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1.
Load the photo
Here
is a snapshot of the first man in a big country. But our
main interest now lies in his skin, which can be smoothed
out with a few clicks.
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2.
A duplicated president
Our
usual method for duplicating the existing layer is Layer/Duplicate
Layer. This step enables us to work on the upper copy layer
and then mix it with the original bottom one in a fashion
we like.
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3.
A blurry vision
Our
next step is to blur the small unevenness of the surface
of the skin with the help of Filter/Surface Blur
filter. The tool can be found only in Photoshop
CS2 and newer versions.
First, set the Radius value. Apply a value
of 10 or more to nicely blur the skin.
Then carefully increase the Threshold value,
thereby blurring bigger and bigger areas of the picture.
Increase the number until the skin tone is quite even but
the texture of the main parts of the face such as eyes,
mouth and eyebrows remain unchanged. We would not like to
make these look lifeless. The picture above shows the result
of setting the Threshold value to 16.
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4.
Moderation
We
created duplicate layers so that we can mix the changes
we made with the bottom layer. It refines and defines the
strength of smoothing. If you drag the Opacity
slider to the left— in other words, decrease it—, the upper
layer becomes more and more transparent.
We blurred the skin a bit too much: the result is quite
like baby soft skin, which is undesirable in a man’s portrait.
Set the opacity to 70% and then the original
texture will show a bit, while the blurring also prevails.
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5.
Smooth operator
This
is the end-result of our activity. Make a comparison between
this and the original state.
A quick unification of layers (Layer/Flatten Image)
and the new, digitally re-touched portrait is ready to be
saved.
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Reference: digiretus
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