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PRO Commercial Portrait Editing
Difficulty: Advanced , Length: 1:30 HR
• Free Brush Included
• Dodging and Burning
• Background Replacement
• Free Action Included
• Skin Retouching
• Advanced Sharpening

Learn how to edit in the style of successful commercial portrait photographers.

A Free included lighting diagram will help you get this look in camera, and the 1:30 HR Photoshop tutorial explains exactly how to complete it.

$24.99
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PRO Tutorial: Commercial Portrait Editing
PRO Texture: Distressed Paper

PRO Photoshop Tutorial

Learn how to edit in the style of successful commercial portrait photographers.

With the included lighting diagram, you are going to learn exactly how this photo was lit. In this special 1:30 HR long tutorial you will learn every step in the Photoshop workflow so you can make images just like this.

You will learn some amazing skin retouching techniques and the secrets to achieving this look. Every step along the way we explain not only how to do something but why we are doing it as well.

Bonus: 1 Skin Retouching Brush, and 1 Amazing Sharpening Action.

Learn From Start to Finish

Background Replacement

Although the original background was great, we added a bit more drama to the photo by creating our own. Using complementary colors is a great way to help your photo stand out.

Keeping All The Details

Techniques like this would be useless if they destroyed all the nice details in your images. You will learn how to master detail work while making dramatic changes to an image.

With the FREE Included Action, we make it super easy to keep all your details in tact while editing.

How to Enhance

Just having the tools is one thing, knowing how to use them is another. That is why we spend extra time going over how and why you should be doing something, ensuring that you will be able to repeat the process on your own.

Dodging and Burning

There are a lot of important things that need to happen to an image before you are ready to start dodging and burning. We show you how to work on a “clean slate” before starting the advanced dodging and burning. Taking these steps will make a huge difference in your final image.

With the free included brush

Free Action + Brush

Our exclusive action will make skin retouching so easy, you are going to cry thinking about doing it any other way.

We also include a great soft edged brush that is perfect for editing skin if you use a Wacom Tablet.

$24.99
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  • http://twitter.com/bscott917 Ben Scott

    thanks for posting this tutorial.  Excited to phlearn this technique!

  • http://phlearn.com Aaron Nace

    Thanks Ben!

  • Darrell Moore

    Aww hell yea. its on now! Thx downloading it as we speak

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=754554855 Edd Carlile

    Bought it!

  • Marek K Nowak

    ‘destroy’, not ‘distroy’, sorry.

    Feel free to delete this comment once the typo is corrected.

  • franzv

    Downloading this, working hard on dodge and burn these last weeks, great hope into this tutorial :)

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Filip-Karlsson/622342253 Filip Karlsson

    use flash thingy to show you photo maybe not a so good idea… looks like the res of the picture is being worse. i want i clean BEFORE & AFTER picture .

  • http://twitter.com/bscott917 Ben Scott

    first attempt.  Setting up lights by myself with a tired 3 1/2 year old is secret to tears.  http://www.flickr.com/photos/benwscott/7524799566

  • Jill Greenberg

    What?! Please send me your address so my lawyer can reach out.

  • http://twitter.com/bscott917 Ben Scott

    second attempt.

  • http://borgeandreassen.blogspot.no/ Børge Andreassen

    This was my first Phleran Pro and definitely not my last. Most of my holiday so far has been in front of my computer watching Phlearn. You are great! Did not quite got the look I tried on the picture below, but kind of worked anyway :-)

    Greetings from Norway :-)

  • http://www.facebook.com/iamnicwarrington Nic Warrington

    Great tutorial as always Aaron! Feel I know you personally after doing so many. Love this style. Here is my first attempt. Lighting wasn’t done in the style, but processing was. Thanks again.

  • http://twitter.com/kevinhosford Kevin Hosford

    Just watched the tutorial an hour ago! great stuff, learned so much and can see how I can use some of the techniques in other areas of portraits.

  • http://profiles.google.com/silviu.florentin Silviu Antohe

    The price it’s still 24.99

  • http://twitter.com/E_PhotoGraphX Event-PhotoGraphX

    i’d like to buy this one for sure, but the price is still 24,99 for the moment :S

  • http://phlearn.com Aaron Nace

    Just updated, sorry about that!

  • http://www.flickr.com/photos/peteglogiewicz/ Pete Glogiewicz

    This is a great image, even though you didn’t quite achieve what you wanted I think its still really really good.

  • http://www.facebook.com/JosephTylerNewell Joey Newell

    so much fun thank you! http://500px.com/photo/20879833

  • Silviu

    the discount does not apply

  • http://www.facebook.com/AlvinUONLYLIVEONCEYNOTNOWSmith Alvin Smith

    Looks awesome to me. I want this bad will buy!

  • http://www.facebook.com/AlvinUONLYLIVEONCEYNOTNOWSmith Alvin Smith

    I downloaded this Tutorial and I most say Im a bit confused! I have been working in photoshop for years and I don’t understand a few moves he made and how he was able to make them. Also when I tried to use the action it didnt work like his did. Is there anyway I can get some help?

  • http://www.facebook.com/AlvinUONLYLIVEONCEYNOTNOWSmith Alvin Smith

    He is retouching her skin at 8:17 on a blank layer. How is this possible?

  • http://www.facebook.com/junmaya Andy Shrestha

    Just bought this. Will enjoy it fully this weekend.

  • Juls

    Love the tutorial, my first Phlearn Pro, hope i did it right :)

    Would love to read your -/+ comments please.

