![]() The blur effect only applies to the skin. Screenshot of Photoshop workspace showing Surface Blur dialogue box. I use a Radius of 5 and Threshold of 25 to start. Surface blur ( Filter>Blur>Surface Blur) will give you a slightly different look, but the process is the same as when adding Gaussian blur. If you add too much blur, you’ll take out the skin’s texture and the photo won’t look natural. 5 to 10 pixels should do it depending on the resolution. Screenshot of Photoshop workspace showing how to open Gaussian Blur tool. Select the “Blemish Removal” layer and copy it to a new layer. Experiment with both types of blur and choose the one you like best. Gaussian blur adds a more romantic glow to the portrait. You can use either Gaussian blur or Surface blur as a smoothing effect. To add more control over the softening effect, use a Filter blur instead of the Blur tool. If the effect is too strong, undo the Blur tool (Ctrl or ⌘Z) and lower the percentage. I carefully avoid blurring eyes, hair, lips, background, or clothing. ![]() Paint the blur directly on to the model’s skin. Select the Blur tool and make sure the percentage is set to 100%. This tool smoothes skin, but it doesn’t allow you a lot of control over the smoothing effect. This tool looks like a water drop in the toolbar. The easiest way to smooth skin in Photoshop is to use the Blur tool. The last is a more advanced method, but it retains the texture of the skin.Īll methods add blur, which gives the skin a silky smoothness. The first two are easier and useful for beginning portrait photographers. I’m going to show you three ways of smoothing skin in Photoshop. Removing blemishes goes a long way to smoothing my model’s skin. To keep the skin texture, I want to try and match as closely as possible the skin tone and texture. A forehead may be different in texture from the cheek. ![]() To activate the Healing brush tool, I select a clear area of skin close by the blemish using the Option key (Alt key on PC). If you want more control or if the Spot Healing Brush isn’t giving you the look that you want, use the Healing Brush tool. I continue clicking blemishes until I replace every spot with clear skin. If the blemish doesn’t completely disappear, click on it again with a slightly larger brush. Photoshop uses information from the area surrounding the spot making it seamlessly vanish. I can easily resize the brush using the bracket keys. I size the brush just larger than the blemish that I’m removing. Screenshot of Photoshop workspace showing Spot Healing Brush tool. I use a soft brush (about 30% hardness) that is set to content-aware fill. The icon in the toolbar looks like a bandaid with a bump on it. If you haven’t created a duplicate layer before, go to Layers>Duplicate Layer or select the layer and click Ctrl or ⌘J.įirst, I’m going to work with the Spot Healing Brush tool. Or you can try out different procedures and compare the difference. This ensures that you can easily go back to a previous step. Creating a new layer with each change is a good habit to get into. I create a copy of my image in a new layer in Photoshop and name it “Blemish Removal”. Original portrait without blemish removal or smoothed skin. ![]() I’m going to zoom in tight on her face while I work through this tutorial. Here is an image of a beautiful local model who I photographed a few years back. Freckles, scars, moles, and other beauty marks make each person distinctive. I generally don’t remove any permanent features unless my model specifically asks me to. These include acne, discolorations, or scratches. I always start image adjustments by removing temporary blemishes. ![]()
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