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    Photoshop Lesson 16 - Skin Smoothening Techniques

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    This document provides instructions for using Photoshop's Surface Blur and High Pass filters to smooth skin texture in portraits while retaining natural appearance. It describes applying Surface Blur at 20-40 radius/30-50 threshold to the skin selection on a duplicate layer, then using High Pass at a low radius on another duplicate layer to bring back subtle texture. Blending the layers at soft light and lowering opacity achieves a realistic balance of smoothness and detail.

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    Photoshop Lesson 16 - Skin Smoothening Techniques

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    This document provides instructions for using Photoshop's Surface Blur and High Pass filters to smooth skin texture in portraits while retaining natural appearance. It describes applying Surface Blur at 20-40 radius/30-50 threshold to the skin selection on a duplicate layer, then using High Pass at a low radius on another duplicate layer to bring back subtle texture. Blending the layers at soft light and lowering opacity achieves a realistic balance of smoothness and detail.

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    This document provides instructions for using Photoshop's Surface Blur and High Pass filters to smooth skin texture in portraits while retaining natural appearance. It describes applying Surface Blur at 20-40 radius/30-50 threshold to the skin selection on a duplicate layer, then using High Pass at a low radius on another duplicate layer to bring back subtle texture. Blending the layers at soft light and lowering opacity achieves a realistic balance of smoothness and detail.

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    Photoshop Lesson 16 - Skin Smoothening Techniques

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    This document provides instructions for using Photoshop's Surface Blur and High Pass filters to smooth skin texture in portraits while retaining natural appearance. It describes applying Surface Blur at 20-40 radius/30-50 threshold to the skin selection on a duplicate layer, then using High Pass at a low radius on another duplicate layer to bring back subtle texture. Blending the layers at soft light and lowering opacity achieves a realistic balance of smoothness and detail.

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    Lesson 16

    The Skin Smoothing


    Technique

    CHESTER M. APOSTOL
    Photoshop Instructor
    Lesson Objectives

     Explain the Surface Blur filter and its


    options.
     Discuss the procedure for softening
    skin using the Surface Blur filter.
     Discuss the procedure for bringing
    back skin texture using the High Pass
    filter.
    Smoothing Skin Using
    Surface Blur Filter
    1. Open the portrait image that you want to apply the
    skin smoothing technique on.
    2. Remove skin blemishes.
    3. Mask the skin area in the Quick Mask mode .
    4. Inverse the selection by clicking [Select]-[Inverse] in
    the menu bar or by pressing [Shift]+[Ctrl]+[I] ([Shift]
    +[Command]+[I] on Mac).
    5. Press [Ctrl]+[J] ([Command]+[J] on Mac) twice to
    copy the selection to a new layer. The first copy
    layer (Layer 1) will be used for smoothing the skin
    and the second copy layer (Layer 1 copy) for
    bringing back the skin texture .
    Smoothing Skin Using
    Surface Blur Filter
    6. To see the effect of the surface blur filter that will be
    applied to the second layer (Layer 1), hide the
    topmost layer (Layer 1 copy) by clicking the layer
    visibility icon.
    7. Make sure that the second layer (Layer 1) is
    selected. Click [Filter]-[Blur]-[Surface Blur] in the menu
    bar to display the Surface blur dialog box.
    8. In the Radius textbox, enter a value from 20 to 40.
    In the Threshold textbox enter a value from 30 to 50.
    9. Click the OK button when done.
    Sample Surface Blur Output

    Surface Blur Dialog Box

    Surface Blur Applied


    Bringing Back Skin Texture
    Using High Pass Filter
    1. Click the layer visibility icon of the topmost layer
    (Layer 1 copy) to make it visible again.
    2. Ensure that the topmost layer is selected.
    3. Click [Filter]-[Other]-[High Pass] in the menu bar to
    display the High Pass dialog box.
    4. In the High Pass dialog box, move the Radius
    slider to the leftmost side. Notice that the skin is
    solid gray.
    5. Move the slider to the right until the skin texture
    becomes visible.
    6. Click the OK button.
    Bringing Back Skin Texture
    Using High Pass Filter

    7. Change the blending mode of the topmost layer


    (layer where you applied the high pass filter) to
    Soft Light.
    8. Notice that the skin texture is now visible but the
    skin still looks unrealistic. To make skin
    smoothness and texture look realistic, lower the
    opacity of the layer where you applied the surface
    blur filter (Layer 1) and the layer where you
    applied the high pass filter (Layer 1 copy).
    Sample Skin Smoothing
    Technique Output

    Before After

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