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Scott Allan

As far as photoshop is concerned I’m very much in the early stages, but the way Aaron tea...
More As far as photoshop is concerned I'm very much in the early stages, but the way Aaron teaches even an old non-techie beginner like myself can follow along with plenty to learn in a very understandable way no matter how much, or little, they know.

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More Living and working in South Korea, it has been very difficult to learn photography and photoshop. Without any friends, or photographers to talk to, I would spend hours browsing the internet, desperately trying to find any tidbit of information that would help me improve. All I could ever find were scraps, the odd tip, conflicting information everywhere, critique without advice, and it was as frustrating as it was confusing.

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Sure, other photographers offer 'tell-all' tutorials, but I have found these to have less information and a much higher price tag. Here we have a community. Wherever I am, I'm only a few clicks away from the best photoshop tutorials in the world, and I come back to them often. I'm not a professional photographer, but I love to create and Phlearn has given me the power to create images I am really proud of.

Dean Bradshaw

The internet is a wonderful thing. Without it, it would have been difficult for me to learn eve...
More The internet is a wonderful thing. Without it, it would have been difficult for me to learn everything that I have.

Aaron has created an amazing resource for people to learn Photoshop. It's a new world, and Phlearn is leading the way in teaching the next generation of image makers. Never stop learning!

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PHLEARN is awesome! First off, Aaron is a character. I’ve watched a lot of other photosho...
More PHLEARN is awesome!

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And does it ever! I've gone from being intimidated by Photoshop to feeling confident using the many different tools, techniques, and strategies that Aaron demonstrates. No, more than that - now I feel confident exploring and experimenting in Photoshop.

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More I absolutely LOVE Phlearn. It is the #1 site I recommend to anyone wanting to learn about photography or Photoshop. There is just no comparison to the amount of information you get, the quality of it, and the entertainment you get along the way is a big bonus! Aaron Nace is a truly likeable person who very deftly explains sometimes complicated skills in a way that's very easy to grasp. I was good at Photoshop before I discovered Phlearn, but it has taught me SO MUCH. After nearly episode, I find myself exclaiming, "Holy shit, I had no idea!" about some technique or another.

I love the free episodes they make every week, but, my god, the Pro Tutorials are just unbelievable. I have purchased a number of them, including the Nude Flying Fairy and Dark Skies, and the trove of information you get for the price is just unbelievable. Aaron does a spectacular job at breaking down the steps of the photo, making what might seem like an overwhelming edit easy to digest in bite-sized chunks. The level of detail he goes into makes the techniques you learn in each tutorial applicable to any situation you might find yourself in.

You leave each tutorial feeling like a whole new world of Photoshop has been opened up to you that you never knew existed. And better still, if you find you can't quite remember how a particular bit was done, you can replay the video any time you need a refresher. Aaron's playful personality makes all these tutorials so fun; it's like a good friend is in the room with you, helping you understand the task at hand, and never judging.

In short, Phlearn is just THE BEST Photoshop/photography site around, period. After you go through a tutorial, your work will never be the same.

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More The first thing i do when i get home from work is to visit the Phlearn website for news. At first i went through all the free episodes but i ran out of news really fast. I took a step further and bought a Phlearn PRO and I think that they are the best tutorial videos I have seen. And I watch a lot of videos.

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Thank you Phlearn for your existence. /Emil from Sweden

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I have been a follower of that “aknacer” since I finded him on Flickr years ago. Hi...
More I have been a follower of that "aknacer" since I finded him on Flickr years ago. His photos was so surreal, provocative, and super, SUPER realistic. I didn't know how he did that. But I know now (just a little).

On the PRO tutorials, Aaron explains absolutely everything about the creation of one of his images. You choose what edition do you want to learn, you pay, you watch, and you know. Simply like that, better than a college class, and a lot cheaper. It's perfect!

Kim Whittemore

I own 18 of the Phlearn Pro Tutorials, and each one has taught me something new. Aaron is such ...
More I own 18 of the Phlearn Pro Tutorials, and each one has taught me something new.

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Thanks Phlearn!!

Eduardo Perez

I met Aaron at B&H in NYC for a free lesson on retouching a portrait and I was completely ...
More I met Aaron at B&H in NYC for a free lesson on retouching a portrait and I was completely blown away by his skills, his style and -of course- enthusiasm! Then I follow the guy on twitter and he announces that he's launching "something" called Phlearn! I give it a try and I became addicted to "phlearn" something new almost every day. Then, he launched the first Phlearn PRO and I became addicted once again. Nothing is left out, he tells you EVERYTHING he knows while he's doing it! You see him doing the stuff step by step, explaining it to you and then you do it and magic happens!! I actually keep notes with the minutes and seconds of the videos of stuff I like to keep for future references (like how to apply some make up or how to put light on a fairy's wings) :D

Phlearn PRO tutorials are phenomenal. Almost all I know in photoshop is thanks to those tutorials. I was completely lost before this, I had some skills but without direction and since Phlearn I've been able to apply Aaron's techniques to my own style and I'm more than satisfied with the results.

I gotta warn you, you'll get used to Aaron's energy and style and it's going to be hard for you to go back other tutorials from another artist.

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More I've been a photographer for a long time and have been using Photoshop since its first incarnation. I thought I pretty much had it covered. Turns out, not so much. I'm pretty new to the site but I have learned so much from watching Aaron's free videos that it was a simple decision to purchase the PRO tutorials and I'm so glad I did. The quality of the production and level of content is awesome; in depth but clearly explained.

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