Complete Male Portrait Retouching Workflow: Photoshop and Lightroom

[@Jenzo100]

Glyn I'm LOVING your tutorials, thank you! Time is valuable and I really appreciate your fast paced, straight-to-the-point delivery; you pack a lot of very useful info into a few minutes.

[@chaseturner]

Fantastic video! Quick, to the point and extremely helpful. I love seeing how other people work because there are so many ways to approach certain tasks. I like that you're not spilling over every detail but just making the right amount of change for the purpose. Thank you Glyn!

[@cosawanty]

You always have a knack of explaining it so that it seems easy to follow.

[@TheBiggervern]

Great workflow. The backslash key is genius. Many thanks Glyn.

[@glyndewis]

Cheers mate :)

[@robertkwilson01]

Finally managed a chance to watch this video. It is excellent. I've been using Photoshop for years and it is still astonishing how many little tweaks have passed me by. Great stuff. Many thanks.

[@keithhaase4681]

Great video Glyn. Looking forward to your new book. Your book Photoshop Workbook was a real game changer for me. Keep up the good work!

[@MD-cu6wq]

There are not many retouch tutorials explaining male portrait retouch, thanks!

[@lemonizer7000]

Great video Glyn. Thanks!

[@hastprachalan]

Brilliant as always!! Eternal gratitude for your teachings! God bless! OM

[@johnwyliejr347]

Another exceptional tutorial. Your educational style is superb !

[@glyndewis]

Very kind of you to say that...thank you

[@NeilSnapePhotography]

Really nice, very well produced and straight to the point.

[@photoshopeandotv]

Excellent teaching as usual in all your videos. Thanks.

[@glyndewis]

Thanks

Great Job there Glyn!

[@jennygw1883]

very nicely done. love how you did the background. thanks :)

[@bogaugon]

very dynamic and helpfull video. I always get to learn something new out of you tutorials! Thank you

[@robertstoppard5867]

Thanks Glyn brilliant as usual really enjoy your videos

[@glyndewis]

Thank you Robert

[@maxianabou]

Very nice. It's an excellent tutorial :) Keep it up !!

[@bugalug369]

Beautiful work Glyn, really enjoy watching the tutorial..I was wondering if I can download the background texture in Adobe or not, thank you so much

[@glyndewis]

Thank you so much. As for the texture, the one I use here is one of my own in my Texture Pack

[@Samralphphotography2015]

Really do appreciate you taking the time to do these tutorials they are so helpful. Photoshop is such a huge beast and it takes so long to learn all the in's and out's and this kind of video is great for helping with workflow and knowing what Photoshop can do ? Cheers again excellent :)

[@glyndewis]

Thanks so much for tuning in; glad the videos are helpful

[@cityoflaveen]

Your the man, always learning something new from you thank you soo much

[@bdnatoklover9]

what a creativity bro

[@Rogier1969]

Thank you. Very helpful!

[@geraldmartin4227]

Another good one, thankyou.

[@NikolaGrull]

Thanks a lot Glyn! I really appreciate your work. :)

[@glyndewis]

You're more than welcome

[@timrosenthal46]

Fantastic thank you ...

[@glyndewis]

👍🏻

[@franciscoortega2829]

Awesome as always. I need to practice adding texture to the background more. Love the videos Glyn and as always a HUGE thank you. Ive learned so much with your tutorials. Photoshop to me is a scary beast but bit by bit im getting better. Frank

[@glyndewis]

Best way to learn is just a little bit at a time....and take notes :)

[@dajssimonelli]

Glyn, Excellent video. You really do it in a way that seems so easy. I wonder why did I late so much in find you!!!! Any way, I have done it, and that's what matter. Thank again.

[@dodlee3]

Amazing

[@ugokus]

cool tutors !

[@AQuantumCraig]

As always: I love it! :)

[@eddiegremlin]

Great technique there Glyn. Are you going to be at this year Photo Show in Birmingham?

[@RichardGingrasPhotography]

Thank you so much for this very interesting tutorial. I have subscribed and am looking forward to see more of your great stuff.

