Each week you will need to respond to two questions posted. Your response should be a minimum of 150 words for both questions. You should also include at least one response to your fellow students. The responses are a requirement for participation part of your grade.
Question 01 –
Describe how you create a layer for retouching.
Question 02 –
How can you soften the amount of the retouching layer?
Question 01 –
Describe how you create a layer for retouching.
what I would do to make a layer for retouching is first get an image of a person you would want to retouch and make changes to. Then once you have that you simply want to do the shortcut cmd J and once you do that, you’ll notice a new layer thats there with it being copied. Once you have that, make sure you lock the other layer and then you should be good to go !
Question 02 –
How can you soften the amount of the retouching layer?
There are multiple things to do when retouching a layer, first of all you can simply change the opacity of the strokes / brushes to make it appear lighter. You can also just change the blending mode of whatever youre trying to do. Like for example if you want to lighten an object to shear (think i spent it right) and if you want to make it darker do multiply. This is all I am aware of at this moment.
Question 01 –
Describe how you create a layer for retouching.
Creating a new layer for retouching helps you edit non destructively—to preserve the original image. To do this, we can simply navigate to the layers window, look at the bottom where there is a line of icons indicating different layer options, and find the + icon. Clicking it will generate a new layer on top of the one you are on at the moment. Then you can make edits on that layer, which means the original image will stay untouched on the layer below. If the layers window is not there, we can open it by going to the windows option on the top left and scrolling down to find “Layers.” An alternative method without the use of the Layers window is to directly go to the layers option on the top left, click it and the very first option should be to create a new layer. The keyboard shortcut for it is Shift+Command+N on Mac.
Question 02 –
How can you soften the amount of the retouching layer?
One way we can soften the amount of the retouching layer is by adjusting the opacity of the layer. Open up the layers window and make sure the layer you want to adjust is selected. Then look near the top right of the layers window to find “Opacity,” and you can either slide to or type the percentage you desire. A lower opacity will make the changes on the layer more subtle, while a higher opacity means they will be easier to notice.
Question 01 –
Describe how you create a layer for retouching.
In order to create a layer for retouching, you will have to press SHIFT + CMD + N (on the mac) to create a new layer. It would probably come handy if you rename the layer “clone lighten” so you’ll know which layer is which. Click on the clone stamp tool under the healing brush tool, then change the normal mode to lighten, and set the opacity to 20 percent on the top corner. Don’t forget to align all the layers together, and that is how you create a layer for retouching.
Question 02 –
How can you soften the amount of the retouching layer?
To soften the amount of the retouching layer, you’ll just have to lower the opacity on the top left corner to reach that softened touch. And that’s how you soften to reach your desired effect, but remember not to lower it too much.
This is really easy and simple to read. Thank you !
Question 01:
Describe how you create a layer for retouching.
Open your image in photo Duplicate the background layer and rename it. Use retouching tools to fix any imperfections. Adjust the layer’s brightness for a natural look. Optionally, add layer masks for selective retouching. Optionally, apply adjustment layers for more improvements.
Finalize your edits and save your work in a layered format.
Question 02:
How can you soften the amount of the retouching layer?
To make the retouching Click on the retouching layer. Find the opacity slider. Move it to the left to lighten the retouching. Keep adjusting until it looks just right to you.
Thanks for the reminder on using layer masks! Those are definitely helpful when retouching. I only thought about editing on new layers.
Question 01 –
Describe how you create a layer for retouching.
Question 02 –
How can you soften the amount of the retouching layer?
Question 01 –
Describe how you create a layer for retouching.
To create a layer for retouching, you can either duplicate the background layer (Cmd + J) or create a new layer (Shift + CMD + N). They are essentially the same, both allowing you to retouch without altering the original image however creating a new layer allows you to work on a blank canvas giving you complete flexibility and control over the retouching process while duplicating a layer is essentially a copy of the original background layer so any changes made to the duplicated layer will still be reflected in the original image layer which can be useful if you want to preserve certain characteristics or settings from the original layer.
Question 02 –
How can you soften the amount of the retouching layer?
There are multiple way you can soften the amount of the retouching layer. One simple way you can do it is to use a soft brush when retouching the layers so that it will prevent it from looking to harsh. Another way is to adjust the opacity level of the retouching layer to make the retouching less intense. You can also experiment with the multiple blending modes and choose the right one that best suits the image and the desired level of softening you want to achieve.
Question 01 –Describe how you create a layer for retouching.
Create another layer from the background image you have. Rename that layer according to what you are going to retouch to keep things organized. Then click on top right of your setting tools and click sample all layers for spot healing brush as well for the clone stamp tool. You can start retouching spots of the image that you don’t like or fix imperfections in the picture without damaging the original layer since you are doing it in different layers.
Question 02 –How can you soften the amount of the retouching layer?
You can use a soft brush to erase or fix in low opacity whenever the color looks out of place. You can also reduce the layer opacity and lower it until it blends properly with the background.
Hey Sandra! I think you made a great point on renaming the layer you are going to retouch. It is helpful in keeping everything organized especially when working on multiple layers during the retouching process.
Great idea Using a soft brush or reducing layer opacity helps blend retouching naturally.
That’s really smart of you for thinking about using the soft brush tool to retouch the image!
Question 01 –
To create a layer for retouching, simply create a duplicate of the original image that you are trying to retouch. This is so that whatever changes, we make, it won’t affect the original image in case we make an irreversible mistake. On this new layer, we are able to now use our retouching tools without having to worry about the original. However, the trouble with this is that it’ll needlessly make the file size bigger, but if we create another layer over the original image without duplicating it, there should be an option in the toolbar of the retouching tools to set the Sample from “Current Layer” to “All Layers”. This will still do the same thing, but more efficiently with even the layer’s transparency to see where exactly we retouched!
Question 02 –
Softening the retouching layer basically means to make the retouching even less apparent by changing its opacity and/or the way it blends into the image. Continuing our last, once we have done our retouching, we may want to dial down the effectiveness of the retouching tools, so we can do this by turning down the opacity of the tool from toolbox and change the blending mode of it to change the way it works as we are using it. Additionally, we can even make the layer itself more transparent by changing its opacity offering a second way to work around retouching.
Hey Richard, I like how your response has a thick explanation with clear steps. This definitely expanded my knowledge regarding this subject haha!
Question 01 – Describe how you create a layer for retouching.
In order to create a layer dedicated to retouching (changing the original image), you would want to duplicate the original! In order to do this, you can simply click CMD+J (MAC) or CTRL+J (WINDOWS) or just right click the image itself on the layers panel and click “duplicate layer”. To be extra cautious, lock the original layer and name it untouched/original.
Question 02 – How can you soften the amount of the retouching layer?
To soften the amount of the retouching layer you would: lower the opacity of the actual tool, you can find this below the nav bar (navbar-the bar with the different dropdown menus)! This will give you a softened look. I believe there may be other ways, but this is the only way I’m currently aware and familiar of/with.
Thank you, Raesa, for providing the shortcut commands and in depth descriptions on where to find these tools!
I like the way you showed all short cuts, very easy to understand!
Thank you for proving a short and precise description of these processes Raesa! it makes it easier to remember.