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Mar 09, 2007 02:14 as a reply to @ post 2841146 | #17

I think I agree with the others Roy, it's just a little too soft. It's a good shot though .........

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Mar 09, 2007 02:29 | #18

You should try stacking layers of the original image.
1 duplicate original image then run USM.
2. Use levels layer to boost the exposure just a touch.
3. make a duplicate layer of the USM layer then run gaussian blur filter at around 1.5.
4.make the blur layer a mask layer select the paint bucket and fill the mask with black(this will hide the blur)
5. select white from the color pallet and a average size paint brush and choose 49% opacity .
6. paint in the area you wish to apply the "smooth skin" to.
This example shows this exact routine, plus the use of the healing brush on the blemish over her right eye.

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Mar 09, 2007 03:16 as a reply to @ goforphoto's post | #19

Is this something like what you were going for? I think you did a little too much smoothing of her skin and a soft focus shouldn't blur as much as you had it.

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Mar 09, 2007 03:54 | #20

Here is my attempt -1st time trying to edit a person !

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Mar 09, 2007 03:54 | #21

Thanks everybody for all your help and comments. It demonstrates once again what a subjective field we are in! Thanks for your tip Goforphoto - I shall try it this afternoon.

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Mar 09, 2007 04:58 | #22

I had a little go too.

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Mar 09, 2007 05:42 | #23

Some great examples here, im gonna chuck my hat in the ring.

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Mar 09, 2007 09:29 | #24

Hello cgratti,
You have done a nice job but I think it dont really look like a human skin tone.

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Mar 09, 2007 11:02 as a reply to @ ghosh's post | #25

I am going to give it a try!

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Mar 09, 2007 11:48 | #26

Okay, I'll play.. here's mine... I do all of my skin softening with the clone tool... then I add a gaussian blur in a separate layer and erase eyes, lips, hair, etc, back in to show original...

I thought the image was dark, so I bumped levels and brightness/contrast. Also played with her eyes a bit... flattened and sharpened for web.. here's my version... Might be too light for your tast, but I like things a little lighter rather than darker...

She's really pretty and didn't need much touching up of her skin, so you can really be conservative with her, in my opinion.

Oh and I messed with the color a bit too.. I think my version is too yellow or something, but there seemed to be something missing on the skin tones... I don't think I achieved perfection, and far from it, but maybe you can play with it and figure out a happy balance.. the copy I made is too red or warm or something... sorry.. didn't get what I was hoping for.

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Mar 09, 2007 12:12 | #27

Thanks Kristy - I'll be in 'Hot, Sunny Arizona' in May!

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Mar 09, 2007 12:17 as a reply to @ Roy Mathers's post | #28

Here's my try...trying to learn this too!

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Mar 09, 2007 12:39 | #29

here's my try , only did face

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Mar 09, 2007 16:01 as a reply to @ mrmacca's post | #30

Thought I'd give it a try too; I put the original next to mine for comparison, only very subtle smoothing, but I brought out the eyes a little more using curves, lightened it with levels and added a little USM.

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