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Quick techniques for clearing and softening skin

Quick techniques for clearing and softening skin - Photoshop Tutorial

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Quick techniques for clearing and softening skin

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- [Instructor] Throughout these lessons on retouching, we're going to focus on removing the distracting elements in a photograph so the viewer can focus on the person in the image. We want to be subtle in our retouching so that we enhance the portraits without compromising the character of the person. In this lesson we're going to take a look at the variety of tools that are available to remove acne and blemishes, and then use a quick technique for softening skin. I'll zoom in using Command + One so we can see the image at 100%. Then I'll tap the J key, and I want to make sure that I have the spot healing brush tool. I'll right-click on the tool and choose to reset it. Now there are three different types that I can use. I want to make sure that I've got it set to content-aware. And the greatest thing about the spot healing brush is that all I need to do is just paint over any blemish in the image, and Photoshop will…

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