Language: German

Beauty retouching in Photoshop - crash course

Photography & image editing · 26 Videos · 1.9 h Video training · German

by Merle Nicksch

In this training course, Merle Nicksch explains the most important and most popular beauty retouching techniques. From raw conversion to powdering or thickening the hairline to the final image look - take your images to a new level! In just under two hours, the experienced photographer and retoucher will provide in-depth insights into her tried-and-tested Photoshop workflow.

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Photoshop put into practice: This is how professionals go about turning a "quite nice" into a "wow, beautiful". Go into the course and come out with even better pictures.

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26 Videos, 117 minutes

Beauty retouching

26 Videos · 117 minutes

01 Open free of charge

Beauty retouching - Crash course: 01 Intro

2 min

From raw conversion to the final image look: Merle explains the most important and most popular techniques in beauty and portrait retouching in this training.

126 MB To the text tutorial: Professional beauty retouching for perfect portraits

02 Open

Beauty Retouching - Crash Course: 02 Raw Development (General)

4 min

In this video, Merle will explain how you can optimally prepare your raw files for further editing in Photoshop. She goes into the various possibilities of the Camera Raw filter and explains her personal approach.

19 MB To the text tutorial: Raw development in Photoshop step-by-step

03 Open

Beauty retouching - crash course: 03 Raw development especially for skin tones (red cast)

2 min

The skin tones in the raw file are often still very different and contain a lot of magenta. Watch this video to find out how to achieve a natural skin tone without a red cast using the raw converter.

6 MB To the text tutorial: Adjust skin tones without a red tint in retouching

04 Open

Beauty retouching - Crash course: 04 Guiding the eye with Camera Raw

5 min

In this video, Merle will explain how you can use light and shadow to direct the viewer's gaze. She will show you her personal workflow with the radial filter and explain how it works.

19 MB To the text tutorial: Focus with Radial Filter - The Key to Beauty Retouching

05 Open

Beauty retouching - Crash course: 05 Basic retouching with repair brush and copy stamp

5 min

In this video, we explain the most popular basic retouching tools and tell you about their advantages and disadvantages. Merle also introduces you to her personal favorite techniques.

34 MB To the text tutorial: Learn basic retouching – effectively use the repair brush

06 Open

Beauty retouching - Crash course: 06 Powdering the skin

5 min

This technique allows you to quickly and easily remove unwanted spots and shiny areas from the skin. Merle will explain to you in individual steps how this retouching method works and how you can use it most effectively.

32 MB

07 Open

Beauty retouching - Crash course: 07 Frequency separation

10 min

Frequency separation is one of the most popular techniques in beauty and portrait photography. In this video, Merle will explain how this technique works and how to use it.

51 MB

08 Open

Beauty retouching - Crash course: 08 Flying hair

5 min

In this video, Merle will show you a technique for quickly removing flying hair. This is a technique that works particularly well against backgrounds without a strong gradient.

30 MB

09 Open

Beauty retouching - Crash course: 09 Painting hair (cropping)

3 min

This video builds on the previous video. Here, Merle explains how you can paint hair into the picture and soften edges after you have removed the flying hair.

13 MB

10 Open

Beauty retouching - Crash course: 10 Thickening the hairline

5 min

Watch this video to find out how to make your hairline look fuller in just a few minutes.

18 MB To the text tutorial: Thinning Hairline Thickening – Instructions

11 Open

Beauty retouching - Crash course: 11 Thickening eyebrows

5 min

In this video, Merle explains how you can make your eyebrows look thicker and give them a more beautiful shape.

18 MB To the text tutorial: Thickening eyebrows explained simply – Instructions

12 Open

Beauty retouching - crash course: 12 ways to make your eyes shine

4 min

Eyes are particularly important in beauty and portrait photography. In this video, you will therefore learn how to emphasize your eyes and also give them a light shade.

17 MB To the text tutorial: Brightening Eyes Retouching – Guide to Beauty Retouching

13 Open

Beauty retouching - crash course: 13 Dodge and Burn (skin)

6 min

This technique is one of the most versatile in beauty retouching. In this video, Merle shows you the different options you have with Dodge & Burn.

27 MB To the text tutorial: Effective dodge and burn techniques for beautiful skin

14 Open

Beauty retouching - crash course: 14 Dodge and Burn (hair)

7 min

In this video you will learn how to apply Dodge & Burn specifically to the hair.

37 MB

15 Open

Beauty retouching - crash course: 15 ways to highlight freckles

5 min

Using this picture, you will learn how Merle emphasizes freckles in the picture and makes pictures look more interesting.

24 MB

16 Open

Beauty retouching - crash course: 16 Removing color cast from teeth

3 min

White teeth are a must, especially when it comes to beauty retouching. In this video, Merle will explain how you can remove color casts and whiten your teeth.

