removing facial hair

[chas18052]

what would be the best way to remove facial hairs...this is a 200% crop

[ShadowLight]

Originally Posted by chas18052

what would be the best way to remove facial hairs...this is a 200% crop

darken /w clone-brush

[ruud92]

Originally Posted by ShadowLight

darken /w clone-brush

it looks a lot like the result that can be achieve with the dust and scratches filter, setting the layer mode to darken

[204studios]

Well before I go into getting rid of the hair let me suggest that when shooting women there is a few things you can do. A. if this is a model type shoot give them a list of things that need to be done before the shoot including waxing/removing body hair. Don't tell them straight out you have a 5 o'clock shadow or a mustache but you can tell in a nice way that body hair is a pain and to remove it before hand is much easier then photoshoping it off.

But you have already shot the photo so what I suggest.

As stated above the dust and scratches filter could work.

dust-and-scratches.jpg
Dust and Scratches Radius 16 Threshold 13
with a highpass filter set to overlay

However, the loss of detail may be an issue. you could also try the more tedious and overly boring healing brush and remove the hairs.

healing-brush.jpg
Healing brush

Either way will work but be careful because too much softening will start to look fake.

[ShadowLight]

Originally Posted by ruud92

it looks a lot like the result that can be achieve with the dust and scratches filter, setting the layer mode to darken

that one works too

[lynn55]

Start - New layer
Background layer

I use healing brush, small brush size, Mode: normal, sampled, All layers on top tab.

[chas18052]

thanks everybody