Lightroom and Photoshop CC Tutorial

Simple tutorials (pause at places where I go to quickly, though I’l
Lightening up a photograph, altering colours within to avoid

The original image was already very well done.

I open the image in Lightroom and using spot-removal get rid of the man’s
blemish, near the eye. I use the adjustment brush on “Soften Skin” to
reduce his wrinkles.

I begin softening the lady’s face, avoiding her eyes and mouth. If I make a
mistake, I can use the alt/option key to undo areas where I softened, but I’d
rather not have to waste time.

Notice some distortion, particularly around the lady’s chin. I’ll fix that in
Photoshop next.

I put the adjustment brush away, returning to the ‘Basic’ section. I make
various changes, particularly to clarity, vibrance and saturation, but their
faces look over saturated with that tangerine look one sees so often.

Note the colour changes I’ve made in the section on the right to reduce the
tangerineness.

I export the slightly disturbing looking image. Here it is!

I open both the untouched original image and the Lightroom creature I have
just created as separate files in Photoshop. I select the original image. I
copy it whole, then close its window.

I click the padlock to unlock the Lightroom image and I paste the original
image as a background. I disable the eye so I cannot see the Lightroom
image and I increase the exposure of the original image.

I click the eye on the top layer (the TIMES you forget to do that), click the
layer itself to make it active and use the quick-selection brush (my
favourite) to select the faces of the couple.

I apply a filter - gaussian blur of 3, which only affects the selected faces. I
then reduce the layer’s opacity amount to 33% and merge the two layers.

Always work with two identical layers (i.e.copy one and work on the top
one), then if things go pear-shaped, you’re safe. I dodge mid-tones at 40%
to whiten the lady’s teeth.

Select the paintbrush, my favourite tool. Alt/Option-click anywhere to select
that colour. Paint out distortion on the chin and any wrinkles.

Use a Filter, High Pass overlay, adjusting the setting so that you can just
see the outline of the subjects. Change the normal setting to ‘overlay’.
This will sharpen the image, you can alter with the opacity to your own
tastes.

Select the couple and the flowers, so that only the background is not
selected (actually the background is selected). Select filter, gaussian blur
and increase as you see fit to blur out the back ground. Edit the opacity
and merge with the layer beneath.

The result is effective, but remember to make a copy of the layer and work
on the top one, because we now want to add a slight glow.

Ensure the colour palate
foreground and
background are both
white for the next phase.

In Photoshop CC, the glow can be found in the ‘Filter Gallery’. I used a
setting of 0 for graininess, 2 for glow and 18 for clear amount.

The result is a pleasing image, that centres on the couple, as it should.

The Before Shot: actually a rather
good one, but even with the
exposure increased you notice all
the subjects’ flaws
The After Shot: a professional
looking studio-type shot, which the
couple can happily share with their
friends.

Thank you for watching this tutorial. I hope you learned something from it.
I find that I learn new things all the time from people like you, so I think of
these presentations as a bit of give-and-take.
email: ian@profileperfection.co.uk or visit my website by clicking here.
Thank you all so much for watching.

Lightroom and Photoshop CC Tutorial

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