photoshop skin tutorial by lilyas

8/7/2019 PHOTOSHOP Skin Tutorial by Lilyas

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We start with simple adjustments on the over-all coloursheme of the picture to remove the colour imbalance andreddishness of the skin.

1. Create a new blank layer on top of your backgroundlayerandllitwithbright

skin tone colour like you see on the right.2. Blending Mode: SOFT LIGHT, Opacity: 30%

Copy skin tone layer with Shift + J or right-click onlayer >> Copy layer, Blending Mode: HUE, Opacity: 30%

TIP:Dont use the Selective Colour Tool! If you dontlike the color changes on the eye and the mak-up, dontcare about it now. We can change that later.

This part is the most time-consuming and extensive in picture editing: Removing thefreckles, wrinkles, pores, impurities and other unwanted details on the skin! The mostcommon tool to deal with all this is: Healing Brush. But there are two big disadvantages inthe use of this tool: 1. Automatic colour matching, 2. No opacity adjustment.

TIP:Use theCLONE STAMP TOOL. This tool paints with sampled pixels of an image.

How to use it in general:1. Select the Clone Stamp Tool from the Toolbox.2. In the Options bar, set the tools tip size and hardness.3. Point the cursor at the image area you want to paint with, hold down [Alt] key, then mouse-click.

You have just selected the source point for cloning.4. Paint with the copied pixels.5. The Aligned gadget in the Options bar (checked by default) forces the source point to follow your mouse, even after youcompleteastroke.Inotherwords,everynewstrokecontinuestheimagestartedbytherststroke.

6. Deselecting the Aligned option starts the sample point back to its original location every time you release the mousebutton. That is, every new stroke re-starts cloning your image from the source point.

Always use a SOFT round brush.For bigger smooth areas (like freckles, red spots) select a bigbrush, opacity 50-75 %, for smaller sharp areas (like wrinkles, pores) select a smaller brush,

opacity 70-90%, 100% opacity only for very sharp and focussed areas.Selectacleansourcewith[Alt]key+leftmouse-clickveryclosetotheareayouwanttox,thenpaintovertheimperfectareaandrepeatthatuntilitisxed,maybechangesourcesfromtimetotimeiftherstselectedcleansourceisverysmall.Repeatthatstepwithallimperfections.

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Fixed soft parts on the cheek: biggersoft round brush, opacity 70%

Fixed sharp parts around the eye:smaller soft brush, opacity 40-60%

The two pictures on the left show how your pointeris looking (1) when you select your source point while

hold down the [Alt] key and click and (2) when you startpainting after it.

1. Start with easy editable parts.2. Take care that the colours and textures of the source matchtheareatobexed.

3. Only paint little areas at once, let go the mouse buttonoften and click again.

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TIP: If you retouch wrinkles - dont remove them completely! Just soften them for a morenaturallook.Retouchthenecapillariesintheeyeaswelliftheyareintenselyvisible.

SimplemethodtoremoveverySmallirregularitieSonSkin

WhenthereareonlyminorthingstoxyoucanalsotrytheMedianFiltertocleanand

soften skin. Go to: FILTER >> NOISE >> MEDIAN,selectmaximum5-10pixels,higherlterradiuses make the skin look blurry. Dont worry about the sharp parts that will smoothed aswell, we will call that off in the next step.

Now we need the HISTORY BRUSH TOOL. Photoshops History palette records each stepyou take as you edit. The History Brush works in conjunction with the History palette toallow you to restore parts of an image to the way they appeared earlier in your editingHistory.

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howthe hiStory BruSh tool workS

1. With the History Brush Tool active and the Historypalette visible, you click the tiny empty box to theleft of the entry in the History palette that youdlike to use as a restore point. Think of the restorepoint as the stage in your image editing history fromwhich youd like to undo the effect of the lastaction. In our case you choose the entry just beforeyou used the Median Filter.

2. You choose the size and characteristics of your brush, includingdiameter,blendingmode,opacity,andow.

3. You paint on the areas that youd like the HistoryBrush to affect. That means you paint where you wantto restore the sharpness: the eye, the lashes and theeyebrows. The rest of the image remains unchanged

4. Whenyouarenishedunchecktheboxwiththe

History Brush in the History palette.

I dont have a screenshot for this action because I didntuse it on my picture. It wouldnt have been useful toapply the Median Blur here. But for your work it maycome in handy.

The main part of the editing is done. The skin looksvery smooth without having lost its natural texture andsharpness. [See example on the left] We have now avery basic and natural result without any extras likehighlights, shadows, contrast or colouring.

In the following Ill give you a few examples of differentways to add a special colouring to your picture. For thatyou work now on the extra layers that you have addedin Chapter I and change their settings.

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NOTE: You dont havetodostepsA-Ctonish

the tutorial because theyare not necessarily partof the editing process.

A. Darkened tones with a light blue tint

Selecttherstskintonelayer (SoftLight 30%) and change the colour to somelight blue or purple, leave the othersettings.

Add a new blank layer on top,llitwithalight bluegreen colour, select BlendingMode COLOR BURN and Opacity 25%. Youhave now your background layer + 3 morecolour layers on top.

B. All-over blue tint with more effect on the skinLeave the two skin tone layers as they were afterChapter I (Soft Light 30% and Hue 30%).

Add a new blank layer on top,llitwithadark reddish-brown colour, select BlendingMode COLOUR DODGE and Opacity 20%.Flatten all layers to one.

