How to soften a portrait picture ? (pic. sample)

trondeh said:

Hi!

This is my first humble attempt using Picture Window Pro.



Did a color correction, and then used the Advanced Sharpner with
some blur/noise remval of skin, spec removal and some tiny
sharpning. Used the clone tool to paint back details to the nose
and mouth.

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loredana said:

This is my first post here...a little bold to post a touch-up too,
but I figured I have to start somewhere.

Let me know if this is what you had in mind:



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Lori

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Alan Byrd said:

I found an action that really works well on portraits:



Link to action:

http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/coolato/Softfocuslook.atn

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digitalphoto said:

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JJMacks said:

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JJMack

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lcmacedo said:

NT

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myalhi said:

lcmacedo said:

NT

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--
Mehmet
http://www.yalhi.com/myalhi

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lcmacedo said:

NT

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• duplicate layer twice
• gaussian blur 3% on 1st copy layer
• reveal all layer mask on 2nd cpoy
• black brush 60% opac. 70% flow and paint layer mask to reveal only the skin to be softened. 75% brush opacity for neck
• healing brush to disolve marks under eyes
• USM 100% amt., .7 radius 0 thres. on eyes only
• merge 1st and 2nd layers
• color select darker skin area on merged layer
• desaturate 10-15%
• flatten image

lcmacedo said:

I did this with simple steps:

• duplicate layer twice
• gaussian blur 3% on 1st copy layer
• reveal all layer mask on 2nd cpoy
• black brush 60% opac. 70% flow and paint layer mask to reveal

only the skin to be softened. 75% brush opacity for neck

• healing brush to disolve marks under eyes
• USM 100% amt., .7 radius 0 thres. on eyes only
• merge 1st and 2nd layers
• color select darker skin area on merged layer
• desaturate 10-15%
• flatten image

... Lucas

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myalhi said:

Well,

I'm sorry that it was not possible to thank all of you one by one.
It seems like most you are very much unhappy about the makeup of
the first model, here is another model for you to play with I think
with a better makeup and my version of softening which I have
learned from you. Thanks again to all of you.





--
Mehmet
http://www.yalhi.com/myalhi

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• softened skin with a masked blur+noise layer
• multiplied left side and screened right side slightly
• slight contrast curve - eyes only
• evened out lip color
• added a hint of blush
• dodged and burnt hair highlights/shadows
• added Omni light behind her head
• slght highlight's soft glow

ronald louis said:

I took a try on the last portrait but when I try to post it, it
shows up with jpg artifacts.... not clear and sharp. This happens
to me now and then when posting images here, and I can't figure out
why.

I slip the image into PS, (as is, with no resizing) work on it
and then save in jpg.

I understand that the image is low rez, but the original shown
here is clear and sharp..... why is it my retouched version shows
up in preview, with slightly jagged edges?.... It happens now and
then, even though I always seem to follow the same proceedure.

What am I doing wrong?

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