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Flat Skin. Flat SkinReviewed by Denny Tang on May 6Rating: Step 1 Open a photo to begin. Expand the file menu and select Open. Then, browse for the file and click OK. Step 2 Click on the button in the layers pallet and select Invert. Step 3 Change the blending mode to Luminosity. 70 Beauty-Retouching Photoshop Tutorials. Advertisement Beauty retouching is probably one of the most popular application areas in which Adobe Photoshop is used extensively. There are two simple reasons for that. First, Photoshop offers a variety of advanced tools to smooth out skin and hair, optimize body proportions and emphasize some beautiful details. And second, if you have some experience with Photoshop it is easy to learn the basics and quickly produce very impressive and beautiful results.
Of course, beauty-retouching is a quite deceptive art. The masters of Photoshop create illusions which are hard to tell apart — unless you have both a genuine photo and the final result in Photoshop and can directly compare them. Still, it is not the reason to avoid learning advanced Photoshop techniques for beauty-retouching and study examples of how it is done in practice. You may want to take a look at the further Photoshop tutorials selections we’ve presented earlier: Skin Hair Changing Hair Color How to change hair color.
Galleries. Keying Green Backdrops. Keying Green BackdropsReviewed by Photoshop Tutorials Editor on Sep 5Rating: Identify the Green Backdrop Before we add layer mask, we need to identify the green areas and create an black and white layer to represent the transparency of the image. Step 1 Open a photo you would like to edit. Step 2 Add a Channel Mixer adjustment layer (Layer> New Adjustment Layer> Channel Mixer). Step 3 Now drag the Constant slider towards the right until the object is a 100% white; not gray. Step 4 You’ll notice that after apply the Channel Mixer adjustment layer, the green areas are not completely black. Convert Layer to Mask Step 5 Before we can add a layer mask to the Background layer, we need to unlock it.
Step 6 Add a layer mask to the layer we have just unlocked (Layer> Add Layer Mask> Reveal All). Step 7 Make sure the layer mask is activated. Step 8 With the layer mask activated, open the Apply Image tool (Image> Apply Image). Step 9 Remove Green Edge Artifacts Step 10 Step 11 Step 12 Step 13 Step 14 Final Results. Making a Different Hair Style in Photoshop.