Krunoslav-Stifter wrote:
She had I workshop recently in Australia I think
http://www.miaostberg.com/news/?page_id=60

She has a few webinars from RetouchPRO
I know about four different retouches that she did.
http://www.retouchpro.com/index.php?page=dresser
I think there are available somewhere on youtube if you pay.

Here is one of here PSD-s
http://www.fearofbodd.com/ADresserSample_RET.psd

yeah i think its this weekend actually but flights + accom + the workshop was tooo much

thanks for the links ill check them out

Chris Meade Retouching wrote:
This is kinda an old post, but it has her technique:

Flickr discussion of Amy Dresser technique

you have to scroll to the bottom to download the virus free pdf.

sorry i have been through alots of pages - got bored at looking lol

Easy-Photoshopper wrote:

sorry i have been through alots of pages - got bored at looking lol

ok, here's the direct link to the pdf:

Amy Dresser tutorial

Krunoslav-Stifter wrote:
I had an idea for "Chasing Amy" thread, but I never got around to prepare the material.





I'm a fan of her style since I started this, but I never seem to find an appropriate project to try and make something similar. Anyway, her website and before/after is a good way to reveres engineer it. That is how I did it.

Cool
BTW. I have found the link for the youtube, pay-per-view webinars.
http://www.youtube.com/user/RetouchPRO

mshi wrote:
and her 2012 talk:

http://vimeo.com/51250775

Good video

andyshrestha wrote:
in my experience popular retouchers never reveal their everyday workflow, even in their workshops.

Maybe your experience is not extensive enough. I don't know many who keep any "secretes" since there aren't any. And in this day and age, if you don't share you are left behind. If you try to hold on to what you know and no one else does, it is only matter of time before others figure it out with all the information floating around for free. And than you will be sorry for not simply sharing it for free while it was worth something. Long story short; trust me.... everything is shared at one point or another as much as the medium allows.

Krunoslav-Stifter wrote:
I had an idea for "Chasing Amy" thread, but I never got around to prepare the material.

Evidently . . .

andyshrestha wrote:
in my experience popular retouchers never reveal their everyday workflow, even in their workshops.

I watched one of those livecast she did a few years ago with Retouchpro. From my own experience, I can tell you she revealed almost all her workflow to the audience. What makes her a great retoucher is not how she uses any particular tools inside Photoshop; rather, it's her very unique ability on color.

andyshrestha wrote:
in my experience popular retouchers never reveal their everyday workflow, even in their workshops.

Exactly what experience are you referring to?

JeffB_Photography wrote:
How is this skin tone obtained?

I did this with curves . . .

Peano wrote:

I did this with curves . . .

Looks slightly too green from where I'm sat,

This is just with curves, a gradient map and a selective colour adjustment layer

JeffB_Photography wrote:
How is this skin tone obtained?

Before:

After:

Are you sure you want to? This isn't skintone.

mshi wrote:
What makes her a great retoucher is not how she uses any particular tools inside Photoshop; rather, it's her very unique ability on color.

She has an amazing trained eye on color! I watched one of her videos and she retouched about 90% of photo using curves adjustments and it was huge difference.
I actually like her personality as well.

Christiana1990 wrote:
She has an amazing trained eye on color! I watched one of her videos and she retouched about 90% of photo using curves adjustments and it was huge difference.
I actually like her personality as well.

Trained eye on color? Trained by whom?  In the livecast that I watched, she told a story of her helping her mom to spot the exact wallpaper based on what her mom held in hand from thousands of samples in a store in less than two minutes when she was under 10.

mshi wrote:
Trained eye on color? Trained by whom?

Well of course I didn't meant trained like in gym - she obviously has her talents.
But if you pay more attention to color you eventually get better and better on that. At least I do.

Christiana1990 wrote:

Well of course I didn't meant trained like in gym - she obviously has her talents.
But if you pay more attention to color you eventually get better and better on that. At least I do.

Glad hearing it works for you. But I am no Mozart even though I've started playing since 12.

mshi wrote:
and her 2012 talk:

http://vimeo.com/51250775

That was painful to watch. :-\