Beginner Skin Blemish ~ psoriasis

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Hello to All,

As I am not very savy with PS, thought would ask on here for some help or advise. What is the best way to correct skin when the subject has psoriasis?

Saul.
 
Do you have an example image? It will depend on the extent and location along with how much detail you have to work with what the best way to approach it is. for instance removing some blotches from an arm in a full length portrait will be different from trying to remove large patches from a face in a headshot. It will be some combination of heal, clone and brush tools.

The other question would be what is the purpose of the image, if the person has psoriasis do they definitely want it all removed if the image is for them?
 
It's not a total heal but just to tone it down a tad, if that makes sense.

Pic below...

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For that to diminish the appearance quite a lot you're looking at 2 issues, the colour shifts in the skin and the luminosity of the affected areas. There are several skin tone shifts, evening out the skin tones isn't too bad, either use a blank layer and a brush if you want to really pin point it, or else a quicker way would be a gradient map adjustment layer and sample some colour points then brush over his skin, a blend if can keep it off the hair easily. In both cases you'll want the blend mode to colour as thats what your changing. the blotchiness will take more work I'd probably put a dodge and burn layer under the colour layer and try to blend the skins luminocity to match. TBH it's fairly standard skin work, doing it well would take a bit of work to maintain the skin texture I'd post an example but on a jpeg this size it would look good but when you upsize the area would be really flattened and lose texture. You could maybe heat a bit and use frequency seperation for the dodge and burn and use a layer set to luminocity to even out the blotchiness.

I'd question whether it was worth it, if it's family portraits for them and that's how his skin is I'd maybe do a wee bit if dodge and burn on his cheek and forehead at most and probably not even that.
 
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CraigDHD said:
For that to diminish the appearance quite a lot you're looking at 2 issues, the colour shifts in the skin and the luminosity of the affected areas. There are several skin tone shifts, evening out the skin tones isn't too bad, either use a blank layer and a brush if you want to really pin point it, or else a quicker way would be a gradient map adjustment layer and sample some colour points then brush over his skin, a blend if can keep it off the hair easily. In both cases you'll want the blend mode to colour as thats what your changing. the blotchiness will take more work I'd probably put a dodge and burn layer under the colour layer and try to blend the skins luminocity to match. TBH it's fairly standard skin work, doing it well would take a bit of work to maintain the skin texture I'd post an example but on a jpeg this size it would look good but when you upsize the area would be really flattened and lose texture. You could maybe heat a bit and use frequency seperation for the dodge and burn and use a layer set to luminocity to even out the blotchiness.

I'd question whether it was worth it, if it's family portraits for them and that's how his skin is I'd maybe do a wee bit if dodge and burn on his cheek and forehead at most and probably not even that.
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Thank you for the information. Will look these up on google for tutorials and take it from there. I do understand your point also, but thought may be able to tone it down slightly in a way that you are not drawn to it if that makes sense.
 
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