Show us your skin smoothing - PhotoCamel

dc2 · 02-23-2007

We have all seen loads of pics with different amounts of skin smoothing ,
some look like they are over the top and made to look like plastic, while overs look
as if they have a tiny amount done to them and of course theres the ones that are in between the both.
Why not show us some of your before and afters and share your processing skills with us .
Thanks to all that join in on this.

dc2 · 02-26-2007

Nobody?

DavidFromPhila · 02-26-2007

Ok, I'll bite.

dc2 · 02-27-2007

Nice job there .How was this done ? Use of the healing brush?

DavidFromPhila · 02-27-2007

I tend to only use the healing brush on pimply teenagers

.
For this, I used a gaussian filter in another layer and gently touched it in in places.

Thanks,
David

Song4themoon · 02-27-2007

I need to find some befores.. I usually only kep afters

dc2 · 02-28-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by DavidFromPhila

I tend to only use the healing brush on pimply teenagers

.
For this, I used a gaussian filter in another layer and gently touched it in in places.

Thanks,
David

Thanks for the reply.

dc2 · 02-28-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Song4themoon

I need to find some befores.. I usually only kep afters

You don't keep raw files ?
Naughty

craftysnapper · 03-04-2007

Before

After

Jason Hermann · 03-04-2007

Nice work!! I'll try and find some to share.

Jay

dc2 · 03-04-2007

Paul thats great work, care to share your process used.

craftysnapper · 03-05-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by dc2

Paul thats great work, care to share your process used.

Not at all but rather than type it all out I will point you to my web page where I described it in detail if that is alright

Easy Basic Beauty Retouching Tutorial photo - Paul Silk photos at pbase.com

dc2 · 03-05-2007

Thank you Paul

jfrancho · 03-05-2007

I use the same NR technique as I did in this work flow post: http://www.photocamel.com/forum/imag...ts-images.html. The only difference is that I set the TLR Pro Mask Script to create a surface mask for "skin" tones. It does a really good job of locating them, and once the alpha channel is created, you can edit it to your preference. You can add precision to this by flattening the layer mask after running the NR filter, and then adding a new layer mask set to conceal by either clicking Layer > Layer Mask > Hide all, or alt-click the layer mask icon. Then you can go in with a soft, low opacity brush and paint in the amount of smoothing without worrying about the edges so much, since they are already protected with the first mask.

Jason Hermann · 03-09-2007

My contribution. I took this back in 2004 at Lake Tahoe. Self portrait.

as shot with lightroom color adjustments applied:

Smoothed out:

My work flow process was pretty simple and combines several techniques. A lot of the stuff I picked up from Jfracno's Product shoot tutorial.

1st I made basic color adjustments in Lightroom then I imported into Photoshop in 16bit mode as a PSD file.

Next I duplicated the layer and fixed all the blemish's booger's

ect...

Then I brightened my eyes a bit.

I then merged the layer down and duplicated the merged layer.

Next I rain Picture code Noise ninja and profiled the image. Set all the filter power to 6.
I then masked out the areas I didn't want to effect with the Ninja.

Merged down the layer, then duplicated again.

Applied some sharpening 100, radius of 1, threshold of 2. Then made a mask hiding all of the sharpening. Next I painted around my eyes and mouth to sharpen just those areas as needed.

Thats pretty much it, but this was a very simple image to fix in my opinion. Also I relied on noise Ninja to do most of the skin smoothing. Works pretty good too!!

This whole process took me about 5-10 minutes.

Jay

Don_C · 03-09-2007

Max@Home · 03-09-2007

Max@Home

Alter_ego · 03-09-2007

Ok, I'll play too.
Dupe original layer and adjust levels/curves. (your choice)
Dupe layer and remove blemishes with healing brush, clone stamp, a little dodge here and a little burn there.
Dupe layer and enhance eyes.
Dupe layer, lasso the face just inside the hairline, Filter/ surface blur, (radius 15, threshold 30 is a good starting point, but the idea is to apply just enough to smooth the skin without blurring the eyes.) Apply mask, set paintbrush to black and paint in the eyes, lips and maybe nostrils.
Adjust blend mode to suit. Usually about 40-50% is enough to bring back some skin texture.
Job done.

dc2 · 03-13-2007

Thanks guys these are great .

PhotoMom · 03-16-2007

Here's a sample of what I did recently. Used CS2, worked in layers, added lashes, smoothed skin, changed background.

