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Joeri's workflow

Sometimes people ask me how much time I need to edit a photo.

Well, it depends.

I very rarely only edit photos only in a RAW editing program like Capture One pro or Lightroom because these programs are not as powerful as Photoshop.

What if a woman has a bad skin? What if the eyebrows are not nicely plucked? What when she has a red skin because of stress? What if the dress is full of wrinckles?

After culling images (selecting the best) in Capture One (or FastRAWviewer) I drop the RAW files in the selects folder in Capture One Pro. This folder contains all the RAW files for editing purposes.

This is my workflow:

RAW editor (Capture One):

  1. General exposure adjustments

  2. Dodge & Burn using luminosity masks

  3. White Balance correction

  4. Skin color correction (equalize skin color only when necessary)

  5. Edit width: Photoshop (16 bit)

Photoshop:

  1. Copy the background layer (always)

  2. Heal & clone distracting elements (also hair, nose hair, eyebrows,…)

  3. Convert this layer to a smart layer

  4. Liquify: Modify the dress and hair 'when needed.

  5. Smoothen the background (only when using background paper)

  6. FS 2.0: Smoothen hard skin edges & remove wrinckles on clothing (some fabric like satin)

  7. Dodge & Burn: Make parts of the image darker or lighter

  8. Give contour to the face and in general

  9. Brighten the eyes a tiny bit but not always

  10. Whiten the teeth when needed

  11. Darken the eyebrows

  12. Add glow (Highlights) like on the lips

  13. Modify levels (midtones, shadows & highlights)

  14. Dodge & burn more

  15. Sharpen using a Highpass filter (except hair)

  16. Modify color balance (too yelow, too red, …)

  17. Add a touch of grain

  18. Combine all layers to a smart layer (except the background)

  19. Save as a PSB file (mot files are + 6GB)

  20. Flatten image

  21. SaveAs PSD

Final toch in Capture One:

  1. Change general levels

  2. When needed modify light with Luma masks

  3. Color balance

  4. Dodge & Burn (only small changes)

  5. Export to JPG in several sizes

Here is an example of changing colors & luminosity in Capture One Pro.