Portrait Retouching in Lightroom Classic: Pure Lightroom Workflow

For years, photographers believed that high-quality portrait retouching required switching between multiple complex editing programs. With the powerful tools available in Lightroom Classic today, you can complete your entire portrait editing workflow in one place, saving valuable time. This written course guides you through the process of transforming raw portraits into polished, professional images using only Lightroom Classic. You will learn how to analyze a portrait, correct exposure and color, and apply precise local adjustments to enhance your subjects naturally. What you'll learn: - Understand the fundamental terminology and tools of the Lightroom Classic develop module. - Apply modern AI-powered masking tools to automatically select subjects, skin, hair, and eyes. - Master the healing and cloning tools to remove blemishes and distracting background elements seamlessly. - Enhance facial features by softening skin texture, whitening teeth, and brightening eyes naturally. - Configure local adjustment brushes and gradients to control light and shadow on your subject's face. - Establish an efficient, repeatable retouching workflow that saves time on every edit. You will start by learning the essential concepts of digital raw editing before moving into targeted local adjustments. Through detailed written explanations and step-by-step editing scenarios, you will practice applying these techniques to various portrait types. This course is designed for beginner photographers and photo editors who want to streamline their post-processing. No prior retouching experience is required. Start reading today and discover how to achieve professional portrait results entirely within Lightroom Classic.