initial Compositing and Basic Cleaning
- Food Photography: Still Life Cheese | Post-Production
- Diamond Rings | Post-Production (Focus Stacking)
- Zenith Watch Post-Production 2: Clean-up and Final Touches
- Zenith Watch Post-Production 1: Focus Stacking and Compositing
- Dior Perfume Bottle Photography | Post-Production
- Perfume Bottle Photography | Post-Production
- Floating Cosmetics Splash Shot | Post-Production
- High-end Cosmetics Product Photography | Post-Production
- The Perfect Pint | Post-Production
- Perfect Product Tank | Post-Production
- Whisky Product Retouching
- Black-on-Black Footwear | Post-Production
- Packshots: White Background Product Photography | Post-Production
- Liquid Bubbles | Post-Production
- Shiny Chrome Kettle | Post-Production
- Luxury Watch Photography Using One Studio Light | Post-Production
- Dramatic Lighting for Sunglasses | Post-Production
- Product Retouch (Part 2)
- Product Retouch (Part 1)
- Product Retouching: Practical Demonstration
Compositing in Photoshop
- 10 Classes
- 4 Hours content
- Level: Intermediate to Advanced
Get creative and learn how to create amazing composite images in Photoshop. In this course, professional retoucher Viktor Fejes creates a composite picture of a firefighter. In doing so, showing you how to make your own composite image using Photoshop.
What you’ll learn:
- What is compositing in Photoshop?
- How to create and blend layers in Photoshop
- How to make colour adjustments in Photoshop
- Using the pen tool to cut out objects in Photoshop
- Sourcing the right images for a composite
- Creating smoke and spark effects
- Compositing in Photoshop: An Introduction
- Layering Files and Determining Composition
- Blending Layers in Photoshop
- How to Cut Out Objects in Photoshop Using the Pen Tool
- Blending the Subject into Scene
- Creating Smoke Effect Using Photoshop Brush Tool
- Tools and Techniques for Colour Grading Adjustments in Photoshop
- Advanced Colour Adjustments in Photoshop
- Generating Sparks and Fire Using Photoshop Tools
- Final Grading and Adjustments
Frequency Separation Made Easy
- 5 Classes
- 1+ Hours content
- Level: Intermediate to Advanced
The best way to approach a retouching job is with a pre-established workflow. But what if you’re unsure where to start?
In these classes, adapted from a live presentation, Karl simplifies the techniques of low-frequency and high-frequency separation for skin retouching, and explains the reasons behind them.
What you’ll learn:
- What is frequency separation in Photoshop?
- How to use sharpening and bit depth in Photoshop
- The ‘beauty triangle’ in photography
- Smoothing skin without loosing the original texture
- Burn and Dodge techniques
Lightroom for Photographers
- 5 Classes
- 1+ Hours content
- Level: All Levels
Lightroom has some great new features. Learn them fast here. This course teaches you not only how and when to correctly use Lightroom tools, but also how to develop your creative eye to better understand what needs enhancing in the first place.
What you’ll learn:
- How to use Lightroom 6/CC
- Understanding what needs enhancing in an image
- Processing RAW images
- Lightroon 6/CC interface
Photoshop Retouching with CS
- 21 Classes
- 2 Hours content
- Level: Intermediate to Advanced
Master the essentials required for high-end industry retouching with this series of retouching classes.
Note: Though the version of Photoshop Karl uses here is no longer current, we continue to make these classes available because the tools and techniques he demonstrates remain relevant for more recent iterations of the software.
What you’ll learn:
- How to retouch beauty and product photography in Photoshop
- Light shaping and sculpting in Photoshop
- Removing blemishes in Photoshop
- Introduction and Tools
- Light Shaping: Overview
- Skin Blemishes: Before and After
- Retouching Stray Hairs in Photoshop
- Lips, Eyes and Eyebrows
- Smoothing Skin With Dust and Scratches
- Light Sculpting
- Reshaping With Liquify
- Beauty Retouching: Learning the Process
- Eye Makeup
- Light Shaping
- Finishing Up
- Fashion Photography: Removing Objects
- Fixing Discoloured Hair Roots
- Reshaping With Liquify (Extra)
- Using Masks
- Curves, Burn and Dodge
- Creating White Backgrounds in Photoshop for Product Images
- Label Fixes
- Sharpening
- Final Touches
Post-Production Extras
- 8 Classes
- 4 Hours content
- Level: All Levels
Not classes, but still first-class.
Here’s a collection of bonus post-production videos we think you’ll find useful. They’re not formal classes, and many can be found on our YouTube channel. Some were even recorded live! We’ve collated them here, ad-free, for your convenience.
What you’ll learn:
- Retouching techniques
- Colour correction
- How to focus stack in Photoshop
- How to prep your images for print
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