Portrait image retouching tips

Expectations in regard of portraits are nowadays sky-high mainly because of the reason that there are amazing tools and software programs capable of refining the snaps to perfection. Here some of the portrait photography retouching tips and other basics are detailed using pic monkey tool.

Begin with a great colour
Open the snap in Editor and select colours from Basic Edits tab. Choose natural colour picker by clicking on it and then click the white or grey area of the image. Remaining colours will automatically shift.
You may clean in areas nearby the snap to analyse the way it effects. In case if the subject is in grey or while, click such areas. Else try the eye’s whites. Zoom in to ensure that eyes are bigger enough to work on. By this, you will get a great colour base for starting the retouching process.

Hew the contrast
Select exposure to make the contrast and brightness appear good. The contrast and brightness sliders adjusts the whole snap while shadows and highlight sliders adjust darkest and brightest tones respectively.  Enhance the brightness and make the shadows darker. You can even work on highlight slider if needed. Finally it is to be ensured that there is no area of skin which is too dark or bright. Experts from companies offering professional portrait retouching services recommend this as brightness and darkness beyond a level makes the subject to lose its details.

Revivify the eyes
Choose eyes group and eye brighten from touch up tab. With these, eyes get a bit of punch. Then zoom and resize the brush so that it is small enough for painting just the irises. You can feel free to work and even if things turn messy, eraser can come for your rescue.
Lighten slider can be used to brighten irises color and fade slider can be used if reflection is too much. This is what a typical photo editing company always does.
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Get rid of blemishes
Blemish Fix should be chosen from skin group. This remarkable tool affects only those spots that show disparity with the areas surrounding them. To say, a pimple gets easily removed without leaving any mark. Razor bumps, minor moles and forehead spots etc. can also be eliminated without any unwanted mark left behind.

Remove wrinkles
Wrinkle Remover is the tool on which you can rely for removing creases and bags under eyes. Resize the brush and use wrinkle remover on specific areas followed by adjusting with fade slider. Being subtle is ideal. Though the tool can entirely remove the wrinkles or crease, doing so will make the image look fake.

Whiten the teeth
Mouth group has an option called Teeth Whiten. Zoom the teeth portion followed by adjusting the size of brush in such a way that only teeth is painted on. Eraser should also be made use of. This tool can be great in beautifying the smile of your subject. Make sure that the teeth doesn’t look artificial or distracting.

Decrease the shine
Shine Reduce is available in Skin group. Make use of a large brush to place it on a shiny spot; click it once. You will see that the shine appears less apparent. If necessary, click again on it. However, don’t overdo it. As per the companies offering photo editing services in India, undo arrow at bottom toolbar can be of great help.

Assess and sharpen
Now zoom out and look at the image. Now if needed, you can proceed with sharpening. With the said, image looks more polished. With unsharp mask, you get more control. Keep the radius slider at one and carry out the sliding of strength slider towards the right so as to see the way your image is getting affected. This help you to conclude with the right setting.

Flatten, save, and crop
From Basic Edits tab, select Rotate and make use of Straighten slider for aligning your photo. Use eyes as the guide and line up them with grid lines. With this minor adjustment, while feel of the picture is drastically elevated. Now you can save a copy of the image. Now based on your needs crop the image in size and shape you need.

If above mentioned basics and tips regarding portrait image retouching are taken into consideration, you are sure to get amazing results.

Refining of images is something to be done with passion and a person indulged in the job should be technically well versed in all prominent tools. Besides he should be creative and passionate about beautification. So, if you have plans to outsource, select only the right company with years of experience and a proven track record of highest customer satisfaction levels.  

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