2013
Lynda
John Derry
4:19
English
Transform a portrait or family photo into a piece of art worthy of framing, in this digital painting tutorial with artist John Derry. John shares his library of custom brushstrokes and years of experience with you, and shows how to combine the powers of Adobe Photoshop and Corel Painter to convert your snapshots into art. Learn to adjust the tone of the original image; paint skin, eyes, and hair; minimize the background; and add subtle vignetting. Plus, John shows you how to bundle and submit your image to online services that will print your painting on canvas.
These techniques work with subjects of any age or skin tone, and are perfect for memorializing moments a photo can't quite do justice to.
Introduction
Welcome
Using the exercise files
Installing custom content
1. In the Beginning...
A short history of the portrait
Tools of the trade: Software
Tools of the trade: Hardware
2. Workflow Strategies
The Photoshop PSD format: Working in Photoshop and Painter
Layer painting: Building up the image nondestructively
Getting your artwork printed
3. Photograph Preparation
First step: Know your final output size
Extending edges for gallery wraps
Remove distractions
Preliminary tonal adjustment
4. The Background
Maximize the subjects via background adjustments
Back-to-front progression
The background is not the subject
5. Clothing and Accessories
Limit clothing detail
Handling patterns: Toning down selective detail
Handling patterns: Restoring selective detail
Jewelry is an extension of personality: More detail
6. Skin: Hands, Arms, Legs, and Feet
Skin: Practice how to blend
Dealing with blemishes
Hands have personality!
7. The Face
An introduction to the face
Painting a child's face
Painting a child's eyelids and eyebrows
Painting a child's lips
Painting a woman's face
Painting a woman's lips
Painting a man's face
Painting a man's mouth
Painting a man's beard
8. Eyes: Windows to the Soul
Painting a child's eyes
Painting a child's eyes: Final touch-ups
Painting a woman's eyes
Painting a man's eyes
9. Hair
Painting a child's hair
Painting a woman's hair
Detailing a woman's hair
Painting a man's hair
10. Final Details
Final painting touch-ups: Background
Final touch-ups: Subjects
Using vignetting to focus on the subjects
Adding lighting to the subjects' faces
Final color and density adjustments
11. Conclusion
Next steps
Download File Size:3.02 GB
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