acne removal... please critique...

Hey guys I took a random photo off the net to see how my photoshop skills were at getting rid of blemishes... can you guys tell me how I did? its my first time... BE harsh if you have to! Thanks!

Alright I think it will be pretty obvious which one is which....

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Looks like you did a great job with a challenging image to me.

Thanks! I appreciate it...

Pretty darned fair.

What was the source for the skin texture?

Rad

Where did the blemish go ? Great job.

Radtech1 wrote in post #6320157
Pretty darned fair.

What was the source for the skin texture?

Rad

What do you mean?

canonnoob wrote in post #6320167
What do you mean?

On the edited version, the skin has the texture of skin (pores, fine wrinkles, etc) - where did that texture come from? A straight blur job would have obliterated the texture.

Rad

get that kid some proactiv...STAT

You did a good job considering what you had to work with.

The finished product kinda looks like a thick layer of foundation was used.

I did a few different steps..

1) duplicate the original
2) set the duplicate to overlay and inver the image.
3) Use Highpass to clear up the face.
4) use gaussian blure to clean up the highpass alittle bit.
5) put black mask on duplicate level (alt-click mask layer)
6) take white brush and paint over areas wanting to smooth.
7) If any spots remain use the healing brush tool...

I got steps 1-6 Here page 10

Hope that helps

nw85887 wrote in post #6320223
get that kid some proactiv...STAT

You did a good job considering what you had to work with.

The finished product kinda looks like a thick layer of foundation was used.

nah just laser removal

oooops... sorry my bad, forget what i said. Lol

entrophy wrote in post #6342915
I was in your position once with acne removal on photos of myself. I'm telling you now, go see a dermatologist, that looks like stage 2 inflammatory acne and would highly suggest getting it checked out before scarring occurs. Also, refer to acne.org for more information.

I guess you missed the following...

canonnoob wrote in post #6319249
Hey guys I took a random photo off the net to see how my photoshop skills were at getting rid of blemishes... can you guys tell me how I did? its my first time... BE harsh if you have to! Thanks!

Alright I think it will be pretty obvious which one is which....

Nice job btw!

lol thanks monty

great job!

Thanks navy!