Photoshop tip

[Claudio17177]

Hi,

I have been using photoshop for years now, I would not class myself as an advanced user however I can get my head around many things that I want and get it done. I learnt mostly on online tutorial, however there something I need more help:

How can you make skin beautiful maintaining a sharp look? I was told you can do it using layer masks, but it is too generic.

the only way i managed so far was to use surface blur and then a layer mask to get rid of blur on eyes, hair etc. However after this effect the photo looks too soft.

Thanks

 

[Kerioak]

Hi Claudio

One way is to do a lot of cloning to remove any marks, this is very time consuming as is another good method which is a dodge/burn layer - there are tutorials on this on the web, basically you create a new layer, make it 50% grey with blend of soft light and then dodge/burn the dark/light areas such as pores etc.

If you look at the first two images on this page I have used both these methods (amongst others)

 

[Claudio17177]

Hi Christine,

I already use cloning or patch tool, however i never tried the grey blended layer, i will sgive it a go thank you

 

[Fotocourses]

Hi

Try using the healing brush for large marks then make a rough selection of the face, copy and paste tocreate new layer, apply smart blur, reduce opacity to reduce blurring or use fade function then use eraser to rub out eyes , mouth and edges on top layer.

http://www.fotocourses.co.uk

 

[frenchman]

The best way I found is to duplicate the layer and clean up the skin using spot healing brush on a low flow, 2-4% works well.
Then duplicate the background layer again (the original) and bring it to the front. Create a high pass layer from it and then set the blending mode to Soft or Hard light, adjusting the opacity to suit.
This brings in a nice amount of detail back into the softened skin.
Would be interesting to hear how people get on.

 

[swanseamale47]

Some people add noise back into a softend skin layer to add some texture back in.

 

[Mahoneyd187]

Hi Claudio

One way is to do a lot of cloning to remove any marks, this is very time consuming as is another good method which is a dodge/burn layer - there are tutorials on this on the web, basically you create a new layer, make it 50% grey with blend of soft light and then dodge/burn the dark/light areas such as pores etc.

If you look at the first two images on this page I have used both these methods (amongst others)

D&B. Absolutely brilliant and I love it, I actually enjoy it. But watch the hours fly by...lol