Product Description

With this DVD you will learn the step-by-step process of using Adobe Photoshop retouching techniques to transform and prepare images for production level commercial photography. Meghan Farrell will walk you through the steps of retouching a fashion shoot as a basis for learning the primary skill sets to make skin and hair look flawless without looking artificial. You will learn how to retouch and maintain natural skin, hair and hands and reshape the body. You ll be introduced to indispensable methods of using adjustment layers, layer masks and color correction. The techniques demonstrated in this DVD will help you retouch like a professional, whether working on your own images or for those of a client. The cutting edge techniques demonstrated in this DVD will help you stand out when seeking work in this fast-paced industry.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #66533 in DVD
• Released on: 2008-07-17
• Format: NTSC
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 158 minutes

About the Actor
Meghan Paddock Farrell received a BFA in Photography from Rhode Island College. Her understanding of the color darkroom process as well as her background in fine art informs her ability to accurately manipulate color, capture the 3D human form and translate these through lighting effects into the 2D space. As the Senior Retoucher at the publishing house of Weider Publications, she oversaw, enhanced and brought tens of thousands of images to a production level, print-ready, status. Her work has been published in hundreds of magazines including Glamour, Allure, Vanity Fair, Los Angeles Magazine, Shape Magazine as well as many more domestic and international titles and advertisements. She has also worked as retoucher at Getty Images, SuperColor Hollywood, and for notable fashion photographers Guilano Bekor, Norman Jean Roy and Ondrea Barbe. Currently she works as an independent contractor for several advertisers and publications including OPI, VIV and others.

About the Director
The Gnomon Workshop provides a comprehensive library of training DVD s for artists and students wishing to further their skills in the visual arts. Used by people all over the world, our library consists of nearly 200 DVDs taught by leading artists working in the traditional, gaming and entertainment industries. Whether it is modeling, animating, painting, Maya or Zbrush, The Gnomon Workshop DVD s bring you the inspiration and tools you need to further your talents and take your work to the next level.