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dward1222
Joined: 30 Dec 2006
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Location: Columbus, Ohio
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 Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2010 9:33 pm Post subject: Need tips for removing acne in a photo |
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Hello again everybody-
I am doing some senior photography and some of the photos show a good amount of teen acne. What tips can you suggest to help remove it or what have you done that would help as well.
In case it matters,,,I'm using Photoshop CS.
Thanks- Doug  |
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Damo77
Joined: 28 Aug 2010
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Location: Brisbane, Australia
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dward1222
Joined: 30 Dec 2006
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Location: Columbus, Ohio
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| Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2010 8:19 pm Post subject: RE: Senior Pics w/ Acne |
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Hi There-
Here is a photo of the acne I am trying to remove. Any suggestions would be helpful. I'm using Photoshop CS.
P.S. I had to re-size a copy of the original photo, so it might look a bit blurry when viewing it large.
Thanks for looking.
Sincerely- Doug |
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thehermit
Joined: 05 Mar 2003
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Location: Cheltenham, UK
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Duplicate the layer twice, on the middle layer in the stack Gaussian Blur until all the flesh tones meld into one (don't worry about complete loss of detail). Now select the top layer and goto Image>Apply Image and input the following settings (I presume it's an 8bit image) in the layer make sure you have the Gaussian Blur layer selected, Blending>Subtract and Scale>2 and Offset 128. Now change the layer stacks Blend Mode to Linear Light. In practice what you will have looks no different from where you started, but you have separated the texture from the colour and luminosity. On your top layer (the one that looks grey) use a healing brush (not clone and not spot heal) set on Current Layer and get to work.
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aftermath
Joined: 07 Dec 2010
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| thehermit wrote: | | Duplicate the layer twice, on the middle layer in the stack Gaussian Blur until all the flesh tones meld into one (don't worry about complete loss of detail). Now select the top layer and goto Image>Apply Image and input the following settings (I presume it's an 8bit image) in the layer make sure you have the Gaussian Blur layer selected, Blending>Subtract and Scale>2 and Offset 128. Now change the layer stacks Blend Mode to Linear Light. In practice what you will have looks no different from where you started, but you have separated the texture from the colour and luminosity. On your top layer (the one that looks grey) use a healing brush (not clone and not spot heal) set on Current Layer and get to work. |
Awesome. Works like a charm. Please keep helping us like this.
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jaysen
Joined: 24 Jan 2011
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| Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 12:39 am Post subject: |
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| thehermit wrote: | | Duplicate the layer twice, on the middle layer in the stack Gaussian Blur until all the flesh tones meld into one (don't worry about complete loss of detail). Now select the top layer and goto Image>Apply Image and input the following settings (I presume it's an 8bit image) in the layer make sure you have the Gaussian Blur layer selected, Blending>Subtract and Scale>2 and Offset 128. Now change the layer stacks Blend Mode to Linear Light. In practice what you will have looks no different from where you started, but you have separated the texture from the colour and luminosity. On your top layer (the one that looks grey) use a healing brush (not clone and not spot heal) set on Current Layer and get to work. |
nice information it works for me |
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SallyH
Joined: 28 Jan 2011
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Thanks for the advice. I didn't know you could do that, but I've tried it and it works really well. |
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mahoers
Joined: 28 Jan 2011
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| Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 12:53 pm Post subject: |
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| thehermit wrote: | | Duplicate the layer twice, on the middle layer in the stack Gaussian Blur until all the flesh tones meld into one (don't worry about complete loss of detail). Now select the top layer and goto Image>Apply Image and input the following settings (I presume it's an 8bit image) in the layer make sure you have the Gaussian Blur layer selected, Blending>Subtract and Scale>2 and Offset 128. Now change the layer stacks Blend Mode to Linear Light. In practice what you will have looks no different from where you started, but you have separated the texture from the colour and luminosity. On your top layer (the one that looks grey) use a healing brush (not clone and not spot heal) set on Current Layer and get to work. |
really thanks, this is works for me, i just spare 3 days for my life just to get information about this... |
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thehermit
Joined: 05 Mar 2003
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I would like to point out to all, that this is not my own technique (hopefully most didn't think it was) there are many explanations around the web, that go into the proper reasons and maths behind the technique. I won't provide links but it's just a frequency separation, for those who want to research deeper. It's not new, just trendy  I'm a jaded retoucher and have learnt heaps from that one technique and its applications.
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soporteservidores0111
Joined: 07 Feb 2011
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Location: Navarra
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| thehermit wrote: | | Duplicate the layer twice, on the middle layer in the stack Gaussian Blur until all the flesh tones meld into one (don't worry about complete loss of detail). Now select the top layer and goto Image>Apply Image and input the following settings (I presume it's an 8bit image) in the layer make sure you have the Gaussian Blur layer selected, Blending>Subtract and Scale>2 and Offset 128. Now change the layer stacks Blend Mode to Linear Light. In practice what you will have looks no different from where you started, but you have separated the texture from the colour and luminosity. On your top layer (the one that looks grey) use a healing brush (not clone and not spot heal) set on Current Layer and get to work. |
Thank you for the great post, this is the information what I am exactly searching for.. It did the trick, once again thank you for the nice post.. |
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