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I used Paint Shop Pro X but the principles are the same.

Duplicate the original layer. Working on copy layer, select the areas you want to soften except the eyes and mouth and create a new layer. Apply soft focus to this new layer and set opacity to 60%. There is no hard and fast rule - only what looks good to you.

On duplicate layer: With very small brush and opacity of about 30%, apply 'burn' to eyelashes and eyes. Small amount of sharpeining also. Increase saturation for lips.

Switch visibilty on or off on original layer to check and compare the results. When done, I switched off original layer and merge all the other layers, then save.

There are other ways of getting the same result but that's what I did.

Hope that helps,

Regards
Jacobs
 
I really like this one. Tell us a little about her. And try posting this at the retouching forum, they do wonders there. Ronnie made a 'smudge' of my Dad that was beautiful. Lots of helpfull people there.
Katz
Barbee said:
Plz advise me how to soften her face using adobe 7.0 I would greatly
appreciate it.



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Barbara Gentry
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Money can buy you a pretty good dog, but it can't buy the wag of his tail... Josh Billings
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Accept your Mom the way she is.
Reality is so much better. Love is about accepting who we are.
The media have fostered this immature notion of self.

Youth culture, now there,s an oxymoron, are content with removing the colors of the rainbow they dislike !

Imperfections are what define personality and give depth, give a sense of having life.
This is one of the hardest lessons I have learned.
Great people are admired because of their imperfections, not in spite of them.
There lies one of the greatest challenges to photography.
 
Hey, I am pleased that someone else has the same opinion I do. Although it's ok to change the looks of a photo, but the character of this photo has been down a long road and the camera sure captured that journey, don't you think?. She had 12 girls, 4 boys (me one of them) and here at 90 she is still strong.
Thank you so much.

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Barbara Gentry
 
Thank you so much Lowell, I love photo's that do tell a story and in this case of my mother, I believe the camera wanted to capture that moment for me and us.
Thanks
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Barbara Gentry
 
she is always asking to show fewer wrinkles in her photos...
Barbee said:
Hey, I am pleased that someone else has the same opinion I do.
Although it's ok to change the looks of a photo, but the character of
this photo has been down a long road and the camera sure captured
that journey, don't you think?. She had 12 girls, 4 boys (me one of
them) and here at 90 she is still strong.
Thank you so much.

--
Barbara Gentry
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