portrait retouching for beginners
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Portrait retouching in Photoshop CS5
For Beginners
How to add make up and correct the lighting
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Getting rid of:
a. Zits and blemishes
b.Wrinkles
Reducing Shadows
Softening the skin
Adding/Correcting Make-up
a.The Lips
b.The eyes
Adding eyeliner
Adding eye shadow
Correcting the lighting
e eyes (Optional)
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Getting rid of:
Zits and blemishes
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Note: before you begin, make sure your brushs hardness is set to 0%
Take any picture, Ill choose this one (I found it on the internet)
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Open it in Photoshop CS5. For those who dont know how:
File->Open and then search for the directory where the image is.
Duplicate it by clicking Cmd+J (for Mac) or Ctrl+J (for Windows)
Now select the Spot Healing Brush Tool by right clicking on the blue highlighted icon as shown in the picture and choosing the first tool
And begin to remove the zits and blemishes by simply clicking on them
Now continue doing so until you get rid of all of them
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2. Wrinkles
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Now, select the Patch tool
And select the area that contains some wrinkles
Then: click on the selected area and drag it to choose another one to clone
Remark: I think that the best area to choose is the nearest one and the one which is located on the same vertical/horizontal line
Now continue using the same technique until there are no wrinkles.
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Remark: You can also use this tool for dark circles
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Reducing Shadows
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Create a new layer
Take the Clone Stamp Tool
Now do the same modifications as shown in the image
Now select an area you want to sample the color from (choose the area and then hold the alt key and click once) and begin reducing
he shadows by simply brushing (around the nose for example)
Now merge all layers by right clicking on any one of them and then choosing Merge Visible
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Softening the skin
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Select the brush tool (ctrl+B/cmd+B)
Duplicate the previous layer twice (click on cmd+J or ctrl+J two times)
Name them as shown in the picture and hide the Details layer
On the softening layer you will add a mask by clicking on this icon
Now go on the Masks tab and click on color range
a window will appear, you will have to click on the area where the face is located
Click and drag while holding the Shift key to select the missing parts of the skin
when you finish doing so, click Ok.
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Now hide the Background layer and re-select the softening layers mask and begin to brush
using the black color) over the lips/eyes/eyebrows
Select (using the Quick Selection tool ) the face area (by clicking and dragging)
and then Inverse the selection and then click on Shift+F5
Choose Black and hit Ok
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Select the Softening layer NOT its mask
Go to:
Filter->blur->Gaussian blur
And change the Radius to 2.
And go to Filter->Noise->Reduce noise
Hit Ok
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Now, show the Details layer, select it and go to:
Filter->Other->High Pass
The radius will depend on your picture, so choose the one where the details are more visible)
Hit Ok
Go to
mage->Adjustements->Desaturate
Go to
Filter->Noise->Add noise
Click Ok
Now change the blending mode to Soft light
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Select the Softening layers mask then (while holding the Alt key) drag it to the Details layer.
This time you will have to brush over the eyes area in the mask of the details layer
Result
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Adding/Correcting Make-up
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1. The Lips
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Adding Gloss Effect
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Select the lips (using the Polygonal Lasso tool ) then right click on the selected area and click on copy via layer
Hit Cmd+J/ctrl+J
Select the Dodge tool
Make these adjustments
Except the Brush size, it will depend on the picture)
And start dodging
With this tool, youll highlight some parts of the lips ONLY
Lower the opacity of the layer to make it look more realistic
and the final result is
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2.The eyes
Adding eyeliner
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To add eyeliner, youll have to use the Burn tool and choose those adjustments
Duplicate the image youve been working on
and begin to burn the area you want to apply the eyeliner on.
n my case, Ill just correct the eyeliner
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Adding eye shadow
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1. Removing the first eye makeup
If there is some makeup you want to remove, follow those steps:
Take the Brush tool, and make these modifications (except the brush size)
Remark: in some cases, youll have to choose the Color blending mode instead ofHue
Find an area you want to sample the skin color from, and (while holding the Alt key) click on it once.
The color of the skin will be automatically selected now begin to brush over the make-up area
Note: in my case, I wont remove the red eye shadow
2. Adding eye shadow
It will be very easy, all you have to do is:
-Select the brush tool (choose a small brush size)
-Select any color you want to apply on the eyes (for example: , make sure its a dark color, youll see why)
Begin to brush over the eyelid area, lower the opacity and choose a bigger brush as you go further from the eye (it will make some
kind of transition effect)
Change the blending mode to: Color
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And lower the opacity of the layer, until the makeup becomes more realistic
Result:
Remark: you can use the same technique to add some blush
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Correcting the lighting
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f the image is too dark
Click on the curves adjustment layer
Youll see this
Move the curve up until you get a good lighting
f you want to apply the lighting to some specified areas
Click Cmd+i /Ctrl+I and begin to brush (using the white color) over the chosen areas (lower the opacity, for example choose 50% opacity)
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Bring in the Brightness and Contrast adjustment layer (using this icon ) and play around with the contrast, until you get the wanted
esult
f the image is too bright just move the curve down.
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The eyes
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Merge all layers (by clicking Shift+Ctrl+E / Shift+Cmd+E)
Select the eyes using the lasso tool and right click then copy via layer
Then go to:
Filter->Sharpen->Smart sharpen
Doing as show in the picture
Hit ok
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And this is it, hope you enjoyed!