Skin Processing Question...

[seth-trenda]

Hey there. I am using CS4 and was wondering if anyone out there could help me out with finding a good skin processing tool/action/software... Something that will make smooth skin tones. Any input or advice would be great. Thanks a ton!

[DrFil]

try portrait professional, i know they were offering free downloads like a month ago, don't know if they still are.

in cs4, a good easy way to do things is, after you get rid of blemishes and whatnot, to duplicate layer and apply a gaussian blur and then create a reverse layer mask (or whatever it's called...by holding ALT and then pressing on the layer mask icon) and then painting over areas that need smoothing.

[Zansho]

Wrong forum to ask this particular question ^^;. Can a mod move the topic to the processing part of the forum?

Portraiture plug ins are a great way to go for simple skin processing. I know people (myself included) who use a dodge and burn layer, clone stamp, healing brush and high pass filter with gaussian blur method to get the skin smoothing effect.

[seth-trenda]

try portrait professional, i know they were offering free downloads like a month ago, don't know if they still are.

in cs4, a good easy way to do things is, after you get rid of blemishes and whatnot, to duplicate layer and apply a gaussian blur and then create a reverse layer mask (or whatever it's called...by holding ALT and then pressing on the layer mask icon) and then painting over areas that need smoothing.


Thanks DrFil! :)

[ssim]

If you hunted through a place like action central you will find plenty of actions that purport to do a multitude of skin processes. I have some of the OnOne an Nik plugins and they do a fine job of certain skin processes.