Go to menu IMAGE >> ADJUST >> HUE/SATURATION,set saturation on -50

Go to menu IMAGE >> ADJUST >> COLOUR BALANCE,

add more cyan and blue in all zones. I used thesevalues: Shadows: Cyan/Red: -30, Yellow/Blue: +10;Midtones: Cyan/Red: -20, Yellow/Blue: +20; Highlights:Cyan/Red: -10, Yellow/Blue: +10;

C. Brightened tones with golden tint on skin and make-up

Leavetherstskintonelayer as it was after Chapter I(SOFT LIGHT 30%).

Set the second skin tone layer on Blending ModeHUE 100%.

Add a new blank layer on top,llitwiththesamedarkreddish-brown color as under B., select Blending ModeCOLOUR DODGE and Opacity 20%.

All these examples dont show that colour adjustments(and any other effect) can be applied also in particularareas of an image without affecting it as a whole. I willdescribe that in the next step. The professional way to doany kind of adjustment is to use masks and adjustmentlayers. But I will try to keep those advanced steps as easy

as possible for a better understanding also for Photoshopbeginners.

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To do many of the following adjustments two very powerfultools come in handy that I now will introduce to you:

1. ADJUSTMENT LAYERS

Adjustment layersgiveyoutheexibilityandpowertomakechangings to your images WITHOUT altering any pixels. Theyare instantly disposable, temporary or permanent and easilyalterable by double-clicking on them. An adjustment layerappears on top of other layers in the layers palette and theyapply to all visible layers beneath it in the layers palette.YoundthemunderLAYER >> NEW ADJUSTMENT LAYER or byclicking the Adjustment Layer icon in the layers palette [seescreenshot on the left].

1. LAYER MASKS

Masks are very useful if you want to hide parts of your layers without actually deletingthem. That allows you to edit your actions at any time in the process of your editing. A layer

mask is essentially a black and white image. You can paint on the layer mask in white,black, and any shade of grey. White areas will make the picture showing through; blackareas will hide the picture. Shades of grey will affect the opacity of the picture.

Youndthemunder LAYER >> ADD LAYER MASK or by clicking the Layer Mask icon in thelayers palette.

If you want to learn more about Layer Masks, here is a nice and easy to follow tutorial:

All about Layer Mask

To go on with the edit go back to your basically editedimage,theresultthatyougotafteryounishedChapterII [See picture on the left]. We add now more colouring,brightness, contrasts and shading to the picture and workon the eye lashes. Be sure that your background layer isselected.

1. Add a new Adjustment Layer and edit the Curves toincrease depth, brightness and contrast in general.

2. Darken the eyebrows. To do that add anotherAdjustment Layer for Brightness/Contrast, lower thebrightness and increase the contrast and mask aroundthe eyebrows so that the changing only applies to themand not the rest of the picture.

How to do that?

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A white mask (=complet layer visible) is automaticallyadded to the adjustment layer when you create it. Clickonthatmasktoselectitandllitwithblackwiththe

Paintbucket Tool to make the layer invisible. Now selecta soft medium size paintbrush, the mask still selected,and paint with white over the eyebrows to make theAdjustment Layer visible again in that area. If you are notsatisedwiththeamountofdarknessandcontrastonthe

eyebrows just double-click on the Adjustment Layer andchange the values again.

3. Add a little shiny brightness to theshadows by adding a reddish-brown colourlayer with Blending Mode: COLOUR DODGE,Opacity: 20%.

4. Add more shading on the upper left corner and morelighting on the bright parts of the cheek. Use anotherAdjustment Layer for Brightness/Contrast with maskedareas for the shading and use COLOURDODGE for the lighting. I did that byadding a new layer, painting on it with a

bright reddish grey, Blending Mode:COLOUR DODGE, Opacity: 15%.

5. Add more highlights on the upper andlower eyelid by creating a new layer,painting on it with a pastel yellow,Blending Mode: OVERLAY, Opacity: 25%.

6. Add highlights to the make-up and the iris,I used a green tint for them. Create a newlayer and paint with green on the areasyou want to affect, Blending Mode:

COLOUR DODGE, Opacity: 25%.7. Darken the left side to increase the depth.

Create a new layer and use the GRADIENTTOOL with dark green, Blending Mode:SOFT LIGHT, Opacity: 75%.

8. Desaturate the red tones in the lower right area, I usedthe SELECTIVE COLOUR TOOL to do that.

9. Darken the eye liner with the BURN TOOL and paint insome more lashes with black and a small roundhard brush. If you dont have a graphic tablet use a

premadeeyelashesbrushlikeyoundinthisexample:

Eyelashes Photoshop Brushes by *redheadstock

Result after steps 1 - 4



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Youarealmostdonenow.Ididsomelastrenementsand

touch-upstogivetheimagethenallook.AtthatstageIattenedallthelayerstoonebackgroundlayer.Iremoved

thelastawsonskinandmake-up[seepictureonthe

left].NowIrenedthetoneswithSELECTIVE COLOURagain, gave a little more brightness and contrast to it,added a light green tint to the shadows and darkened theedges of the white inside the eye with the BURN TOOL.InthenalstepIsharpenedtheimagewithUnsharp

Mask (FILTER >> SHARPEN >> UNSHARP MASK). Use thistool carefully and keep the values moderate! I selectedAMOUNT 100%, RADIUS 1,0 pixels and THRESHOLD 15

levels.

Youseethenishedimageoftheleft.Thoughwehave

done substantial edits it still looks very photorealistic.I liked to give it an artistic touch with some colouringtechniques such as I described in Chapter III and theversion you see below is the one that I added to mygallery.

I hope you had fun trying this tutorial and will be now able

to successfully edit your portrait and macro photos!

Lily Andrea Seidel aka `Lilyas

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by ~StinaBG

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