How to use Adobe Photoshop to Smoothen Skin

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Now that all preliminary preparations are done, it is time to open the image (if you have saved it after the initial editing) or to start with an image you already have opened in Photoshop.

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Step 5

Go to the File menu and select “Open” to browse your hard drive in search for the picture you want to edit.

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First of all check to see if the face in the picture has any imperfections that require editing. You will deal with the blemishes first (if your portrait is clean of imperfections, such as blemishes, the smoothing process is going to be easier and with better results). In order to clear the blemishes away, you will need to work with the “Healing Brush Tool” (you can find in the Tool bar and it has a patch icon).

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Before you start editing the blemishes away, create a New Layer to work on (click the Create a New Layer icon in the layers palette). Rename this layer “Blemishes”.

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Step 8

Now select the “Healing Brush Tool” and open its settings (you will see the Healing Brush Tool’s option bar).

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For removing blemishes out of am image having a human face occupying most of its center, you will need the brush’s size set to around 18 or 20 pixels and the brush to have a hard edge (represented by a black dot with a sharp edge in the healing brush’s option bar).

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Next you will notice a drop down menu containing several “Blending Modes” for the brush: use the “Normal” setting. Next you will see another option called “Source”: leave it to Sampled, as it is the most frequent used (it will use the initial image a source, whereas the “Pattern” setting will require an external pattern).

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