15 year old

wildmaven · Oct 28, 2007

Anita said:
Using Mama's Powder Action would do wonders.

I just checked out Mama's site and she has some really nifty actions. Unfortunately, my budget is really tight since opening up our art gallery. I would love to know how to do it myself, too.

Tiberius47 · Oct 28, 2007

To smooth skin tones, I duplicate the layer, then apply a guassian blur. This eliminates any unwanted blemishes. Then I add some noise to give it the illusion of texture. Then create a layer mask so the blurred skin is only shown on the skin and the eyes and lips etc are still sharp (from the original). Then just adjust the opacity to make it look natural.

almezaanzoom · Oct 29, 2007

I love the first picture!

wildmaven · Oct 29, 2007

Tiberius47 said:
To smooth skin tones, I duplicate the layer, then apply a guassian blur. This eliminates any unwanted blemishes. Then I add some noise to give it the illusion of texture. Then create a layer mask so the blurred skin is only shown on the skin and the eyes and lips etc are still sharp (from the original). Then just adjust the opacity to make it look natural.

Whooooooooooooo!!! Thanks! I can't wait to give it a try when I get home. :lovey:

almezaanzoom said:
I love the first picture!

Thank you. :hug::

JCleveland · Nov 1, 2007

Not a fan of the editing, looks much too overdone.. perhaps it's the pose you caught her in too that's skewing my opinion.. it's wonderful her mom likes it 'cause i'm sure that's who is buying it! myself though, i would have probably re-shot

newrmdmike · Nov 6, 2007

too soft i think.

AlejandroHernandez · Nov 6, 2007

i think you need to apply a mask layer so the effect only covers her face, not the eyes and the hair. I use filter/noise/median with a value of 15 pixels, then i apply the layer mask and reduce the opacity.