Technique to smoothen skin texture/tone?

[The Oracle]

Anyone know how to smoothen the skin tone especially those with lots of holes and pimples! :bsmilie: Please help!

 

[The Oracle]

I mean with photoshop! Thanks!

 

[The Oracle]

saw a thread on this!

http://forums.clubsnap.org/showthread.php?t=162602

 

[waiaung]

Anyone know how to smoothen the skin tone especially those with lots of holes and pimples! :bsmilie: Please help!

Healing Brush...
or the Clone tool.

The best solution for the pimples! :thumbsup:

 

[The Oracle]

thanks!

 

[topster]

gaussian blur for that creamy texture. Pls dont overdo it though.

 

[ricohflex]

know u r looking for software solution
but do try Carl Zeiss Softar 2 or 3 filter on your lens
wondrous and you will like it, so will the model when she sees how pretty it makes her

 

[cd.]

i use neat image, which is free software, and can do a really good job to smoothen the skin texture. http://www.neatimage.com/

 

[ricohflex]

neat is not "free'
you have to pay.
they do allow a demo version.

 

[Timber Wolf]

I find that the simple blur tool works very well for smoothing out pores. For pimples, I recommend the healing brush tool. Do mask off the area if what you're working on is close to an edge boundary as the healing brush sometimes makes the colours bleed.

QX

 

[spurssy]

Try this in PS

1. Select face region from bgd layer as duplicate A
2. gaussian blur 5 - 8 pixels on duplicate A
3. duplicate result of step 2 (duplicate A) as duplicate B
4. gaussian blur 5 - 8 pixels on duplicate B (optional step for more dramatic effect)
5. set duplicate A to 50% opacity and blending mode to darken
6. set duplicate B to 50% opacity and blending mode to lighten
7. using history brush and the original snapshot as history source, paint back the sharp edges (eyes, lips, teeth, etc) with maybe 50% opacity.

See example