Software How To

One of the keys to a great portrait is, without a doubt, having beautiful skin tones. You can, of course, capture gorgeous skin in your portraits right in camera, but it never hurts to have a little help afterwards.

It's a common question for anyone acquainted with the editing skills of Photoshop. How do you remove the background from a photo?

Removing unwanted things from images is what photographers often turn to Photoshop for. And one of the "things" that are often at the top of the list for removing from a photo are people.

There are more ways to remove unwanted objects and people from an image in Photoshop than there are to skin a cat. Actually, I've always hated that expression; who wants to skin a cat anyways?

When the sun doesn't cooperate during outdoor portrait shoots, there's a way to add a gorgeous golden shine to skintones using Photoshop. In the below tutorial, Unmesh Dinda of PiXimperfect shares his technique for creating this pleasingly warm and shiny professional effect.

Shooting photos and editing them in Lightroom go hand-in-hand these days. But, as the saying goes, familiarity can breed contempt. It can also breed mistakes. Constant mistakes.

Nathaniel Dodson, aka Tutvid, is the king of comprehensive but easy Photoshop tutorials that will help you transform dull photos into winners in an instant. In the below clip, Dodson shows you five easy retouching tips for perfecting your portraits.