September 5th, 2008 by Stephanie Chan
Portrait Retouching Techniques – Photoshop World 2008
Three most common portrait retouches:
- Removing blemishes
- Balancing skin tone
- Softening skin
Use retouching tools in the following order:
- Healing (tiny things) / Patch Tool (big stuff)
- Paint Brush
- Liquidfy
- Cloning Tool
Removing Tan Lines
- Color in the area
- Apply the Color Blend Mode
- Adjust the opacity
- Use the Clone Tool at 50% opacity and with a large brush to blend the overlaping tan lines area
Skin Softening
- To keep the skin looking more natural, use 30-35% opacity of the blurred skin + keeping some skin textures
Adding Skin Texture
- If it looks a little too much on screen then it is perfect for print
Slimming Effect
- Liquidfy > Push Tool (5th tool down from the tool bar)
- Move up = push left
- Move down = push right
Tucking in the Chin a Little
- Filter > Distort > Puck
- (Select area and use filter)