jean miele

The idea is to use Select>Color Range as an easy way to select the skin, so we can use that selection to make a mask that will reveal the smoothing layer only on the skin. This will work best if...

Thanks for taking the time to let me know, wildplaces. Really glad you found the tutorial helpful.

Hi wkay. As I mentioned before, copying and pasting the Red Channel into the file as a layer is definitely the trickiest part. Let's try a different way to do Step 2: Once the retouching is done,...

Thanks, Robert. What I did here is just kind of a digital haircut, using the same techniques described in Stage 1 of the article. I use the Clone Stamp Tool and Spot Healing Brush to copy sections...

Thanks, Anthony.

Diffuse glow can be very nice for skin. The effect is similar to this in that it both brightens and softens. And I agree that a "moderate" amount of Diffuse Glow can be very nice, although Diffuse...

Thanks, Paulfk.
We want to add the layer mask to the layer we've created from the Red Channel, so make sure that's the active layer (highlighted in blue), once you've made your selection. With this...

Much appreciated, NYC Jim. Thanks.

Glad that helped - and sorry of it wasn't totally clear in the tutorial. Where you click really makes a difference. Photoshop geography can be pretty specific, as in this case. Clicking in the box...

Thanks, ricko5. That's exactly my intention. Since the retouching, and the Red-Channel skin-smoothing are set up as individual layers, the intensity of the effects can be regulated in 1%...

24Peter is definitely paying attention. I'm surprised no one else commented on the fact that the smoothing layer (Red-Channel-As-Layer layer set to Luminosity blending mode) lightens the image in...

This is definitely the trickiest part, Dirk. It's a question of Photoshop "geography." The channels "live" in a different place than the layers. We need to copy from one place to the other - from...

That's an interesting take, Ed. And you get the bonus points for pointing out that a Channel Mixer adjustment layer with the Red channel at 100 and the others at 0 would be the third way to bring...

Photoshop guru Jean Miele shares an advanced Photoshop workflow for making skin smooth and radiant, without taking all day to do it.