Editing a Portrait from beginning to end

[@juliatrotti]

Here's the Wacom tablet I'm currently using and my review about it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pZq4amaErqyMgJY&t 💛

[@markharris5771]

When I hear the words 'frequency separation' my mind goes back to those horrendous plastic skin images that were all the rage a few years ago. Needless to say you have a lot more skill and taste than that. There is very little different between editing a portrait and a wildlife image. A great video as always, thank you.

[@juliatrotti]

Lmao ooooh those plastic retouching days, I don't miss seeing pictures like that everywhere! Thank you so much :)

[@ephemedusk24]

This is the best photo editing tutorial I've ever watched T_T

[@lifesbeautiful3024]

Great video, Julia! I love how you take time in explaining how you edit the portrait rather than rushing through it as others do. You teaching points are quite easy to follow and very helpful

[@juliatrotti]

Thank you so much :)

[@rodrigonoctis]

I love how calm is your way to describe how you do the post process. Your videos are always good to watch with a warm cup of coffee. 🖤

[@juliatrotti]

Thank you so much 💛

[@paulking6220]

At first I though the green skin color looked odd but when you edited it with the blue..... Bam! It all came together and looked awesome.

[@paulwright1990]

Amazing to see how easy a pro does it. Thanks

[@gokulkpavg3884]

Got just what I was looking for

[@anthonyvmaz]

thank you for this! i did want to share a quick note for using the curves in lightroom.. you can create points (without moving them) by holding alt when clicking - and also hold alt when moving the points for finer/less dramatic adjustments - cheers!

[@DesCaptures]

This is is the best tutorial I’ve seen. Thank you so much!!!!

[@ivanlarrosaespejo48]

I've missed so much that kind of videos👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@ktwo08]

Wait. A video on Saturday? Reminds me of the good ol’ days lol 🙌🏽🙌🏽

[@juliatrotti]

Same here, I missed this! 🥳

[@mel2998]

followed along with the lightroom edit and i have to say i enjoyed it plus i finally found how to makes that matte black look on photos i've been googling for months! gonna watch the skin retouching tutorial first and read up of retouching but thanks so much for all these infos!

[@raes_tea]

Wow I subscribed in this video, it being my first from you. And I have to say, this is the most in-depth tutorial I have ever seen. This has so much value. Thank you!

[@_planejoe_]

Amazingly detailed and quick! Thanks Julia!

[@ol3770]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@ChristianCampo]

thanks very much....good advice on what to do and what not to do....... love how you do most of it in lightroom..... have to experience more with color correction

[@matthoffman6962]

I don’t know if it’s just me but a lot of times I actually don’t like lens corrections in Lightroom. I really like the vignetting and slight distortion. Granted this may not be the case for all photos but most photos I feel this way. Good edit 👍🏻

[@Bangkok_way_of_Life]

beautiful model

[@theinmin7019]

thank you so much for your video , it's help me a lots to understand photography and editing. Wish you all the Best.

[@sydneycranford3419]

I always love watching you edit! So so satisfying and educational. You really are a fantastic teacher! I love that you explain your thought process as you edit and why you're doing each thing.

[@juliatrotti]

Thank you so much!

[@sydneycranford3419]

@@juliatrotti You are SO welcome!

[@jeanheremans7187]

Thank you for this interesting video. I learnt something I kept ignoring for a long time... Colors

[@enochadeloye644]

We need more full photo edits from start to finish Julia!!

[@juliatrotti]

Thank you!! I'll do some more soon 😄

[@gustavosantiagofotografia]

awwww I can't believe on Saturday! Made my day, thank u

[@Deatmony]

Thank you for showing us a whole tutorial!

[@yohanlafond3928]

I love your very natural approach ! 👍🏼

[@saulmirandaaliaga]

Great work, Julia. Thank you very much for the video!

