Using a square foot cardboard box that we will transform into a mini photo studio

The photo you see above is the starting point of one of the setup we will be using to get the white "infiniti" background. We will be using a square foot cardboard box that we will transform into a mini photo studio.

DIY Building a Lighbox mini Photo Studio
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accessories Lighbox mini Photo Studio
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The lights you see above were bought at dollar stores and hardware stores, most of them for less than $5. We will not use all of them for the different lightbox setups in this tutorial but I did test them all and only ended up using the best ones. For this tutorial(s), you will need a box cutter, some tape, cisors and a few accessories you can buy for pennies which we will use to decorate the inside of the box as well as use to diffuse, reflect and direct the lights. We will talk in more depth above those in the videos.
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Photoshop Tutorial CREATE FANTASY PORTRAIT with RETOUCHING TECHNIQUES

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Photoshop Tutorial CREATE FANTASY PORTRAIT With the techniques you'll master after completing this Photoshop tutorial, you will be able to create many different looks for your portraits, whether you just want a subtle enhancement or you really want to push it and transform your portrait into something that is out of this world!

Photoshop RETOUCHING TECHNIQUES and Color Grading

In this 50 minute VIDEO tutorial, we will start with an unretouched portrait of a girl, a photo anyone can take at home with their camera and transform it into some sort of fantasy character. We will go through every step I took to get the final result, from working on the skin, color grading, lighting and finishing with the background.

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Photoshop Tutorial CARTOON CHARACTER WITH PHOTOMANIPULATION and RETOUCHING

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Photoshop Tutorial CARTOON CHARACTER: We will be covering a lot of things in this massive tutorial. You will learn step by step how you can create any cartoon character you imagine using photomanipulation, retouching and color grading techniques. With only Photoshop and stock photos (or your own) you can create a unique caricature that can be a logo, a mascot for a product, a character in an ad, etc.. You can of course use the same techniques explained in this tutorial, in a more subtle way, to spice up your portraits or images.

This tutorial has a massive 89 steps detailing the entire process to achieve the image above and don't worry, all my tutorials can be done by anyone who has basic knowledge of Photoshop. Unlike other tutorials you'll sometimes see out there, you don't need to be a skilled digital painter to achieve the same results I get here - as I'm not a good digital painter myself ;)

As you can see below, I started out with a sketch of what I wanted to recreate in Photoshop. When doing a project like this, it is not a bad idea to do a sketch on a piece of paper, even if you are not that good at drawing, just so you have a clear idea of what you want to achieve. Another reason why drawing a rough a sketch is important is that a cartoon character has very different proportions than a real person and since we are using stock photos of real people to achieve our character, it's useful to have the scanned sketch of a cartoon in the background of your canvas in Photoshop to really help guide you in your creation. If you really cannot draw to save your life, you can use any cartoon image you find online and use it as a guide for proportions.

Photomanipulation + Retouching + Color Grading Tutorial
This Photoshop tutorial has 89 steps explained with text instructions + images and there are 2 steps a little more complicated that are explained with videos.
Tutorial Format: Text & Images + 2 Videos , Steps: 89 , Images Included
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