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8:59 PM Beautify a portrait

In this tutorial we will know to beautify a portrait in basic steps Lets see this beauty: Her old look: In fact, its pretty simple and you can follow on your own stock. 1. Duplicate your base. We can see her skin is not soft and smooth, the color is very dark, and has many freckles. Use Apply image like the pic below:   This step is to make her skin brighter and reduce saturation. 2. Ctrl+Shift+Alt+E we get a new layer. Duplicate this layer. Set it to Gassian blur , set it to 9. Then add a new layer mask, choose Hide all. Use white paint brush to paint on the skin avoiding the shape of her face, nose, eyes. Then we can see the difference:   3. Create a new layer, choose soft brush , color ff9fb6 to paint on the lips. Set it to Color 100%. Duplicate it twice. 4. Create a new layer, choose 0092ff and layer with Color mode and then paint brush on the eyes. 5. Create a new layer. Choose ffbeee for brush, paint on her eyelids like that ( set it to Overlay 100%) 6. New layer again, choose ffb2b8 for brush paint on her cheeks, Normal 90%. 7. Ctrl+Shift+Alt+E again. Set this layer to Normal, 22%. Use Burn tool, 5px to paint lightly to darken the edge of her nose.   8. Crtl+Shift+Alt+E. Set this layer to Normal , 60%. Use Dodge tool, 23px to lighten up the straight of her nose. We have result:   It's done! I hope you will enjoy my tutorial :)

