UPDATE:
There’s a photoshop filter to do this in one control panel.
I’ll write about this later. For now, the samples speak for themselves. Below the Action file to download and run.
From first to last, the following samples were made using the action-only to action-plus-manual-retouching.
Later:
Wouldn’t you like to get Photoshop understand orders like “smoot the freckles out, and then re-apply the pores” or “smooth out the dimples but keep the fine wrinkles only” and then getting a Professional Photo Retoucher to guide you through all necessary steps to clean-up your photo without clicking thousands of times with the stamp tool? – Some wouldn’t, though. I’ve seen tutorials from some photographers showing a cloning-stamp-a-ton video in high speed as an heroic resistance challenge, just to accomplish what you do with this action.
This action, uses a technique similar to the one used by “sharpen mask” filter, to detect detail under a certain ratio, and keeps it in a separate layer, while you smooth out the rest. It’s based in my “perfect skin” action, but adds the needed steps and instructions for you to get it done faster.
Once you finish the automated part, you can go ahead and practice a little with the Dodge and Burn tools, to lighten dark sides and darken light ones of bumps.
Let me know if it doesn’t adhere to your workflow for skin-care and I’ll do my best to help it better.
Click the images to see them in full size.
About the author:Sergio Zambrano
Print designer until it started to die, Web Designer by hobby and Coder by force. Living in Miami and getting less sun than russians in winter, but I like Wordpress develpment even more.
