Chapter 6. Advanced Pixelmator Techniques

In this chapter we will cover some advanced techniques to edit your photos. We will take some real-world examples and cover editing techniques such as colorizing your photos for a vintage effect, creating a black-and-white image, using a tilt-shift effect, and a few more effects.

Using Pixelmator to retouch skin for portrait photography

One very common technique needed for portrait photography is skin retouching. Although I am a purist in many ways and don't like retouching to the extent where the final image looks nothing like the original model, there is a need for some slight skin retouching with many portraits. You might have a younger model with pimples that need to be retouched, or someone with a few ...

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