Debbie

02-23-2007	#1
dc2 Photocamel Master Posts: 7,032 CamelKarma: 238 Gallery \| Blog	Show us your skin smoothing We have all seen loads of pics with different amounts of skin smoothing , some look like they are over the top and made to look like plastic, while overs look as if they have a tiny amount done to them and of course theres the ones that are in between the both. Why not show us some of your before and afters and share your processing skills with us . Thanks to all that join in on this. __________________ Members don't see ads in threads. Register your free account today and become a member on PhotoCamel - Your Friendly Photo Forum, gaining access to posting privileges, contests, free plug-ins and other downloads, unlimited online storage for your photographs, reviews, free marketplace listings, and much more.
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02-26-2007	#2
dc2 Photocamel Master Posts: 7,032 CamelKarma: 238 Gallery \| Blog	Re: Show us your skin smoothing Nobody?
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02-27-2007	#4
dc2 Photocamel Master Posts: 7,032 CamelKarma: 238 Gallery \| Blog	Re: Show us your skin smoothing Nice job there .How was this done ? Use of the healing brush?
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02-27-2007	#5
DavidFromPhila Alpaca Posts: 36 CamelKarma: 45 Gallery \| Blog	Re: Show us your skin smoothing I tend to only use the healing brush on pimply teenagers . For this, I used a gaussian filter in another layer and gently touched it in in places. Thanks, David

02-27-2007	#6
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03-04-2007	#9
craftysnapper Guanaco Location: Uk Posts: 412 CamelKarma: 3181 Editing OK?: Yes Gallery \| Blog	Re: Show us your skin smoothing Before After
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03-04-2007	#10
Jason Hermann PhotoCamel Supporter Photocamel Master Location: NY, USA Posts: 9,789 CamelKarma: 23105 Editing OK?: Yes Gallery \| Blog	Re: Show us your skin smoothing Nice work!! I'll try and find some to share. Jay
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03-04-2007	#11
dc2 Photocamel Master Posts: 7,032 CamelKarma: 238 Gallery \| Blog	Re: Show us your skin smoothing Paul thats great work, care to share your process used.
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03-05-2007	#13
dc2 Photocamel Master Posts: 7,032 CamelKarma: 238 Gallery \| Blog	Re: Show us your skin smoothing Thank you Paul
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03-05-2007	#14
jfrancho Camel Breath Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 11,460 CamelKarma: 3583 Editing OK?: No Gallery \| Blog	Re: Show us your skin smoothing I use the same NR technique as I did in this work flow post: http://www.photocamel.com/forum/imag...ts-images.html. The only difference is that I set the TLR Pro Mask Script to create a surface mask for "skin" tones. It does a really good job of locating them, and once the alpha channel is created, you can edit it to your preference. You can add precision to this by flattening the layer mask after running the NR filter, and then adding a new layer mask set to conceal by either clicking Layer > Layer Mask > Hide all, or alt-click the layer mask icon. Then you can go in with a soft, low opacity brush and paint in the amount of smoothing without worrying about the edges so much, since they are already protected with the first mask.
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03-09-2007	#15
Jason Hermann PhotoCamel Supporter Photocamel Master Location: NY, USA Posts: 9,789 CamelKarma: 23105 Editing OK?: Yes Gallery \| Blog	Re: Show us your skin smoothing My contribution. I took this back in 2004 at Lake Tahoe. Self portrait. as shot with lightroom color adjustments applied: Smoothed out: My work flow process was pretty simple and combines several techniques. A lot of the stuff I picked up from Jfracno's Product shoot tutorial. 1st I made basic color adjustments in Lightroom then I imported into Photoshop in 16bit mode as a PSD file. Next I duplicated the layer and fixed all the blemish's booger's ect... Then I brightened my eyes a bit. I then merged the layer down and duplicated the merged layer. Next I rain Picture code Noise ninja and profiled the image. Set all the filter power to 6. I then masked out the areas I didn't want to effect with the Ninja. Merged down the layer, then duplicated again. Applied some sharpening 100, radius of 1, threshold of 2. Then made a mask hiding all of the sharpening. Next I painted around my eyes and mouth to sharpen just those areas as needed. Thats pretty much it, but this was a very simple image to fix in my opinion. Also I relied on noise Ninja to do most of the skin smoothing. Works pretty good too!! This whole process took me about 5-10 minutes. Jay
	__________________ Jason Comments and suggestions always appreciated -Canon: 5D MkII, EF 17-40 L, EF 24-105 L IS, EF 70-200 f/2.8 L IS, EF 135 f/2 L, EF 50 f/1.8, 580exII Blog JasonHermannPhotography.com Photography Video Tutorials

03-09-2007	#16
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03-09-2007	#17
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03-13-2007	#19
dc2 Photocamel Master Posts: 7,032 CamelKarma: 238 Gallery \| Blog	Re: Show us your skin smoothing Thanks guys these are great .
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