Retouching Food Photography Information

Take your food photos to the next level using easy Photoshop retouching techniques (in minutes not hours)

What if you didn’t have to lose that winning shot because of a tiny imperfection?

JUST IMAGINE…

Retouching wasn’t difficult and didn’t take you hours, or even days! You could easily remove the ugly parts without losing texture.

You could create what you had in your mind and didn’t have to settle for something you love less.

You didn’t have to pay someone to retouch your images for you, but instead you could charge your clients more for a premium retouching service.

Your images weren’t rejected because of oil spots you couldn’t remove.

You could easily clone the whipped cream on top of your hot chocolate and make the colour of your egg yolks consistent.

Retouching delivers a higher quality of work.

It’s the missing link you need to give your images that little extra punch.

(But every time you open your Abode Photoshop package, you’re immediately overwhelmed and you’ve given up even trying.)

This course provides you with fundamental Photoshop retouching skills to create picture-perfect food that looks natural yet well polished and will help you deliver higher quality work to your clients.

5 EASY RETOUCHING TECHNIQUES

Using these fundamental Photoshop retouching techniques, we’ll teach you the best tools to use to remove the ugly parts of an image, while keeping a natural look without losing texture or detail.

You’ll discover how easy it is to produce commercial quality images for your clients.

30 TOOL & TECHNIQUE DEMONSTRATIONS

The key to creating a natural and seamless blend is having a few ‘go-to’ tools.

Watch us use different tools on a range of images and situations to better grasp an effective retouching workflow.

UNDERSTAND LAYERS + MASKING

Work smarter, not harder, by getting savvy with how to best use layers and masks in Photoshop. Create small, editable files that use masks for effective and seamless corrections. Layer organisation will be your new strong suit.

No more ‘no pixel selected’ pop-ups that prevent you from working.

TOOL QUICK GUIDES

To save you time, you don’t have to fast-forward through video after video to try and remind yourself which tools you need to use.

Our Tool & Technique Quick Guides will keep you from feeling overwhelmed. You’ll know exactly which tool to use for the specific retouching you need.

INTEGRATE WITH LIGHTROOM & CAPTURE ONE

Stay organised by learning how to integrate a Photoshop retouching workflow with your RAW editor of choice, like Lightroom and Capture One. Create editable files you can go back and edit time and time again.

If a client needs an adjustment, don’t start over from scratch.

WORK ON RETOUCHING FILES

Practice is important. Put everything you’re learning into practice by downloading and retouching example avocado images.

Who is this course for?

• Food Photographers who are overwhelmed by Photoshop and are looking to get started with retouching or beef up their skills.
• Hobbyist to intermediate or advanced photographers who can edit in Lightroom or Capture One.
• Anyone who has had their images rejected due to imperfections.
• If you’re sick of spending countless hours fumbling with tools that make your images look worse.
• Creatives who want to be empowered to know which retouching tools and techniques to use and when.
• Those who don’t want to lose a winning image due to an imperfection.
• People who are sick of those little things annoying them and driving them crazy.
• Photographers who want to add a premium retouching service to their business and charge clients more money.
• Creatives who want flawless images that still feel natural and not over-processed.

What You’ll Learn In This Course?

• Module 01: Retouching Foundations
• Module 02: Reflection & Object Removal
• Module 03: Create Composites
• Module 04: Cleaning Techniques
• Module 05: Straightening & Shaping
• Module 06: Enhance Colour & Light

About Author

We’re a husband and wife team who’ve worked as freelance and commercial photographers for over 10 years. With international experience, we’ve worked for a range of small businesses to multi-million dollar clients.

Both of us have a degree in teaching and have taught in the education system. Teaching comes naturally to us and we’re excited to share our passion for retouching with YOU!

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