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Create a Gritty Look Effect with Photoshop Video Tutorial

In this tutorial I'll retouch this girls portraits by enhancing the skin, eyes and lips.

For the start i type Ctrl+j to make a copy of the layer ..to see at the end what we`ve done..
We see she has some imperfection..so we use the Healing brush tool ..to make the skin smooth ..

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Next generation professional pen tablet delivers new proprietary pen technology and an elegant, ergonomic design loaded with new features

Vancouver, WA – Mar. 25, 2009 – Wacom® today unveils the long anticipated Intuos®4, a revolutionary new professional pen tablet that delivers new features and unparalleled performance to photographers, designers and artists seeking optimal control and improved productivity. Inspired by members of Wacom’s professional community, the next generation Intuos is anchored by the Intuos4’s amazing new pen performance, capable of capturing the slightest nuance of pen pressure against the tablet surface, as well as offering 2048 levels of pressure sensitivity. Other innovative product enhancements include a refined and intelligent industrial design that provides real advancements in looks, comfort and control. Specific workflow and productivity tools to savor include the customizable shortcut and modifier keys with accompanying OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diodes) displays, which allow users to see, via the displays, what the keys are currently set to.
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Combining body parts with Photoshop

In this tutorial I will complete a professional photographic retouching from start to finish. Before watching please note that there is a lot of information in this video to absorb, so watch and re-watch areas that you find more advanced.

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Portrait Retouching in photoshop video tutorial

Fantasy art scenes are usually handled with a liberal sprinkling of Photoshop plug-in fairy dust – but you don’t have to slavishly follow that route. By creating your own brushes in Adobe Illustrator, and using scanned elements with Photoshop, it’s a simple process to create otherworldly scenes that are alive with glow effects and shafts of virtual light.

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The before and after of a magazine cover.Controversy aside : if a photographer wants/needs to work, the choice is to deliver what is requested, or loose the job, c'est si simple comme bonjour ...

Curves for advanced lighting control photoshop video tutorial

EV, short for Exposure Value, can be defined as the various combinations of camera shutter speed and relative aperture that give the same exposure. For example, 1/30th at f/8.0 is the same EV as 1/60th at f/5.6, and so on. So, if we have a scene with a dynamic range of between 5 and 6 EV our cameras can record detail in both the highlights and shadows areas of the scene. Beyond 6 EV and we must sacrifice details in one extreme or the other.

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Nothing gets me excited like a good process and when it comes to photo editing its something that evolves as your eye becomes more aware of your shot. My personal feeling is that you stop at the step that leaves you feeling most complete when looking at your photo. More is not always better with editing. Often times less is more

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Here's a video tutorial about retouching lips techniques in Photoshop