[@jamrico4290]

Thank you for taking your time to make this video. Super helpful

[@vandanastudio3285]

Good Editing

[@federicosabbatanischiuma1836]

Lovely

[@mrigankabiswas7002]

Wow. Long process but effective. Will be trying this in my next retouch. ❤️❤️

[@nathangreen7312]

Another great video. Was great not having to wait a week between them

[@juliatrotti]

Thank you! A week feels super short to edit a video but also super long waiting to upload a new one 😅 I will try to make a few more Saturday uploads from now on!

[@jennacarney8012]

Heyyyyyyyy that’s my camera!!!!! I’ve never seen any other youtubers use it so this made me super happy lol

[@AdrianLardPhoto]

This was great! Love the end result!

[@alvenbutanas1944]

Thanks Julia. I have purchased Xpen deco art 3 tablet last year (much cheaper than wacom bluetooth medium) 😄 and followed your earlier version tutorial of frequency separation. It really helped my portrait edits looking as natural as possible.

[@juliatrotti]

I'm so happy to hear that!!

[@lorenson]

I'll try the PS part soon. Never worked with it just LR. Thanks for the great vid!

[@andresena1531]

What an amazing tutorial! Definitely gonna take some notes!

[@juliatrotti]

Thank you 😄

[@johnrwallace]

Love this...thank you for the tips!!!

[@adasoriano7335]

Really love this video, I hope you make more like these!

[@dzllz]

Beatiful! Great job. Very helpful.

[@Raph_chill]

yeeeeyyyyy, Juliaaaaaa... :) i always find myself so excited to watch your videos. Love from Portugal.

[@juancarlosecheverryhenao2845]

Awesome video

[@rodrigomflores]

Nice job getting a tack sharp photo using a F/1.4 aperture, I'm practicing how to do this :) Thanks for sharing your techniques!

[@juliatrotti]

Thank you!

[@eunlee5416]

Thank you so much, this really helps a lot 🙌

[@pritamjyotibaruah]

I love watching your tutorials ♥️

[@pianoman1973]

great tutorial !

[@zleepyjan]

COOL, nice edit :)

[@donprice8925]

Fantastic tutorial. Thank you.

[@kellenwang4606]

Fantastic Video! Your voice is amazing!

[@shinaj1]

very informative

[@travelvlogsuhislam1763]

Thanks, great channel.

[@jimmy_m_7772]

Love the tips....Thank you!

[@vinhle3272]

Thanks for video. Very helpful

[@Smoothblue90]

Wonderful video. Editing in Lightroom right now.

[@opaulinho5420]

Simple edition but beautiful a lot.

[@johnkevinflores02]

Full of information and very nice tutorial! thank you Julia, for sharing this to us! more tutorial videos please? :) oh btw, can you show us next time on how to retouch the skin only in LR? :) ~ a fan from the Philippines :)

[@juliatrotti]

Thank you and yes, I would love to make more of these 😄 I have a video about the top things I do in Lightroom to every portrait if you're interested: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJLQg3yEqpqentE it has a few skin tips towards the end!

[@rennhor]

thank you for the tutorial!

[@yawarok.8004]

Great video! Please make more videos on editing pictures!

[@mohammedfarhan3777]

You are amazing keep uploading

[@junhaoraylei8268]

Thank you!!!!!

[@laurakezbere5619]

I was wondering which metering mode you use for your portrait photoshoots? Thanks in advance!

[@1Burynka1]

I would love to know as well.

[@Irisda1st]

So good!

[@Rickards82]

Awesome, thank you!

[@sauravbasu8805]

Between Canon 90d and 7dii , which one has better colour rendition straight out of the camera ? They are almost of the same price in the used market.

[@kristicifci5389]

First ❤❤🔥

[@frankluo230]

Thanks Julia your tutorial is great. Colour is very subjective but I have to say, the sample photo exposed canon 7d's shortcomings in colour rendition, not very accurate or true to life. I believe 35L + 5D4 would produce a much better starting point in the same scene.

Thank you for share! =D Really interesting

[@swjan6831]

太棒了，我喜歡你的影片

[@miguelruivo3051]

great! Suer helpfull! thanks!!!!

