I have been asked by many people via comments, and directly, how I get the clear skin effect on my *Portraits...
I have been asked by many people via comments, and directly, how I get the clear skin effect on my Portraits / . So, as I am now a leader in the Photoshop Help group, along with my good buddy Faizan Qureshi – I thought I would kick off my participation with this brief tutorial on how it is done. / / This was done in Photoshop CS2, but as the effect only uses the standard Photoshop tools, most if not all versions of the program will suffice for this tutorial. / / First things first, you will need a file to work on. The settings in this tutorial are based on the low resolution starting image here, and if you use higher resolution images – the settings will be different. / / You may right click and save the starting image below and use it to work through this tutorial to practise – you may also upload your finished work into your portfolio for feedback and to show others how you did – You MUST not, however, place the image for sale, or use it for any other purpose other than this tutorial, without my permission / / So, follow the steps and have some fun with this. / / 1. Save the image below and open it in Photoshop / / Starting Image / / startmodel / / / 2. On the toolbar on the left hand side, click on the healing tool / / healing brush tool / / Use the following settings for the healing brush / / healing brush tool settings / / / 3. Zoom in on the model so that you can see imperfections on the skin. Hold Alt on your keyboard and click on an area of skin close to an imperfection once – release the mouse and the Alt key / / healing brush step 1 / / / 4. Click the mouse again over the imperfection that you want to hide, once / / healing brush step 2 / / / 5. Repeat the last two steps until you have removed all the imperfections, until the image looks similar to the one below. / / model after healing brush applied / / / 6. Down on the right hand corner of the Photoshop workspace – you will find the layer pallette – Have a look – you will notice that there is one layer called background, or Layer 1 in the pallette at the moment. / / The Photoshop layer palette / / / 7. Go to the menu bar running across the top of the workspace – click on the word – Layer, then click on Duplicate Layer. A box will appear, just click OK. Notice that a new layer, called layer 1, or background copy now appears in the layer pallette above the background layer. Make sure that this top layer is highlighted/selected / / 8. Just above the highlighted layer, there is a drop down menu [which probably has the word Normal in it at the moment]. Click that drop down menu and click on multiply. / Multiplying the layer / / / your image will go very dark like the one blow. Model after multiply / / / Still working on this same layer / / 9. On the menu bar running across the top – click on the word Filter, then on Blur, then on Gaussian Blur – a box will appear. Change the settings to that below and click OK to apply the effect. / / Blur settings / Your image will now look like the one below / / model after blur applied / 10. Go to the top menu again, and click on the word Layer, then on New Adjustment Layer, then on Levels – a box will appear. Adjust the settings to that in the image below. / / Levels adjustment settings / / / Your image should now look like the one below / / Model after the levels adjustment / / / Note here that you now have 3 layers in the layer pallette. You will need to be working on the MIDDLE layer [see below] for the next step, so make sure it is selected. / / Selection of the middle layer for the next step / / / 11. On the toolbar on the left, click on the History Brush to select it history brush tool / / / On the top toolbar menu, set your brush to a small soft brush [so that you can fit it into the corner of the eyes], and set the opacity to 25 / / All in one stroke [thats important with low opacity] paint over one eye totally to bring the detail and brightness back out. Repeat for the other eye, and then for the lips. / / The effect is quite subtle here, but it will make a big difference at the end of the tutorial and will give life to your model. / / Your image should now look similar to the one below / / model after history brush / / / 12. Now go to the menu up the top and click on the word Layer, then click on Flatten image – this will result in you having one layer in your layer pallette again. / / Ok – so your model has great skin now, but she is a bit on the bright side. We are going to darken her up a bit, but if we just do it now, she will likely turn orange with the current saturation level. so we need to adjust it a little. / / 13. Go to the menu up the top and click on the word Image, then Adjustment, then Hue/Saturation – a box will appear. change the settings to that below. / / hue/saturation settings / / / The image should now look a better colour model after hue/saturation settings applied / / / Now lets darken her up / / 14. Up to the top menu again – click on the word Image, then Adjustment, then Levels – the levels box will appear. Change the settings to that in the image below. / / Levels adjustment settings / / / Your image should now look much darker / / model after levels adjustment applied / / / Finally – we need to bring out highlights and for this we use the dodge tool. / / 15. Over on the toolbar on the left, click on the dodge tool to select it / / dodge tool / / / Use a soft large brush [about the size of her whole cheek], set the opacity to 18 and work on highlights in the drop down menu [up the top]. Click and drag once across the eye area, then once down the models right cheek to brighten these areas up. / / Your image is now complete and should look something like this / / finished model / / / I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. The settings will be slightly different with other images of different resolutions but the methods will be the same. When adjusting levels blur etc on other images, use the sliders to get similar looking effects to what you used here and the effects will work nicely for you. / / Good luck everyone, Please come back here and let me know how you got on.
