Gry Garness shows a full Photoshop layers workflow for a typical beauty retouching scenario. You will understand how to build up a layer stack and manage the layer order. You'll also learn about the different kinds of layers and smart objects in Photoshop and how to manage them.
The Photoshop Layers Workflow
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About this tutorial
This Gry Garness Photoshop tutorial, The Photoshop Layers Workflow is a whole workflow overview in a nutshell. If you watch one workflow tutorial, this is a great ‘modular’ layer workflow. With samples of a great variety of work that goes into beauty retouching and lots of useful tips. The logic of the layer stack is perfectly explained and the result is a retouched image where the layers can be remixed and re-edited at any point. Despite the non-destructive workflow it’s manageable and not too complicated.
This tutorial will also give you ideas for other tutorials to watch, as it branches out to many individual aspects typical of a beauty retouching workflow. In 30 minutes you are given the essence of what a 3-4 hour beauty retouching workflow contains with plenty of details on the different layer aspects.
What you’ll learn
- – Blank Layers
- – Layer via Copy
- – Retouch Layer
- – Curves Visualise Layer
- – Screen Layer for Dodging
- – Neutral Layer for Dodge & Burn
- – Grouped Layers and Nested Groups
- – Clipping Layers to Others
- – Reducing opacity versus Fill
- – Using Layer Masks
- – Adjustment Layers for Colour
- – Smart Objects
- – Stamp Visible layers
- – Layer Style
- – Layer Order
- – Eyeball Toggling
- – Rotate View
- – Transforms
- – Retouching Smart Object
- – Linking Layers
- – Multiple Selecting Layers
- – Copy Merged
- – Hair Cleaning
- – Avoiding Layer Conflicts
- – Editing the Layer Stack
- – Move Tool and Transform Controls
- – Layer Search
- – Layer Properties
- – Unlinking Layer Mask
- – Identifying Layer Content
- – What To Do Early in the Process
