Michael Schabl – Fine Art Retouching Tutorial

In this video tutorial, Michael Schnabl shows his entire Fine Art Portrait post production workflow - from the RAW development to the final image look. In 12 sections, the work steps are shown easily understandable and explained in order to achieve this special portrait look.

The video training is suitable for all photographers who make portraits in the studio and who want to stand out from the mainstream with the use of advanced and unique image editing - Photoshop basic knowledge is recommended to follow the tutorial. In the video the programs Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop and for the final image look partly Alien Skin Exposure are used. There is also a blog article, wich I wrote for FUJILOVE Magazine, about my use of Exposure for the final image look.

Included in the scope of delivery
Video Tutorial - Fine Art Retouching / Complete Workflow
Original RAW image
6 Fine Art Textures by Michael Schnabl
+ Complete Fine Art Monochrome Lightroom Presets collection
Total running time: 110,4 min / Videoformat: mp4 - Full HD / language: English

Content

Fine Art Portrait - retouching and editing - INTRO
RAW-development with Lightroom
Enhancing the outer shape of the subject
Removing imperfections of the skin
Retouching of the eyes
Frequency Separation
Dodge and Burn - removing imperfections
Dodge and Burn - contouring
Correcting imperfections of the clothing
inserting a different backdrop
Creating a color look with Alien Skin Exposure
Creating color looks with photoshop
Conclusion