Retouching portraits in Affinity Photo - these are the techniques!
Affinity Photo gives you all the tools you need for professional beauty retouching. Learn how to use these tools to retouch your portraits effectively in this 1.5-hour tutorial with 10 lessons.
Beauty retouching explained: from presets to digital make-up
Are you already familiar with various beauty retouching methods from other programs and want to apply them as quickly as possible in Affinity Photo? Or are you just starting out in portrait editing? Then welcome to an instructive tutorial that will enable you to retouch your own images to a high standard .
In concrete terms, this means that you will learn how to remove the worst skin blemishes, imperfections and unwanted highlights. You will learn procedures to soften wrinkles as desired, whiten teeth and correct their contours. You also use dodge & burn, i.e. lightening and darkening, to create a more vivid appearance. You apply suitable make-up, sculpt the face and make it more symmetrical.
You also apply frequency separation, which allows you to work on the colors and structures of a portrait independently of each other: remove blotchy areas of skin without affecting the details and then work on these same details without affecting the colors. On top: Tips on useful presets that will help you in beauty retouching with Affinity Photo .
Apply the beauty retouching methods to your photos
The video tutorial is designed to teach you important and popular beauty retouching methods, how to use them in Affinity Photo and how to apply them to your photos. To ensure that what is shown goes straight into your head and that you internalize the techniques, it is recommended that you follow the explanations directly on your own photos.
You will notice that the portrait that trainer Marco Kolditz is working on as an example is almost retreaded in the course of the training. The following applies to you: learn all the methods using the example and then only use what is beneficial for your photo and meets your requirements.