Simple Facial Photo Retouching
Photo retouching tutorial
In the last days I received a few e-mails from our users asking how to retouch a face. This tutorial will show you how to create beautiful model face from ordinary girl photo. I will show you an easy method on how to create a nice looking effect in just a few steps.
I will use an image with a girl.
First of all I’ll make the pickles and blemishes to disappear. I will select Spot Healing Brush Tool, and i will make small drawing over each imperfection of the face.
The result is very good. It will take you some time, but I assure you will have the same result as mine. I will select eyedropper tool, and I will choose the color for the eyebrows. With a smooth round brush, I will try to accentuate a little the eyebrow. Try to set the brush opacity to 30 %.
You can see my result in the following image
I will select a eyelash brush from deviantart.com. You can use any of the following brushes
Eyelash Brushes
Eyelashes Photoshop Brushes
Make Up Brushes
I will add the eyelash on a new brush, and I will go to Edith > Transform > Warp.
In the following image you will see how I will manipulate the eyelash with warp tool.
I will place the same eyelash brush also on the other eye.
The image with the girl looks already good.
I will make a selection with Pen Tool around the girls face. I am doing this step because I want to add some simple makeup.
I will right click on my canvas and I will chose make selection.
Then I will go to Select > Inverse ( SHIFT+CTRL+I ).
Create a new layer ( press CTRL+SHIFT+ALT+N )
I will select Brush Tool, and with a smooth round brush (opacity value 20 %) I will draw over the cheek
I will create 4 small shapes with Rectangle Tool.
I will select all the layers with the rectangles, and I will click on CTRL+E to merge all the layers into a single one. The next step is to use Warp tool, to modify the aspect of the shapes.
This is my result. As you see I try to add some light in her eyes.
I will use Dodge Tool to add some lights over the eyes. This is my final result.
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Great tutorial. I followed it step by step and realized how useful the Warp features is.
I’m glad you like warp tool. is one of my favorite tool in photoshop.
Nice avatar
i tooo like this tutorial….warp tool is really interesting
Wow this tutorial is fun! hahaha a simple steps and you can do just like that…
hmm i cant really make the first step done! T__T can u tell me the setting u did on that one? and how to do it abit more detail pls?
Please let me know exactly where you have problems, and i will be happy to help you
Me neither. I don’t know how to explain. But it just doesn’t work for me. The skin isnt changing as shown… It’s cloning wrong spots of the face. And it just won’t be a nice skin.
Thanks for the amazing tutorial!
I really wish I could acquire this skill.
Where is the Spot Healing Brush Tool?
I use a macbook and photoshop CS3.
Thanks!
I think the eyes are amazing. I would not have even thought about adding the lights in her eyes. Maybe the eye lashes are a bit too long. They tend to look like spiders. Beautiful work!
Maybe just the bottom lashes are too long.
A really nice tutorial on the advanced side of photo retouching. I am going to recommend this site to my advanced students
Nice tut…I can never use the Warp tool efficiently. I always get my layers looking so badly warped, and surreal…
Other than that, nice outcome though, I found the skin to be a bit overdone.
alright tutorial, warp tool was an interesting one. eyelashes are a little too long and don’t blend in with the face (edges are too sharp).
the highlights are a good idea but are a little over the top, especially the left one. little circles would have sufficed
wow thanks for a great tut. also for the links to the brushes!!
Interesting material! I try to use it in my actions. You should change her eyes color to green for example..:)
i also have problems with the first step. Here the skin is very smooth, but when I do it, it clones and changes
it doesn’t work for me, when i use het spot healing brush I don’t get a smooth skin like you do…can someone tell me what i am doing wrong?
thanks
If the spot healing Brush Tool does not work for you, try to use the Healing Brush Tool. Hold down the ALT key, and press one time with this tool on a spot where you have the smoothest skin possible
If you can show me the image i will show you from where you should take the skin.
You can also duplicate the layer with your photo. Go to Filter > Gaussian Blur , and choose a value between 5 and 10
Then change the blending mode to Darken
Select Both layers in your layer palette, and press on CTRL+E to merge the layers into a single one. From this step you can use the spot healing Brush Tool
NOTE TO SELF – EYELASH BRUSHES from Deviant Art. Very cool.
great tutorial .. thanks for the post
This doesn’t look realistic, IMO
A bit overboard on the healing brush for a professional job I think.
Hurray!! .. It is really nice and helpful tutorial..
Yeah, I’m really not feeling this one. Eyelashes on the one eye are way longer than the other and they aren’t blended enough to make it look remotely realistic. Skin is way too overdone too. I think you removed too many “pickles.”