Bad skin fix required

[cawebguys]

Originally posted by KenB
Glen, you wouldn't have to buy Splat to apply a texture, you can do that with PS without any additional plugins....
Ken

Hi Ken,

Thanks, I may still add it as I need to ensure that I have the available tools to accomplish such tasks, should and if they arise.

- GlenG

[Trimoon]

GlenG
Hope you don’t mind
Drawing

[cawebguys]

Originally posted by Trimoon
GlenG
Hope you don’t mind
Drawing

Okay, you folks have to stop this
That drawing is really cool. Margaret (the model) has already been impressed with the attention that she has seen so far with regards to her image correction. I will forward a copy of the darwing to her.

Thanks so much, very impressive work and help from this SIG.

Regards,
GlenG

[Paulie]

Used the technique in jakaleens "how to remove acne" tut to get rid of the blemishes. add a colour balance layer to even out the skin tones. added new background, adjusted levels, enhanced the eyes, teeth & lips. added a new layer with a radial gradient fill with the gadient centered on the face. Changed the blending mode to soft light then reduced opacity. Then did a selective colour adjustment on the dress to make a light gold colour. Used the new photo filter in CS using the warming filter. I think thats all the steps!

[Duv]

Used Neat Image

Duv

[Duv]

Andrew B

Sorry, I blew right past your post. I agree. I tend to underdo corrective work to maintain an element of reality. I think too much gives you the Playboy perfect look.

Duv

[Leah]

I know it's too late to be of use to the original poster, but here's my attempt using Lee Varis' "Perfect Makeup" technique from the second edition of Katrin Eismann's Photoshop Restoration and Retouching.

In outline - duplicate background, run Noise -> Median and Gaussian Blur. Add a Hide All mask and paint in selectively. Then use noise and embossing on an Overlay layer to add texture back in.

I also slightly enlarged and brightened her eyes, just to practice...

[photoshopmama]

I have a tutorial on my site for this, also as an Action Retouch in the November & December issues of SBS Digital Design Magazine. Though there are variations on the approach, I found the very simplest did the job.
1. Dup the background
2. Gaus Blur AMT 9 on the dup
3. Add noise 2.5 on the dup
4. Alt click the layer mask icon for the dup (this gives you a black mask)
5. With the dup layer mask highlighted, paint with white over the skin areas, but not the edges (nostrils, eyelines, lips etc.) White reveals the smooth skin.
6. Lower dup layer opacity, or not, to achieve desired result.

This takes all of 60 seconds to do!

Luvs,
Mama



see mama's image

[pierresplace]

And I'm told airbrushing is unrealistic?

[K. Johnstone]

Originally posted by pierresplace
And I'm told airbrushing is unrealistic?

Hmmm. Dude, what's up with that crack?

You're still on the other thread in critiques. I don't think you offended anyone who questioned airbrushing faces, I know I wasn't offended, doesn't matter to me how anybody does anything. Why should I care? For what it's worth, I don't like overly smoothed-out faces either, which I think you're commenting on here.

It's simply I have never heard of anyone using traditional airbrushing on faces. I was initially trained in the traditional end of it by Jane Connor Ziser (someone still teaching professionally, and quoted in Eisman's book), who told us not to airbrush people, instead covered the dye techniques and stressed avoiding overdoing it so it didn't look airbrushed. You do know, when a non-retoucher says a portrait "looks airbrushed," they mean "it looks fake." (When it probably wasn't actually airbrushed.) You said trad. airbrush should be used on faces, hey I can admit I'm wrong. Whatever looks good, right?

So what exactly do you mean by "airbrushing?" You keep talking about it, but you've never shown it. In Photoshop, it's just an option on the brush tool to let opacity build slowly when you hold the button down. You select a color and go and paint with the brush tool on people??? Why won't you share what it is you're talking about? Nobody's offended. Rather, you're the one acting offended.

You said you used airbrushing for skin tone adjustments. You meant with Photoshop, right? Why haven't you, say, used the image in this very thread to share this technique?

[pierresplace]

Oh communication, that elusvie state. I'm just having my morning coffee so I do no have the time nor inclination right now to debate with you, however, I did say I'd send something up to the board, and I will. Also, I did point out in another post how I do this. In addition, you mention you never heard of it AND someone told you not to do it. Is that the end all, be all of the matter? I also posted some before and afters recently using only the airbrush to accomplish the results.

An option on the brush tool? No wonder we're so far from understanding each other here. I use 5.5, yes PhotoShop, and the airbrush is a tool unto itself, not an option on another tool. And you say I'm making cracks? Are you using PhotoShop?

Listen, I'll put something up here but I will tell you one thing, just because you were told something once before, or never heard of something before, does not mean that it's carved in stone. I come here to learn and to share. The post previous to "my crack" showed an example of another techinque, a 60 second technique to remove blemishes. That is what my "crack" was aimed at. That's realistic? Posts do not necessarily have something to do with you. They usually follow the post previous to them. Now let's call a time out now on this foolish argumentativeness and be professionals.

[K. Johnstone]

Hey I said I can admit I'm wrong. Whatever looks good, all I was saying. I know how message boards work, I used PS since 3.0, and wasn't flaming you. But I do think you were flaming photoshopmama.

I searched your name, and I think I found the post you're talking about, and I checked your webpage.

Just forget I said anything.

[Duv]

Hugs and kisses everyone! One last thing though. I have Photoshop 7 and can't even find an airbrush tool. Is this true? If so, if I ever want to use this technique on anything, is there a way I can do it?

Cheers
Duv

[Imhotep]

When you select the brush tool
Up top in the center you should see a air brush Set to enable airbrush

[Duv]

Silly me. I see it. Thanks!

Duv