Commercial Products Retouching Photoshop Tutorial - PRO EDU Sef McCullough PRO EDU

Commercial Retouching Workflow: Products & Apparel

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Sef McCullough
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  • 15h 7m runtime
  • 33 assets included
  • EN closed captions
  • ES subtitles

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Commercial Retouching Workflow: Products & Apparel

Outcomes

What you'll learn

  • Read a client brief and set up a commercial workspace
  • Clip, isolate and mark up product and apparel files
  • Contour, build backgrounds and construct believable shadows
  • Colour grade, finish and prepare files for client send-off
  • Handle two rounds of client revisions through to final delivery

Curriculum

Every lesson in the course

  • 35 videos
  • 15h 7m runtime
Trailers & Extras 3 lessons · 7m
  1. Commercial Workflow Apparel Trailer | PRO EDU2m
  2. Get To Know Sef McCullough | PRO EDU4m
  3. Discover The Best Commercial Workflow | PRO EDU1m
1 - Commercial Workflow 20 lessons · 7h 45m
  1. The Client Brief27m
  2. Setting Up Your Workspace10m
  3. RAW Processing5m
  4. Shaping16m
  5. Clipping and Isolation44m
  6. File Setup42m
  7. Markup6m
  8. Cleanup44m
  9. Contouring41m
  10. Background22m
  11. Shadow24m
  12. Creative Elements-Bubble Sole42m
  13. Color Grade14m
  14. Workflow-Finishing14m
  15. File Prep for Send Off2m
  16. First Review32m
  17. First Revisions40m
  18. Second Review15m
  19. Second Revisions15m
  20. Final Delivery10m
2 - Lifestyle Application 12 lessons · 7h 15m
  1. Introduction and Creating a Plan9m
  2. Linked Workflow17m
  3. Shoe Retouching1h 15m
  4. Integration40m
  5. Isolation17m
  6. Lifestyle Workflow File Setup30m
  7. Lifestyle Workflow Cleanup49m
  8. Skin Clean Up28m
  9. Color Change21m
  10. Subject and Background Integration38m
  11. Mood and Grade1h 4m
  12. Final Look and Fixes47m

The work

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Your instructor

Who you'll learn from

For over 10 years, Sef McCullough has produced high-end retouching for global brands like Nike, Coca-Cola, and Under Armour. His work has been featured on the world’s largest billboards, top publications, and high-traffic digital spaces. He has mentored retouchers, designers, and photographers wanting to break into the field of retouching. To his credit, those artists now make a pretty nice living. Sef often collaborates to develop new workflows, and is passionate about teaching and making the commercial retouching process accessible.

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What software do I need?
The software for this course is listed above the lesson list; most courses use Photoshop or Lightroom, and the lessons show the exact version.