Mary Vostokova – Hi-End Beauty Retouching (Russian)

Mary Vostokova – Hi-End Beauty Retouching (RUS)

🎨 Video Course on Photo Retouching

The video course on photo retouching is suitable for intermediate and intermediate+ levels. The content is designed for experienced retouchers with a portfolio. You should understand Photoshop functionality, tools, masks, and layers, as well as have experience in retouching using frequency separation and dodge and burn techniques. If you lack this experience/knowledge, you need the BASIC PHOTOSHOP course.

🖥️ To take the course, you’ll need a computer or laptop, a computer mouse, and/or a graphic tablet (e.g., Wacom Intuos Art S), and Adobe Photoshop CC software. I recommend installing licensed versions through a subscription ($9.99 per month – Adobe Creative Cloud Plans) in English.

🌐 The materials are recorded in the English version of the program, PS version – 2019, operating system – Windows. The course language is Russian.

🎁 Upon purchasing the full course, you’ll receive bonus materials with the analysis of my works, photos for practice, and detailed videos on working with actions that come with each module. Along with the course, you’ll get 15 photos for practice and portfolio placement, a folder with actions (some may not work in your Photoshop, but you can record Actions for yourself based on the course materials).

🎥 The material is recorded in the format of video lessons and is intended for self-study at a convenient time. For consultations, questions, and homework checks, there is a chat on Telegram, the link to which you will receive after purchasing the course.

📅 Access to the course materials is open for 1 year from the moment of password activation. VPN, such as Clear VPN, may be required to view the course. After transferring the money to the system, I will receive a message with your details. Please provide an active email during purchase.

📧 Access to the course will be sent to the email specified during payment – this is done manually from 10 to 20 GMT +2. You will receive an email from the Boomstream service with the subject “Access to Video Content,” containing the link and password for the course. Please note that the email may end up in the Spam or Promotions folder.

🕒 If access is not received within a day after payment, contact me on Telegram @mary_vostokova. Before activating access with a password on your device, make sure your internet browser saves cookies! If cookies are periodically erased, you may have problems accessing the course – write to the course chat on Telegram if this happens.

🎨 Course Outline: SKIN

1. Lesson 1: Simple retouch. Primary image cleaning. Working with tools: spot healing brush, healing brush, clone stamp, patch.
2. Lesson 2: Dodge and Burn.
3. Lesson 3: Texture retouch. Frequency separation using a special helper layer. Stamp and patch work on a textured layer.
4. Lesson 4: Final refinement. Detail work: eyes, teeth, enhancing skin reflections using the curves tool.
5. Lesson 5: Frequency separation, part 1. Working with texture. A method to retouch more quickly.
6. Lesson 6: Frequency separation, part 2. Working with light-shadow drawing and low-frequency layer.
7. Lesson 7: Details and final adjustments. Lip pen work. Using the stamp to remove fluffy hair. Dodge and Burn.

🌈 Course Outline: COLOR

1. Lesson 1: Theory. Color wheel. Chromatic and achromatic colors, light, and saturation.
2. Lesson 2: Curves, color samples, spots. Color correction using tools: curves, hue/saturation. Color sampling using the eyedropper tool.
3. Lesson 3: Saturation, light. Adjusting oversaturated areas of the image using hue/saturation. Light correction using curves.
4. Lesson 4: Color spaces, bit depth, working with curves and selective color. Adjusting shades in individual color channels without affecting the rest of the image.
5. Lesson 5: Selective color. Color correction using masks and the Layer Style tool.
6. Lesson 6: Artistic color correction, part 1. Working with tonality, toning using the Color Balance tool, skin contrast, darkening and lightening. High pass. Neutralizing excess color saturation.
7. Lesson 7: Artistic color correction, part 2. Contrast techniques, Unsharp Mask for volume enhancement, toning using the Selective color tool, enhancing reflections.
8. Lesson 8: Artistic color correction, part 3. How to give a tan to the skin, adding volume using Dodge and Burn, Photo Filter to change the background color, toning using the Color grade tool.