[@marteung]

I love to see you work! I realise that I always overdo the skin retouch and not enough colour & tone editing❗️

[@siddhantlingam6595]

Awesome

[@lukrecja71]

thanks :)

[@Morespizzle]

Never seen the clone stamp used like that but I like the end result I’ve been doing the same but obviously use the paint tool for the tones layer and then d&b to blend but this seems quicker if I could just paint highlights as easily as you do.....mine always turns wonky and at your opacity and flow I can only imagine haha

[@juliatrotti]

I used to do it with the healing brush tool but I found stamp was so much easier and quicker! The stamp tool is similar to the paint tool, but you are able to sample a lot more colours rather than just one with the paint brush which I think might speed things up for you :) Also the speed just takes practice, you can try using a lower opacity if it looks funny!

[@MyCostaRican]

Good Video, Thank you!

[@whipshaw]

Hi Julia, do you often change the camera profile when editing, or do you think that is not so important? I was editing changing the calibration to Adobe Vivid to get more vibrant colors, but after I felt that my editing was to harsh, maybe starting from zero, with Adobe Color is the most clever option after all. Thanks!

[@juliatrotti]

I always have my profile set to standard and I never change it since I shoot in RAW. With raw even if you choose a profile, you can remove all the profile edits when you open up your image to edit in Lightroom/Camera Raw, etc. I think it's more important to change if you're doing video or shooting in jpg!

[@angelgardens1]

Thanks you for the detailed tutorial ! Can we please get the link for the wacom tablet review?

[@juliatrotti]

Glad you liked it and oops! Here it is: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pZq4amaErqyMgJY&t

[@vaylenjpevans7880]

I realized the bokeh at the left side was messed up is that a camera thing or a lens thing. I would like to know cause I’m thinking of buying the 7d mark ii

[@malmcowy]

Great stuff thank you! Learned a lot! Would be great if you could do one with a male model as well :-)

[@user-bo7ep3gn8b]

感谢up主，学到了。

[@RyanHarville]

Hey Julia, this may be off topic, but I noticed in your previous videos your lens says "Against me!". How did you do that? I tried searching and couldn't find it.

[@juliatrotti]

The original rubber band fell off my lens from using it so much, so the Against Me thing was a rubber band we got from one of their shows and was the perfect size to put around my lens to replace the old one!

[@RyanHarville]

@@juliatrotti Oh that's what it is. Thank you!

[@jovarnepedro1013]

Thank you😪💖

[@jaimepena1057]

Muy buen video

[@andrescastillo07]

Hey Julia

[@juliatrotti]

Thank you!! Ah it could be because the photo file you're working on is a very different resolution to the file I created the action on. The action I created is a mostly one size fits all, but there could be instances where it doesn't work as well on some images! I have a video where I went through all the steps to create it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5-ZYad7p7mBkJY&t I would recommend to make one for yourself to suite your photos as there are small things you can adjust along the way so it turns out correct! I hope that helps :)

[@micahmercado1448]

What made you swtich to using the clone stamp layers like this?

[@carlyamarant34]

Hi there! Thank you for your videos - they are helping me learn so much! I was practicing HSL and I am wondering if there is a way to change only certain areas with the same color - for example, to keep the lips of my human subject natural and bright, but toning down a pink or maroon shirt of a similar color.

[@juliatrotti]

Thank you! Unfortunately this is where Lightroom falls a little short. The only way to be able to do that is using an adjustment brush and brushing over the specific area that you want to change. I think capture one lets you do what you are after though! I have been meaning to try it out recently so hopefully I can make some new editing tutorials if I enjoy using it.

[@carlyamarant34]

@@juliatrotti Thank you! I will give that a try and yes - I love your Lr tutorials, so always happy to see more!

[@dimasmuhammad.h]

A models Looks like "Raisa" Artist from Indonesian

[@eugeniogomezomil5216]

Hey Julia, just a question, I have just purchased a wacom but I can't find how to make smaller the brush circle and here you mention that you press something like "square short cut " and I can't finally get it. Can you explain me how to do it? Thanks! I have the same wacom

[@juliatrotti]

It's the square bracket keys when you're in photoshop!