/ My Red Melancholy is a self-portrait taken from photographic artist Jaeda DeWalt’s, The Red Realm series and is a part of the DeWalt Gallery collection. Self-portrait shot using a digital camera and remote control. Hair, styling and make-up also done by Jaeda DeWalt / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—- / Available for sale as Laminated Prints, Matted Prints, Mounted Prints, Posters, Canvas Prints and Framed Prints / / -—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-——- / visit the rest of this series . . . / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—— / My Red Melancholy Under the bright lights / And pristine haze / I look away As sick secrets sinuously sleep / Underneath a surface that is / Poised and pretty and sweet My raven hair scented / With traumatic experiences / Buried alive . . . refusing to die My crimson lips / Whisper / Of a quiet desperation My eyes refusing to shed / The tears of . . . / My Red Melancholy © Jaeda DeWalt listen to Jaeda recite My Red Melancholy / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— / browse Jaeda’s photographic art by category: / dreamscapes, artistic nudes, couples, glamour, erotica, conceptual, sensual, portrait, spiritual, survivor art / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—— /
Model: Ava Jinx / MUA: Dylan S / Photography + styling+ direction: Myself This is one of the series “take me to the stars” / my portfolios can be found on: / DeviantArt: www.trixypixie.deviantart.com / Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/marinha1985/ / Carbonmade: http://trixypixie.carbonmade.com/ / ModelMayhem:http://www.modelmayhem.com/mariahkord / Facebook Group:http://www.new.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7862078238&ref=ts
It’s real. But I think it resembles porcelain. (please view this larger) /
/ Illumination is a self-portrait from photographic artist Jaeda DeWalt’s Infusion of Color Series and is a part of the DeWalt Gallery collection. / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— / Available for sale as Laminated Prints, Cards, Matted Prints, Posters, Mounted Prints, Canvas Prints and Framed Prints / / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— / browse Jaeda’s photographic art by category: / dreamscapes, artistic nudes, couples, glamour, erotica, conceptual, sensual, portrait, spiritual, survivor art / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— /
I never had dolls when i was younger. / I probably would have tortured and broken them.
Still as a statue, the highlights painted in. Back Alley Atelier
/ Simply Red is a self-portrait taken from photographic artist Jaeda DeWalt’s Infusion of Color series and is a part of the DeWalt Gallery collection. Self-portrait shot using a digital camera and remote control. Hair, styling, wardrobe and make-up also done by Jaeda DeWalt / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—- / Available for sale as Laminated Prints, Cards, Matted Prints, Posters, Mounted Prints, Canvas Prints and Framed Prints / / -—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— / browse Jaeda’s photographic art by category: / dreamscapes, artistic nudes, couples, glamour, erotica, conceptual, sensual, portrait, spiritual, survivor art / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—— / About this Image / (for Passions group) I have a passion for baring my soul / A passion for using my body as a canvas of expression To unravel myself, to put my soul on display . . . / It is very uncomfortable for me / YET . . . / I am compelled to do so, over and over and over again This image reflects the vulnerability and fragileness i feel, / when i put myself out there – to the world / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—— /
My daughter, Brianna. :) / (I was going for a china doll look.) / /
/ Winter Whisper is a self-portrait taken from Jaeda DeWalt’s series of the same name and is a part of the DeWalt Gallery collection. Self-portrait shot using a digital camera and remote control. Hair, styling, wardrobe and make-up also done by Jaeda DeWalt / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— / Available for sale as Laminated Prints, Matted Prints, Posters, Mounted Prints, Canvas Prints and Framed Prints / / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— / browse Jaeda’s photographic art by category: / dreamscapes, artistic nudes, couples, glamour, erotica, conceptual, sensual, portrait, spiritual, survivor art / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— /
/ The Mask is a self-portrait taken from photographic artist Jaeda DeWalt’s Mystic Night series and is a part of the DeWalt Gallery collection. / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— / Available for sale as Laminated Prints, Cards, Matted Prints, Posters, Mounted Prints, Canvas Prints and Framed Prints / / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—- / This image is featured in Jaeda’s Artography Book! / / Jaeda’s Artography Book – Shades of the Soul / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— / browse Jaeda’s photographic art by category: / dreamscapes, artistic nudes, couples, glamour, erotica, conceptual, sensual, portrait, spiritual, survivor art / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— /
Year 2007. / Mixed digital mediums. Part of the Trees series.
Models – Trash Barbie & Midnight Poison Hot off the presses. Have yet to see the film shots from this set but this version can live here for now as a mini teaser. Think of it as unheard screaming. Clearly I watched Beetlejuice one too many times as a kid. / Inpsired by Richard Kadrey. Copyright 2008 Harmony Nicholas
Designer: Maria Gonzales / MUA & Hair: Rogue Artists / Model: Stacey / / www.joobrien.com
Early morning light and eggs by a window. HollyCawfieldPhotography
Self portrait / Fake lashes
Copyright Sharaya Brooks 2008
This is a crop of the rose that became Porcelain Rose.
model: lisa / time to pretend-mgmt (featured in the group-woman appreciation and winner of the dark cabaret group challenge, ‘i dare you…to be real…to touch a flickering flame!’ 28.09.08 which was for images inspired by music)
i love the lighting in this photo.
This is definitely a caught in the moment photo. In this photo shoot I wanted to get a very elegant and flowing feel to the photos, but there was one moment when the model (Anne) just started to disappear into her own world and it was magical as she transformed from Anne the model to a Porcelain Doll. / www.nude-muse.com / www.nude-muse.com.au
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