This is perfect tutorial to make photo in glossy magazine style to hide any skin blemishes and wrinkles.
It is a ‘Before’ shot. A pretty girl, with some skin blemishes.
Step 1
After opening our image up in Photoshop, the first thing we will do is to use the Heal Brush to remove any obvious marks or blemishes. You can be as thorough as you like here, as the cleaner the skin is to start with, the better the results at the end. Use an appropriate brush size (quite small) in order to sample and brush away the blemishes without losing any important detail.
Step 2
Once you are finished with the Heal Brush, duplicate the layer and apply the Dust and Scratches filter.
Filter > Noise > Dust & Scratches
For this example, I used a radius of 5 pixels and a threshold of 0. You can adjust these to suit your image as needed. The result you are looking for is a creamy blend of features, without too much banding.
Step 3
The next filter we are going to use is the good old Gaussion Blur. This will remove any banding that might have occurred in the previous step, and give the whole image a creamier complexion.
Filter > Blur > Gaussion Blur
I used a radius of 2 for this example. Again, adjust as appropriate for each image.
Step 4
The final step in preparing our model’s new complexion is to add some texture. We all know that human skin is not generally a creamy plastic looking substance, so by adding some noise we will give the process a more realistic look.
Filter > Noise > Add Noise
I used an amout of 0.7% noise, distributed uniformly with Monochromatic selected. As always, adjust to suit your image.
Step 5
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hey this is great thanx do you know how to make the eyes like models
is this photoshop cs2?
i really DONT GET STEP 5!please help? e mail me! pleaseee? =]=]=] i dont get the whole layer mask thing =/
Choose the necessary layer In the Layers palette by clicking it and then holding Alt key click the icon with circle inside of rectangle.
that is what i like.
This message is for Jessy who didn’t get step 5, the layer masking step.
Look up layer masking in photoshop, I’m sure there’s tons of tutorials that explain it more in depth. Its a very useful / powerful feature in photoshop (and similar photo editing programs). Basically it allows you to see parts of one layer and parts of the other layers below (whichever parts you choose to ‘mask’ are hidden). Its pretty simple once you get the idea.
Nice one, got all my girls friends begging me to this on there pictures
Great tutorial, clear and concise with great images to help understand the tasks required, 10/10 cant wait to give this a go, cheers
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i’ve been looking around everywhere, but i can’t find a tutorial that tells me how to change the layering mask from white to black, please help!?
Hey there.
Please help me with the overlay thing. I can’t seem to understand it at all. How do you overlay a new layer onto an existing layer??
Great tutorial! I can’t seem to get it to load the second half for some reason. I’ve seen it before, but can’t get back to it for referencing.
Steve – when you have a new layer selected, look up at the pull-down menu (left of opacity) where it says “normal.” Click that and select “overlay.”
Hey who modify the whole thread?? i missed some important part… It was there few days ago!
Yeah… this tutorial is not finished… some important part is missing… please put it back….
The part that seems to be missing is the layer mask you do at the end and then you just paint over the skin parts so everything else is detailed and in focus. I can’t remember if there is another step missing
Yeah i’ve been using this tutorial for months now and it used to have around 8 steps but i come back and they’ve gone missing! Why and who has taken them down???