Advice on baby skin processing

[Binga]

Is there a way that I can smooth baby skin without retouching each individual blemish or flake? I have PSE8, if that matters. Thanks. :)

[hawkeye60]

Without seeing the picture it's kind of hard to give advice, at least for me.

[Binga]

Here is one. :)

[CanadaJen]

I would remove the "big" flakes by hand and then for an overall soften to get the little stuff I use Portraiture at a low opacity so baby doesn't look too smoothed out. I ran it quickly on your image:

[mercersmoments]

I used a skin softening brush

[JoShAdKa4]

I used a skin softening brush

Amazing edit!!! I am awe struck!

[Stacey8221]

I have searched all over for how to do skin smoothing on PSE8 and haven't had any luck. BUT I just downloaded lightroom 3 and it is AMAZING for skin smoothing. I am halfway through my free trial and will be buying it the second it expires! It has really improved all my photos tremendously!

[jenabean4]

I have searched all over for how to do skin smoothing on PSE8 and haven't had any luck. BUT I just downloaded lightroom 3 and it is AMAZING for skin smoothing. I am halfway through my free trial and will be buying it the second it expires! It has really improved all my photos tremendously!

Do you find this tool helps with flakes? Sometimes when I use it - I see red spots? What am I doing wrong? Please post some before and afters if you have them!

[mercersmoments]

Here's a sample of the coffeshop powder room baby action, found here :

http://coffeeteaphotography.blogspot.com/2009/11/coffeeshop-baby-powderroom-free-pspse.html

Best of all - this action is FREE !

This is probably the worst skin I've had to fix, the child had a rather large sore on her face, as well as some dry red skin.

I did my normal edit in ACR & CS4 - this image was off colour due to the very green surrounds & her bright pink jumper - never helps my WB !

After using the healing tool & cloning tool, I then ran the action, smoothed out the skin, using the smooth skin tool that is part of the action and used the red skin repair that is part of the action as well.

hope this helps

[Stacey8221]

Do you find this tool helps with flakes? Sometimes when I use it - I see red spots? What am I doing wrong? Please post some before and afters if you have them!


It does help a ton with flakes!! The newborn I just took pictures of last week had VERY dry skin and this smoothed a lot of it out. However, I did have to go back to the healing tool on some bigger flake spots. I will see if I can get you some comparisons!

[Stacey8221]

Here is one done with Lightroom's skin softening tool (at 100%, can be turned down of course) and then a couple of spot healings to get rid of the bigger chunks of skin.

[Stacey8221]

I just did a REALLY quick skin soften edit with the brush tool in Lightroom on this little newborn's arms to show you its effect. Normally I would do more spot heal to get rid of the flakes left behind but I wanted to show you what it can do :) It doesn't completely take the flakes away but I think it's a pretty good improvement!

Before:

[jenabean4]

Oh very nice work! I am going to use it more often!

[denise69]

thanks for the tips listed here.
baby's can be tough.
i tend to spend for ever and a day touching up every spot!
UGH time consuming, however, worth it in th end.

i also appreciate the posting of the free action on here as well.
awesome.

[RebeccaChristine]

I looove coffeeshop actions :) I used perfect portrait here but essentially only used the soft skin mask. Used the patch tool before to get rid of the larger flakes and then upped the contrast just a tiny bit to bring the eyes out
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs627.snc4/58724_436285877569_822237569_4972049_670287_n.jpg

[akkaandy]

argreed! wow

[podoco]

Why not just leave it? Looks much more natural...

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