Hector Berrebi Masterclass II

Addressing a pervasive issue often overlooked in the industry, we bring to you a career-transformative masterclass by Hector Berrebi, that delves into the complexities and challenges of beauty and skin retouching in narrative, commercial, fashion & music video work.

Achieving optimal skin tones involves intense color and luma adjustments. Furthermore, addressing intricate details and facial imperfections such as wrinkles, scars & the natural effects of age pose unique challenges in various productions, demanding a nuanced and thoughtful approach.

Course Overview:

Duration: 16 hours (4 sessions of 4 hours each)

Dates: 

Feb 3 + Feb 4

Feb 10 + Feb 11

Time:  8 AM-12 PM Pacific Time

Class 1: Understanding Skin Properties and Color Correction Fundamentals

• Introduction to skin properties affecting color
• Managing skin exposure and measurements
• Utilizing scopes and recognizing "skin lines"
• White balance considerations for skin
• Best practices, limitations, and pitfalls in the color correction pipeline for skin manipulation
• Addressing various challenges in skin manipulation
• Case studies and examples showcasing diverse skin correction scenarios - from terrible to overdone - to perfect

Class 2: Texture in Video and Frequency Seperation

• Defining texture in video, its connection to skin and maipulation workflows
• Exploring "Frequency Separation" - how this ancient rechnique is still relevant
• Critiquing automatic tools and their real-time usability
• Introduction to DaVinci Resolve's toolbox for beauty and texture work (12 different OFX & tools)
• Beauty and skin manipulation techniques for efficient results under the clock.

Class 3: Advanced Beauty and Skin Manipulation Workflows + Evaluation of a Real Project + Hector's Secret Node-Tree

• Aadvanced beauty and skin manipulation workflows - where the real magic happens
• Divide and Conquer methods for tackling facial imperfections and other challenges pertaining to skin
• Evaluating and planning a beauty and retouching project
• Deconstructing the secret Hector Beauty-Shop node tree
• Tailoring beauty work to different settings - how commercials and fashion, are different from narrative jobs

Class 4: Bonus Sessions - Expanding Horizons

• Bonus 1: Surface Tracking for intricate beauty/make-up work, from tattoos to 3D-eyeliner
• Bonus 2: External tools and plugins exploration - BeautyBox, Maxon Cosmo, Boris Beauty Studio, and Heal OFX
• Bonus 3: Building custom Beauty and Frequency Separation node trees, DCTLs, and more.