What's your workflow for hight retouching?

[fattali Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close fattali]

I think that the workflow for retouching is quite important, Me I started retouching and etch time I used a different workflow, also I started my work without any plan, but several month ago I changed my way, and plan my work, in a blink layer. Generally my work flow starts with cleaning, smoothing, DNB, reshaping, Make up, coloring and sharping.
I don't know if it's good way or is there any suggestion to improve this, also if you can share yours with the community.

[skoobey Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close skoobey]

Re: What's your workflow for hight retouching?

Skip the smoothing.

[fattali Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close fattali]

Re: What's your workflow for hight retouching?

smoothing with frequency separation

[skoobey Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close skoobey]

Re: What's your workflow for hight retouching?

smoothing with frequency separation

Why do you do that? It might be good if done to even out the tones here and there, but smoothing is a bad word for it, it's tone evening.

[AKMac Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close AKMac]

Re: What's your workflow for hight retouching?

It's probably a good idea to place the reshaping stage at either the beginning or the end of the workflow. Depends on your client.

[skoobey Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close skoobey]

Re: What's your workflow for hight retouching?

It's probably a good idea to place the reshaping stage at either the beginning or the end of the workflow. Depends on your client.

Well, yes, but also, there are little things like evening out button placement, lumpy clothes etc that you can do as you go.

[fattali Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close fattali]

Re: What's your workflow for hight retouching?

It's probably a good idea to place the reshaping stage at either the beginning or the end of the workflow. Depends on your client.

Yes it's always a trouble to me to start reshaping first or let it until the end

[fattali Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close fattali]

Re: What's your workflow for hight retouching?

Why do you do that? It might be good if done to even out the tones here and there, but smoothing is a bad word for it, it's tone evening.

Yes I agree, I must not say smoothing