I want one!

Hi guys
I was testing a new technique on photoshop, does it look any good?
What about the photo??? i like this one

unbelivably 3 dimensional!...Whateve​r that process is it sure works! Great photo and great conversion to B&W !

I usually don't like those super-soft portraits but that one is very nice

Wow I really like the way that turned out! Do you mind sharing with us the steps you took in doing it?

sure thing,
1, duplicate layer, then desaturate both
2Gaussian blur set at about 40pixels
3change opacity of top latey till it looks right
use eraser tool on the layer with Gaussian blur and rub out the areas of teh eyes, the mouth and i did the ears too
and thats it

Stav

Thanks!!! I will have to give it a shot. Actually I think that's what I'll do right now.

many older people (women) have really thanked me for using that technique in the past......

You can get some very subtle smoothing effects. I blur only one layer and the use the history brush to restore the "sharp" bits

I really like it!

thanks everyone...i didnt really think that this would be liked soo much
*BIG SMILE*

Stav