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Comments display order: By default New comments first Old comments first 0   Spam 1 nahid   (2010-03-17 10:38 PM) [Entry] I am difficulty file is loading. I can not see the images. that why am unable to lesrn Link with http is no 0   Spam 2 Admin   (2010-03-18 9:57 AM) [Entry] maybe your connection is slow or your isp blocks imageshack. Can you see photobucket image? if yes, i can send you with this host. Link with http is no 0   Spam 3 Mel   (2010-04-27 4:40 PM) [Entry] cool....it's a good tutorial for a beginner like me..thanks for the idea and knowledge.. Link with http is no 0   Spam 4 Admin   (2010-04-28 4:14 PM) [Entry] Thank you, i hoped i could write better Link with http is no 0   Spam 5 Mayna   (2010-05-11 8:00 AM) [Entry] thanks, this is so kewl, but i still have a hard time on it. Where do i go to select or choose hide all? Link with http is no 0   Spam 6 Mai   (2010-05-11 8:16 AM) [Entry] Can you show me where to go to select or choose hide all because i'm having a really hard time on it. THANKS YOU FOR SHARING ALL YOUR WONDERFUL WORK! Link with http is no 0   Spam 7 Admin   (2010-05-11 8:17 AM) [Entry] Mayna, you just choose Layer from Menu then choose Layer mask-Hide all, then you will see layer mask is filled with black.After that you can use white paint brush to soften the skin. If you have nay question, just ask and i will answer you as best as i can. Link with http is no 0   Spam 8 youuweiiiss   (2010-05-11 5:02 PM) [Entry] cool....as a new comer this tutorial more interesting 2 me, thanks Link with http is no 0   Spam 9 Admin   (2010-05-11 5:32 PM) [Entry] thanks, im glad it was useful for you Link with http is no 0   Spam 10 Raghu_INDIA   (2010-05-11 11:15 PM) [Entry] Hi, Thanks very much for this great tutorial. It helps... Thanks again.. Link with http is no 0   Spam 11 Raghu_INDIA   (2010-05-11 11:16 PM) [Entry] Hi, Thanks very much.. It helps.. Link with http is no 0   Spam 12 Mai   (2010-05-12 1:29 AM) [Entry] Thank you so much! it's easier than i thought! your so awesome! Link with http is no 0   Spam 13 Mai   (2010-05-12 1:44 AM) [Entry] one more question....how come the skin tone color is not as white as the one u did?? I got it clear and smooth the skin, but no change of color tone.....did i do something wrong? Link with http is no 0   Spam 14 Admin   (2010-05-12 3:14 PM) [Entry] @Raghu: thank you for your words, im pleased to know it @Mai: it depends on the original tone and there are many ways to whiten the skin. Maybe you should show me the original pic so i can give you some ideas Link with http is no 0   Spam 15 Admin   (2010-05-13 9:41 AM) [Entry] The pic you sent me has many dark and warm tone. So i used Hue/saturation to reduce it. I used Ctrl+Alt+~ to your son pic, and i think it worked. Here is 2 psd file, save them and open you will know i did it to your two pics: http://www.mediafire.com/?kattmdzwa4w http://www.mediafire.com/?mjy2z4mumat PS: you just send me the link of pic, because html code for comment board is disabled. Link with http is no 0   Spam 16 Mai   (2010-05-14 1:53 AM) [Entry] thank you for everything! you're such a great help....i still have a lot to learn, and i'm glad to have met you here. Link with http is no 0   Spam 17 Admin   (2010-05-14 1:40 PM) [Entry] me too, im glad i could help Link with http is no 0   Spam 18 Client   (2010-06-28 6:21 AM) [Entry] Good. tnx a lot Link with http is no 0   Spam 19 Admin   (2010-06-28 8:37 AM) [Entry] Thanks, you are welcome Link with http is no 0   Spam 20 plonco   (2010-07-02 2:41 PM) [Entry] very beautiful looking nice... Link with http is no 0   Spam 21 Admin   (2010-07-03 1:13 PM) [Entry] Thanks , im glad to have your footprint here Link with http is no 0   Spam 22 RNELdotNET   (2010-08-18 11:10 PM) [Entry] thanks for the helpful tutorial... more people must ready this tutorial, join us and recommend this! http://www.rnel.net/photoshop-tutorial/16327/beautify-a-portrait Link with http is no 0   Spam 23 Admin   (2010-08-20 4:01 PM) [Entry] Thanks for your will...i will do it Link with http is no 0   Spam 24 geeK Artist   (2010-10-14 9:05 PM) [Entry] the tutorial is helpful, but I think u can only use the tools, brush, colors, for this picture only... Link with http is no 0   Spam 25 Admin   (2010-10-15 8:52 PM) [Entry] well, i just used very basic tools for retouching this pic, at that time i didnt have much exepriences, i just wrote about what i knew . Link with http is no 0   Spam 26 Canal Adobe Photoshop   (2010-10-19 5:28 AM) [Entry] I have a blog about Photoshop and would like to request permission to publish translated versions for the Portuguese of his tutorials with direct links to their posts. Thanks http://canalphotoshop.info/ Link with http is no 0   Spam 27 Admin   (2010-10-19 9:41 PM) [Entry] you can translate my tutorials into your language with credit link back to me. Thanks for visiting Link with http is no 0   Spam 28 David   (2011-01-07 4:48 PM) [Entry] Good stuff band very effective but tiottly confuses me. Link with http is no 0   Spam 30 Admin   (2011-01-13 7:35 AM) [Entry] what confused? Link with http is no 0   Spam 29 Nagrom   (2011-01-13 3:18 AM) [Entry] TOO much work. Unnatural and complete overkill, it even looks better straight out of the camera!!! Balance is the key of everything, SHOULD also be so in this case but it fails miserable. Sorry, but true. Link with http is no 0   Spam 31 Admin   (2011-01-13 7:37 AM) [Entry] haha, its one of my first tutorials when i was not exeprienced...thank you for comment anyway . You can try my later retouching tutorials, they are much better Link with http is no 0   Spam 32 Linette   (2011-01-23 2:51 PM) [Entry] HI, Thank so much for you helpful tips, one does not get help for free these days. I still have lots to learn! Link with http is no 0   Spam 33 Admin   (2011-01-24 8:05 PM) [Entry] oh thank you but im still confused about some of your words Link with http is no 0   Spam 34 van   (2011-03-01 0:00 AM) [Entry] Hi Jenny, Awsome site! thank you so much for sharing!!. Van ( from Canada) Link with http is no 0   Spam 35 Admin   (2011-03-07 8:03 PM) [Entry] no problem, my pleasure. Thanks for visiting! Link with http is no 0   Spam 36 chandni   (2011-07-02 3:43 PM) [Entry] thanks for d very helpful tutorial but i stuck on d paint brush part as i tried to search a lot bt ddnt got d paint brush option perfectly n wenever i tried to colour d lips dey r widout shine and eyes r covered completly blue plz guide me i'll b eagerly waiting for ur reply Link with http is no 0   Spam 37 Admin   (2011-07-05 10:34 AM) [Entry] did you choose right color for face parts? in my this tutorial, i used pink color for lip, cheeks, blue for eyes. Then set it to correct mode ( you can try different modes to choose the one you like) . If the problem still occurs , you should show me screenshot of your process and i may give you correct suggestion. Link with http is no 0   Spam 38 dmmaseoseoseo   (2011-12-13 12:54 PM) [Entry] Ive been following your website for 4 days now with I should tell you I get tons benefits from your commentary. in addition to now how I can get news update from your website? Link with http is no 0   Spam 39 Admin   (2011-12-30 9:18 PM) [Entry] sorry for delayed reply as i've been so busy. You can follow this link to get updates from my site http://feeds.feedburner.com/PoetryWritingsArtDesign Thank you very much and Happy New Year btw Link with http is no 0   Spam 40 Steven Kaikai   (2012-12-11 12:57 PM) [Entry] Your tutorials a very amazing. Thanks so much and I look forward to learn more photoshop techniques from you. How do you get good quality photos printed on magazines and newspapers, as in colour and black and white. Need further help in this. Thanks Link with http is no 0   Spam 41 Admin   (2013-01-26 4:58 PM) [Entry] Thank you for your nice words :). I took this image from internet with low resolution but you can apply the techniques for your own photos of any sizes Link with http is no

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