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Touay we aie going to leain how to uo a ;,%+4 %0+1 *3$#)4"+15 $34"1+6)3 by
using uouging anu buining tools, as well as fiequency sepaiation. You may finu
that when you fiist tiy it, it uoes not look veiy impiessive. 0nce you get some
piactice in, you will finu that you can use an +>,53 *3$#)4"+15 $34"1+6)3 to
ietouch a face in just a few shoit minutes. Remembei though, this is a ;,%+4
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cieate a natuial look, yet maintain a smooth, natuial skin appeaiance anu
textuie.

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In this skin ietouching tutoiial, the fiist thing you will uo, is the fiequency
sepaiation. In oiuei to uo that you will neeu to open the image anu the
backgiounu layei.





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Next, you will neeu to cieate 2 uuplicate layeis of the backgiounu by iight
clicking on the backgiounu layei. The 1st layei will neeu to be ienameu, "!"
$"%"&". The 2nu layei will be calleu, "!" !'(!)&'*.





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What you will be uoing is isolating the coloi on one layei, anu the textuie is
isolateu on the othei layei. So then on the coloi layei you woulu go to
filteibluiuaussian anu blui.



Now you want to inciease the iauius until you obseive the colois mixing
togethei, I am selecting 1S foi this image. Next hit "0K," when you aie finisheu.



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Next, go to the textuie layei, anu go to imageapply image. Then you will neeu to
select youi coloi layei, as you aie simply auuing the textuie back, set youi off
limit scale to 2, anu offset to 128, anu hit 0K.



Then select youi blenuing moue set it to lineai light.



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Then in the next pait of the Photoshop tutoiial, you will begin with the coloi
layei. You woulu stait with the 4-#13 %$,>&. 0pacity anu flow aie set ioughly
fiom Su-Su%.



Select an aiea unueineath the eyes, as that seems to make a huge uiffeience, anu
clone coloi fiom the uppei pait of the cheekbone as it seems to be lightei theie,
anu biing that up to just unuei the eyes. Lighten the skin theie on both siues
unuei the eyes. It is often helpful if you make anu extia copy of the backgiounu
layei anu see the uiffeient of befoie anu aftei image.



Then you woulu want to lighten a bit on the siue of the nose to iemove any uaik
shauows theie. 0se the tool to lighten at the bottom of the nose, as many people
have ieuness theie. So basically you woulu ietouch uiffeient paits of the face to
iemove lines, bumps, shauows anu ieuness, anu geneial lightening of the skin.



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Next you will move on to the textuie layei. Beie you want to use the same clone
stamp tool. }ust simply go ovei the face, anu finu the obvious blemishes, selecting
the cleai aiea anu uiagging them to the spots aiea of skin. If you finu any ieuness
iemaining, just go back to the coloi clone anu iemove it as befoie.









You can also use the clone stamp tool to clean up any stiay haiis oi eyebiow
haiis if you choose. I like to iemove any fine lines aiounu the mouth aiea, oi
cieases unuei the lips too.



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This next aiea of the poitiait ietouching tutoiial coveis how to use the uouging
anu buining tools.



0pen a new layei, click on soft light anu fill wiuth, set at Su%.



You will neeu 2 of those layeis. 0ne nameu "uouge," anu othei nameu "buin."
Beie you will be using the uouge tool anu the buin tool.



Click on exposuie of Su% foi each one. With these you can paint with pietty
much any coloi, white, black, blue, oi otheis.

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Stait out aiounu the eye aieas, oi in the eyes like the iiis, unuei the biows, by
the biow bone. You neeu to consiuei aieas that a giil woulu use makeup foi,
lightening uneven skin tones, iemove blemishes, etc. Finish any aieas that neeu
biighteneu, (nose, cheeks oi eyes).





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0se the buin tool to uaiken the eyebiows a bit. You can also uaiken the outei
coinei of the eye, anu give the impiession that it is lifteu just a bit. This can be
useful if you have someone who is squinting a bit, oi has uioopy eyes. The buin
tool can also be useu to auu uefinition to the cheekbones. You can also uaiken
the eyelinei a little.



Now you can uo a new layei, set to soft light. }ust use the black paintbiush anu
cieate extia eyelinei if you wish. If you ovei uo oi smuuge the lines, you can
always clean it up with the eiasei tool. You can even auu an eye shauow coloi, lip
anu check coloi if you wish, some people ieally like that effect.



See the uiffeient in the bellow image.



So theie you have it, how to uo ietouching poitiaits in Photoshop, using the
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woik veiy well foi poitiaits anu photos of faces as well as othei aieas. Bope you
have enjoyeu this &#*$*,+$ *3$#)4"+15 $)$#*+,- anu have a bettei unueistanuing
of ;,%+4 %0+1 *3$#)4"+15 +1 !"#$#%"#&.

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http:www.clippingpathinuia.comblog2u14uS28photoshop-tutoiial-skin-
ietouching-technique


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