Transforming Megan Fox : Skin Retouching

Posted on Monday March, 15 2010 | 6 Comments

In this tutorial, I will show you how to remove unwanted particles on skin and also to smoothen the skin. I have used a model cum actress "Megan Fox" for this tutorial. You can download the images which I have used for tutorial from here.

Before moving on to the tutorial,  let's view  the comparison of the picture; before and after retouching.

The Tutorial

1.  Download the image from the link give above. Open it in within your photoshop application. You can use CTRL + O to initiate the open file dialog.

2. On the layer panel, you can see the background layer is locked. The background layer must be unlocked, before we can edit it. To unlock the layer,  double click on the layer and you will see the new layer dialog. Click OK to unlock it. Take note: I have set the layer name  as Layer 1.

3.  Next choose the layer 1  and  tap CTRL + J to clone the layer. You will see a Layer 1 copy is added on top of the Layer 1 layer. We will use  the Layer 1 copy on next step and add filters on it.

4. Choose the Layer 1 copy and go to Filter > Blur > Surface Blur and make changes as shown in the image below. After adding surface blur, go to Filter > Noise > Dust & Starches and add the parameters as shown in the images.

At this point, your image should look something like this.

5. Now choose and set the Layer 1 copy blending mode to screen.

Here is how the image looks after setting the Layer 1 copy blending mode to screen.

6. Choose the both layer together by tapping CTRL and clicking each layer and tap CTRL + E to merge the layer together.

7. After merge the layer, choose the healing brush and move the brush from point A to B and other places where black spot are visible. Repeat the step until the black spot vanishes from the skin.

5. Done !!! This is the final preview of the tutorial together with the original image.

Before

After


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