[@glyndewis]

Thanks Richard

[@JimFawcette]

Very Good. Thanks. Q: Why do you use dodge and burn to touch up the face, rather than say frequency separation?

[@nnfotografia]

Please, what file format do you export your images from lightroom to photoshop? Great tutorial, thanks!

[@john3Lee]

Excellent tutorial - thank you :)

[@glyndewis]

You're welcome...thanks for watching John

[@KosherBeycon]

Great tutorial! trying to use the backslash but its not working? any ideas?

[@enspirephoto]

What lighting modifier was used on the original shot. I know it's an editing video but I like the original shot.

[@terogan]

Which of the gray backgrounds do you find to be the most neutral? I've got a few and they all seem to be either warm or cool when compared to a gray card.

[@glyndewis]

I just got one called 'storm grey' from WEX here in the UK...seems fine mate...don't really notice it being on the warm or cool side to be honest.

[@terogan]

Thank you!

[@hadisyafri512]

more like this please

[@lovedeepsingh5360]

i dont find how you created new layer @ 14:28 can you please elaborate it sir.

[@WatchThatFirstStep]

Hello Glyn, new subscriber here. I would like to follow the tutorial though I cannot locate the RAW image of the subject, Lewis. I have your Creativity Tool Kit but it's not included there. Do you have a link to the file so I can learn interactively? Thank you.

[@nickbimages]

Hi Glyn, Great tutorial! How do I download the RAW file if already subscribed to the email list?

[@sang5509]

One question, did you mean you took a picture of the concrete with your phone or do you mean the whole portrait with your phone? If its for the whole portrait what phone are you using? I'm simply amazed

[@hendrikadezutter4257]

Hallo, thank you for the interesting tutorial, but I tried to do so taking a picture with original white background. If I set a gray texture as background on it, the background didn't change ; it remained white. Is that normal ? Thanks for your answer.

[@glyndewis]

This technique only works on a grey background...not white. If you have a white background then you will need to make it white before using this blend mode technique to add texture.

[@hendrikadezutter4257]

Thanks for your quick answer.

[@VisiVisuals]

How do I download the raw file? I already subscribe to the newsletter/email group

[@fredricnzeribe9530]

Hello Glyn. I am new to photography. I take pictures for free now to build my portfolio and create awareness. My challenge is getting the right photo editing and retouching workflow that will create THE WOW!!! Effect. Can you be of help, guidance on step by step tutorial I can access in video and PDF that takes care of all. From start to finish.

[@qtben17]

im sure there's a way to come up with a similar look without resorting to a 3rd party plug-in like Topaz.. il keep looking then.. but this is a pretty good retouching video. great tips

[@kpjlflsknflksnflknsa]

I'd like to take some pictures of myself now that I'm 28 and probably as good looking as I'll ever be. For posterity.

[@陳煒中-p2v]

Never knew the Backslash trick...

[@kotktorychodzipogowieadama2645]

2016

[@UnumsedLeonem]

Hi Glyn, How would you tackle a slight overexposure issue of the skin when Burning doesn't work? Would you blend a new layer, paint over the overexposed bits with a colour sampled from the more saturated and well-exposed part of the skin, blur it and use a certain blend mode? What technique do beauty retouchers use (occasionally) to get the skin tones look somewhat bronze, full of detail and colour depth - something playing with exposure sliders, pulling down the highlights and midtones and burning don't yield the result in question. Also, when dodging and burning, do you blur the D/B layer often while doing micro DB as well as global DB? By the way, it is ridiculous that a photographer and a retoucher of your skill must have a hard time making sufficient money to acquire all the gear you need, while talent-lacking scum like trumps, for instance, cache in billions from thin air so they can murder animals in Africa and elsewhere and think their scrawny inbred hideous little selves top predators (that parasitic vermin that's best culled!).

[@scottmurphy650]

Although this is a very informative video, you could have saved yourself a lot of work had you been more careful in setting up your shot. It is always better to get it right in the camera. It saves you a lot of work in post production. Coming from a film background, and still using film today, there is just so much you can do in the darkroom compared to digital so it is definitely in your best interest to get the best image you can to begin with.

[@sashagrey69]

The after product looks a lot worse.