How to use Adobe Photoshop to Smoothen Skin

Portraits are some of the most common type of pictures, because lets us face it, people are all around us and it is very easy and convenient to take photos of them. When you first buy a new camera, you generally take pictures of those around you, family, friends, or even unknown people on the street. Also you can take your camera to all sorts of social events, anniversaries, friendly meetings or even in school. However not all portraits are as they should be. This happens for two main reasons: technical and subjective ones. You may not always be able to take a photo under ideal conditions (with the right light amount, with the best available lens). In the same time, not everybody has a perfect face or you happened to photograph them after a hard day when the tiredness is visible on their faces. Do now worry, as Adobe Photoshop has some powerful tools to help you correct minor problems in portraits. Everybody wishes a smooth skin and this tutorial will show you just how to edit photos in such a manner.

Step 1

First, you have to open Adobe Photoshop and load the image you want to modify. If you were new to Photoshop, you would better start working with an image that has a face in its center. It is best if the face occupies a large portion of the screen so that all details are visible (do not start editing small faces of people in the background – they are distant enough from the camera that you might not need to do this).

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Step 2

It is best if you start editing the image after you have performed all other modifications to the picture (resizing, cropping, etc).Also be sure you have a correctly exposed portrait to work on (chose a portrait in which face details are visible and hot hidden completely in shadows or in overexposed areas).

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Step 3

If you have a slower machine, you may want to work with smaller images (a reduces resolution), as Photoshop requires quite a few hardware resources. But do not make the image too small, as a larger image contains valuable pixel details. Always keep a balance between size and the desired work speed.

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