DI Direct Skin Softening - High quality seamless retouching of coarse skin texture

Reviews of other DI Direct publications:

"This app will revolutionize the way you edit photos in Photoshop! "

"DI Direct is the ultimate milestone in digital darkroom handshake technology."

"The execution of the instruction sets were flawless. And the artistic manipulations are phenomenal."

As any portrait photographer what is the most difficult technique to master when retouching people photos and they are likely to respond 'the softening of coarse skin texture'.

Trying to balance sensitivity with the enhancement required is a difficult task. In this issue of DI Direct we present four of the best tips, tricks and techniques currently being used by the big-name photographers to retouch the images that adorn the glossy pages of the latest coffee table books and fashion magazines. Ranging from the subtle, where the skin needs just a little softening, to the aggressive, where strong distracting texture is made more even, these techniques will provide you with the ability to tackle all types of skin enhancing tasks.

Using the popular Read It – Tap It – Do It approach you can work your way through each step in the tutorials using your iPad to drive Photoshop on your desktop. Once you have explored the techniques rotate the tablet sideways to see a range of softening recipes that you can apply to your own photos. Yes with a single tap.

This is a whole new way of experiencing the power of Photoshop. You read the technique on your iPad, tap the step entry and it is done in Photoshop. Yes it's that simple. You even get to perform the enhancements on the very images that are illustrated in the iPad book. Just tap the Open In Photoshop button and the image appears on your desktop in Photoshop ready for you to work your enhancement magic.

Become the Photoshop master that you have always wanted to be with this revolution in inspirational and instruction publishing now. To use the connectivity feature in this publication you will need to be running the latest version of Photoshop CS5 (go to Help > Updates), have the current version of iTunes installed and have your desktop computer and iPad logged into the same wireless network. For full setup instructions go to the DI DIRECT COMMAND CENTER page in the publication.

NOTE: The techniques included in this publication are drawn from the the ultimate collection of forty enhancement tutorials found in the associated publication, DIY Portrait Retouching. In DI Direct they are presented in the unique U-Drive Photoshop format where as in the DIY publication they appears as standalone interactive step-by-step tutorials.