16 MB

17 Open

Beauty retouching - Crash course: 17 Liquefying (body)

4 min

In this video, Merle will explain to you why she liquefies in which places and with which tools.

16 MB To the text tutorial: Mastering Liquifying Body Shapes in Photoshop

18 Open

Beauty retouching - Crash course: 18 Liquefying (face)

5 min

Here you will learn how facial liquefaction works and how Merle works with it.

19 MB To the text tutorial: Facial liquefaction made easy

19 Open

Beauty retouching - crash course: 19 Creating symmetry (mirroring eyes, nose, mouth)

4 min

You often want to make pictures look a little more symmetrical. In this video, Merle will explain how you can bring more symmetry to your pictures.

17 MB To the text tutorial: Create perfect symmetry in images

20 Open

Beauty retouching - crash course: 20 clothes and accessories to recolor

3 min

Merle would like to use this example to show you how you can transform bright colors into other bright colors.

29 MB To the text tutorial: Color change made easy – re-coloring clothing in Photoshop

21 Open

Beauty retouching - crash course: 21 image looks (Cross)

8 min

In this example, Merle will explain how you can use adjustment layers and masks to create a color gradient in your images.

35 MB

22 Open

Beauty retouching - crash course: 22 image look (warm and desaturated)

4 min

In this video you will learn how Merle creates a warm, desaturated color look using adjustment layers.

22 MB

23 Open

Beauty retouching - crash course: 23 image look (black and white)

6 min

In this example, Merle will show you her personal favorite ways to convert a color image into a black and white image.

18 MB

24 Open

Beauty Retouching - Crash Course: 24 Colorful Highlights Enhance

4 min

In this video, Merle will explain how you can increase the brightness and saturation of colored highlights without selecting each highlight individually.

13 MB To the text tutorial: Highlighting Stripes – Vivid Colors in Pictures

25 Open

Beauty retouching - crash course: sharpen & resize 25 images correctly

2 min

Finally, Merle will show you how to properly resize and sharpen your images for the web after retouching.

7 MB To the text tutorial: Image sharpening and reduction for optimal web quality

26 Open

Beauty retouching - Crash course: 26 Outro

1 min

A few final words about the course.

68 MB

Examples of use

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Increase the brightness and saturation of highlights, sharpen and resize images correctly.
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Whether skin, eyebrows or eyes: seduce with professional retouching!
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Pay attention to the overall impression: Clothing and accessories should not be forgotten either.
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The hair in the retouch: remove "superfluous" and add "missing".
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Start with the raw conversion, basic retouching and the first powdering of the skin.

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More than just beautiful pictures: the Photoshop retouching workflow

Photoshop leaves little to be desired when it comes to image editing. Endless possibilities - but where should you start, how do you proceed and what is really suitable when it comes to conjuring up more beauty from an image or portrait?

This training offers you orientation, how-to and concrete procedures directly from the tried-and-tested workflow of a professional retoucher. What you can expect from trainer Merle Nicksch in just under two hours with 26 lessons:

Raw Conversion & Camera Raw

As in practice, the training starts with the source image. Prepare it using raw conversion , take care of the skin tones and use Camera Raw in such a way that you direct the viewer's gaze in your favor right from the start.

Basic retouching, dodge and burn & frequency separation in Photoshop

Once the image preparation is complete, it's on to every little detail: your trainer describes how to do the basic retouching , powder the skin, deal with "flying" hair and even add the odd hair here and there. Thicken the eyebrows, make the eyes and teeth shine and work on the skin, body and face with dodge and burn or targeted liquefaction. And what should definitely not be missing from your repertoire: frequency separation, one of the most popular techniques in beauty and portrait photography.

Even more beauty: the finishing touches

Finally, you round off your pictures by highlighting striking features such as freckles, refining clothing and accessories and giving the whole picture a suitable look : make it "cross", warm and desaturated, black and white or interspersed with colored highlights - not by playing with masks or adjustment layers, but by using them skilfully .

What you'll learn in the crash course on beauty retouching in Photoshop

You'll learn which beauty retouching techniques are suitable for what and how they work - a significant plus for your Photoshop know-how. You will also sharpen your eye for the finest details and be able to enhance your own images in a targeted manner. Expertise that you can apply directly in your practical work .

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Usable with: Adobe Photoshop
Licence: private and commercial Rights of use

Created with love by

Merle Nicksch

Merle Nicksch is a young, freelance photographer and retoucher from Berlin. Under the name "Panick Photos", she specializes in beauty and fashion photography as well as her own creative work. Her personal image style ranges from dark fantasy images to squeaky pin-up photos and is always characterized by her attention to detail. The trained designer enjoys sharing her Photoshop knowledge with others and impresses with her relaxed and open-minded manner. Your trainer for photo and beauty retouching!

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