[@HaasHouse]

One suggestion for your workflow: Instead of making individual layers for skin retouch, you can do them all on one layer, add a layer mask, then brush away the parts that were too heavy. Awesome tutorial, specifically enjoyed the split toning and curves :)

[@zardosspinosa6944]

Many thanks for your tutorial. It certainly shows your understanding of the sliders in LR and refinement in PS. Although it is a personal thing, my view is that your LR edit is way over the top and a more natural edit can be done in about 30 seconds with a fraction of the steps, and you did not acknowledge 2 very cool sliders, calibration blue primary at the bottom together with offset orange in color. I did like your PS edit.

[@tabeabussmann]

Over the top?😂

[@zardosspinosa6944]

@@tabeabussmann Ah yes, unless you want to knock yourself out with edits that cancel themselves, pretty simple really, unless you missed that.

[@tabeabussmann]

@@zardosspinosa6944 good that you don’t work as a beauty photographer 😂

[@zardosspinosa6944]

@@tabeabussmann Actually photographing beautiful girls is one of my genres, but no I have a job that pays much better money and is in surprisingly optics.

[@MrXelsior]

I have a question. How reliable are Memory cards for your camera after you have used them to the maximum, and then re-formatted them for your camera. I have a Nikon d3400 and I just buy new cards after one fills up to the maximum. Now I have Several cards and I don't want to continue like this. But I have been reluctant to re-format my cards and start over with that same card.

[@brianchun9791]

I reformat my cards after every shoot, and they've never failed on me!

[@MrXelsior]

@@brianchun9791 ok great. i'll start doing that.

[@lengchungnungimaging3558]

Hi Julia, are you upgrading your APSC body to 90D or sticking with 7d II?

[@bagery]

The 7d is a rental. I believe she only owns Canon and Sony full frames

[@juliatrotti]

Yeah the 7D was a rental for a couple of photoshoots I wanted to do. I have the 5D4 and A7iii that I normally use!

[@lengchungnungimaging3558]

Thank you😊

[@jaimerincezloeil1876]

😻♥️

[@CamilosSmithPhotography]

"Bombs" as u call, I call "unwanted artifacts" 😉

[@KazuyaMASUDA1982]

👍

[@hopekimnyc]

What time of day do you usually shoot in?

[@juliatrotti]

In winter I shoot at pretty much any time because the light is soft enough to work with, in summer I try to shoot from 2pm onwards!

[@raadi5939]

how about drop the RAW file too so we can explore and learn thanks for the video btw :)))

[@specialized41]

At (6:30 min) this change is too subtle , give to the photo this '60s-'70s (retro) looks, I don't like. I prefer the natural shadow color with not redish/bluedish shadows. This editing style remember me the Vietnam's photos in Time Magazine of the 60s-70's or National Geographic of this era (I'm 6-10yrs old). Look beautiful before you touch the shadows. But your tutorials are crystal clear to understand and to follow, Thanks.!!

[@juliatrotti]

That's just all up to personal preference though :) I love the retro look!

[@OppaMixes]

Henlo there!

[@sallygo7984]

I shoot with kit lens, pls tell me somebody is it lens that can't follow up other editing or its me, what I mean it, even thought I follow step by step editing never ends up like yours

[@juliatrotti]

I’ve done a photoshoot on a kit lens (I have a video about it on my channel) and regardless of gear it is possible to take nice photos + be able to edit them 😊 with my Lightroom tutorials I try to explain why I’m moving a slider and how it’s affecting my image so you can follow and do something similar. Every photo taken is different in terms of lighting, location, colour, etc. So if I do +10 exposure on my image, that might not necessarily work on yours or even on another photo from the same shoot that I did. If you follow my LR tutorials I would recommend to follow all the steps, but not copy them completely - so apply the slider and then adjust it compared to how it affects your image instead 😊 I hope that helps!

[@sallygo7984]

Julia Trotti I cant believe you too that much time to reply to me. Thank you, you fab from another part of the world 🌍

[@mohammedfarhan3777]

3rd?