Photoshop and Lightroom: Portrait Retouching in the Age of AI

Course details

Explore the exciting world of AI-powered portrait retouching using Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop. Learn how to effortlessly remove tattoos, logos, and unwanted objects while smoothing skin and enhancing facial features like eyes and teeth for a more polished look. Discover the secrets to using AI to blur backgrounds, modify the sky, and adjust settings, achieving the perfect composition with generative fill and adaptive presets. Along the way, photographer and author Chris Orwig shows you the basics of masking, batch processing, and sculpting with Liquify. By the end of this course, you'll be able to create picture-perfect portraits that stand out and wow your viewers. Ideal for photographers and creative professionals seeking to upgrade their editing and retouching skills, this course equips you with the tools and techniques required to elevate your portrait photography to the next level.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - AI improves and accelerates portrait retouching

1. Lightroom Portrait Retouching Accelerated with AI

02 - Using the AI-powered Remove tool
03 - Removing tattoos and logos with the AI-powered Remove tool
04 - Remove tool workflow for portraits - Fashion, up close, and kids
05 - The magic of generative AI for environmental portraits
06 - Fixing shadows under the eyes with AI
07 - The ultimate AI challenge - Fix your images quickly
08 - The ultimate AI solution - Fix your images quickly

2. Lightroom's Powerful Portrait Retouching AI Presets

09 - Using AI to blur the background
10 - Remove unwanted objects and improve the sky with AI
11 - The super power of Adaptive Portrait Presets for retouching
12 - Customize the AI Adaptive Portrait Presets for the perfect look
13 - Batch Processing with AI presets
14 - Improve the hair, facial hair, and eyes with AI
15 - Smoothing skin with the power of AI
16 - Challenge - Improving a high-end studio portrait
17 - Solution - Improving a high-end studio portrait

3. Lightroom Masking for Mastering the Look

18 - Discover how to improve the look with masking
19 - Refine and fine-tune your masks
20 - Speed up your workflow with batch masks
21 - Small masks for big impact
22 - Studio lighting with masking
23 - When one mask isn't enough
24 - Improving a fine art portrait
25 - Challenge - Improve three images with masking
26 - Solution - Improve three images with masking

4. Picture Perfect with Photoshop AI

27 - The most powerful AI-enabled retouching tool in Photoshop
28 - Use the AI Remove tool to fix a portrait
29 - Remove an unwanted person with AI
30 - Impossible retouching made easy with the Remove tool
31 - Achieve better AI results with better selections
32 - Challenge - Improve four images with the power of Photoshop AI
33 - Solution - Improve four images with the power of Photoshop AI

5. Using Photoshop AI to Improve the Surrounding Elements

34 - Using Crop AI Generative Fill to fix and improve the composition
35 - Improving a fine art portrait with AI
36 - Crop and extend your image in unimaginable ways
37 - Extend a studio portrait background with AI
38 - Improving environmental portraits with AI
39 - Using AI to generate better compositions
40 - Creating an awesome portrait from start to finish
41 - Challenge - Improve an environmental portrait
42 - Solution - Improve an environmental portrait

6. Photoshop AI Magic

43 - Elevate your results with the magic of Photoshop AI
44 - Achieve the impossible with a few simple AI steps
45 - Bring your artistic concepts to life with Photoshop AI
46 - Change the backgrounds of your portraits in just a few steps
47 - Challenge - Generate a new portrait background
48 - Solution - Generate a new portrait background

7. Photoshop - Improving Skin

49 - Fixing a celebrity portrait's broken nose
50 - Smoothing skin with the power of Neural Filters
51 - Access the Camera Raw AI Skin Smoothing inside Photoshop
52 - Challenge - Portrait skin smoothing
53 - Solution - Portrait skin smoothing

8. Photoshop - Improving Teeth

54 - AI-powered teeth whitening
55 - Expert teeth whitening with adjustment layers and masking
56 - Whitening teeth in a group portrait
57 - Fixing a specific tooth
58 - Challenge - Fixing yellow and broken teeth
59 - Solution - Fixing yellow and broken teeth

9. Photoshop - Sculpt and Shape

60 - Everything you need to know about Liquify
61 - The ultimate combination of sculpting with AI and Liquify
62 - Fixing multiple portraits with AI and Liquify
63 - Advanced start to finish retouch
64 - Challenge - Fixing shape with AI and Liquify
65 - Solution - Fixing shape with AI and Liquify

Conclusion

66 - Next steps