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Today i decided to create one new tutorial where you can learn how to do professional facial retouching that
professionals use for photo processing in fashion magazines.
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Portrait of a girl
Step 1
Open photo and resize it by using Image > Image Size to 1500 px width and 1000px height.
Step 2
Let’s start by correcting color on photo. Copy layer by using Ctrl+J. Blur photo a bit using Fliter > Blur > Gaussian Blur
with following parameters:
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Step 3
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Step 4
Go to Layer > Layer Style > Blending Options and on Advanced Blending remove check marks from R and G
channels.
Now adjust color slightly to your taste on this layer using Image > Adjustments > Curves.
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Step 5
Now we are going to remove skin defects. Create a new layer. Choose the Healing Brush Tool, then select Sampled in
Source parameter and select All Layers for Sample parameter. Choose the part of the face, that we’ll be using as a
sample.
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Step 6
Using the Healing Brush Tool (choose soft edges of the brush) and holding the Alt button we choose the most clear skin
area, then overlay the sample image on the problem skin area to remove the defect.
Step 7
Then go to forehead area and remove defects by using the same method.
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Step 8
We also remove small wrinkles that possibly annoys the eye (still working with the Healing Brush Tool).
Step 9
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You can see on photo below where i applied Healing Brush Tool:
Step 10
Up to this moment we should have three layers – bottom layer (original photo), layer with color correction and the
upper layer, on which we have carried out skin cleaning. Copy all the three layers twice by using Ctrl+J for each layer,
then move the copies of the three layers grouping them like on image below. Finally merge both new layer groups
together, using Ctrl+E and you will have five layers. Temporarily turn off visibility of the upper layer and work on the
other layer (Layer 1 copy).
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Step 11
We are going to work on creating the perfect skin texture. Choose the Polygonal Lasso Tool and select the face (it’s
not necessary to select regularly).
Step 12
Invert the selection using Select > Inverse and delete everything that is situated in the selected area by pressing Delete
button. On the layer you should only have the face now. Select eyebrow area using the Polygonal Lasso Tool and delete
it using Delete button.
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Step 13
Press Ctrl+D to deselect selected area. Remove the second eyebrow and start deleting eyes on the same way.
Step 14
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If you turn off visibility on all other layers you can see we should have something like a mask on layer. Turn back on
visibility on all layers except upper layer.
Step 15
Apply Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur to this layer with following settings:
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Step 16
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Step 17
Create Clipping Mask for this layer using Layer > Create Clipping Mask. Apply Filter > Other > High Pass with
following settings:
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Step 18
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Step 19
Step 20
You can stop here if you’re satisfied with the result. But there are too many red and yellow color tones on the portrait,
sometimes it can be noticeable on the last steps, as in this case. It can be easily corrected, for this purpose merge all the
layers into one using Ctrl+Shift+E and apply Image > Adjustments > Color Balance with the following parameters to
newly created layer:
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Final Image
Now this tutorial is complete. You can make extra color correction as well or convert photos to grayscale or sepia
mode. Hope this tutorial was useful to you.
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That said, this is NOT the way photos are retouched for magazines! My typical workflow for
magazine submission includes 35 to 40 layers and takes from 9 - 12 hours to complete. It includes
pixel level dodging & burning, individual hair adjustments (yes 1 by 1), 3 separate RAW conversions
(hair, skin, eyes/lips). It includes a lot of operations that most people have never played with in
photoshop (like "apply image" instead of "high pass").
A quick tip too: Learn to name your layers in a meaningful way, it will save you HOURS if you
have to go back and re-adjust something later!
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could you please tell me , how to merge those layers exactly ? i have a problem in this unit . help
me please .
thank you .
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Al • 2 years ago
Very nice and easy...Thanks. It provides a simple way to retouch a photo and also opens the door to
develope other methods. Keep up the good work.
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Thanks again
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Great tutorial, what would these supermodels do without the fine tuning of photoshop. It really is
amazing how far this program as come. Thanks for the tips!
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nice tutorial..
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