FUNDAMENTALS
Portrait retouching: the final detail
Discover a Lightroom tag team that adds the perfect finishing touch to your portraits
Sean McCormack
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Sean McCormack is a photographer and writer, based in Galway. He’s the author of The Indispensable Guide to Lightroom CC.
T here are two tools in Lightroom (as well as Camera Raw) that combine to make any retouching process easier. They apply to both male and female portraits, although you’d use a lighter touch on a man. What are they? Texture – or rather, negative Texture – and Range Mask.