Post by popcorn on Apr 30, 2021 15:32:01 GMT
Hi All,
Being a relative beginner in the editing arena and being of an age at which I have forgotten more than I ever knew, I hope this is not common knowledge.
Every person I have ever taken photographs of wants to look 10 years younger. I have struggled with "damping down" those dark rings under the eyes that come with advancing age.
I have tried all sorts of techniques, but to get the result to look natural is never easy and always time consuming.
Today I came across this tutorial on the Web. 1 minute photoshop-Remove Dark Circles Naturally.
It is designed for Photoshop and the presenter succeeds in getting a 20 minute tutorial in just about a minute. It looked so easy and so quick that I decided it was worth while investigating.
It took me about twenty repeats of the tutorial to grasp the essentials.
It will not work for Elements alone, the problem is that you require to use filters with Smart objects, Elements does not provide this facility.
With a little help from Elements + I managed to make it work.
For me the results are outstanding and I keep finding uses for it.
I am not too sure why it works and would appreciate an explanation if anyone has the inclination.
1 minute photoshop-Remove Dark Circles Naturally
Import image into Editor
Select Background layer > Ctrl J to add copy layer ( if not labelled Layer 1 then do so now )
Select Background layer again Click on “Create a New Layer” button to create a blank layer between Background and Layer 1
Rename the blank layer > Layer 2
Select Layer 1
Goto Effects and open Elements+ > 6. Smart Filters >.
In the Script Alert window that appears > select “Create a smart object automatically? Select OK Do not check “Don’t Ask Again”
The “Smart Filter” selection window appears > “Add a new filter”
Scroll down to last section > “High Pass”, check the Preview button.
Reduce radius to 0,1 pixels, the screen will be uniformly grey.
Gradually increase the Radius pixel value…an outline will appear in the preview window.
Continue increasing the radius until the you can see the dark patches under the eye ( usually around 4,5 pixels ).Select OK
Return to the Layers Panel
A new uniform grey layer will have been created at the top of the layer stack, it has a Smart Layer icon in the bottom left.
Rename the new layer “Smart Filter"
Make Layer 1 active and change the Blend Mode from “Normal” to “Overlay”
Hold Alt and click on the line between the “Smart Filter” and Layer 1 in the Layers panel.
The Smart Filter is indented to the right..
Select the “colour picker” (eye dropper}
Set the Sample size to 5 x 5
Sample properties to “All Layers”
Make Layer 2 Active
Select the “colour picker” and sample from the area best suited to rectify the area to be rectified.
Select the “brush tool”, from the Basic Brushes in the Brush Preset Picker, choose a soft brush, set the opacity at a strength that gives the best result ( around 40% ) and a size suited for the repair.
Brush over the are to be rectified.
Being a relative beginner in the editing arena and being of an age at which I have forgotten more than I ever knew, I hope this is not common knowledge.
Every person I have ever taken photographs of wants to look 10 years younger. I have struggled with "damping down" those dark rings under the eyes that come with advancing age.
I have tried all sorts of techniques, but to get the result to look natural is never easy and always time consuming.
Today I came across this tutorial on the Web. 1 minute photoshop-Remove Dark Circles Naturally.
It is designed for Photoshop and the presenter succeeds in getting a 20 minute tutorial in just about a minute. It looked so easy and so quick that I decided it was worth while investigating.
It took me about twenty repeats of the tutorial to grasp the essentials.
It will not work for Elements alone, the problem is that you require to use filters with Smart objects, Elements does not provide this facility.
With a little help from Elements + I managed to make it work.
For me the results are outstanding and I keep finding uses for it.
I am not too sure why it works and would appreciate an explanation if anyone has the inclination.
1 minute photoshop-Remove Dark Circles Naturally
Import image into Editor
Select Background layer > Ctrl J to add copy layer ( if not labelled Layer 1 then do so now )
Select Background layer again Click on “Create a New Layer” button to create a blank layer between Background and Layer 1
Rename the blank layer > Layer 2
Select Layer 1
Goto Effects and open Elements+ > 6. Smart Filters >.
In the Script Alert window that appears > select “Create a smart object automatically? Select OK Do not check “Don’t Ask Again”
The “Smart Filter” selection window appears > “Add a new filter”
Scroll down to last section > “High Pass”, check the Preview button.
Reduce radius to 0,1 pixels, the screen will be uniformly grey.
Gradually increase the Radius pixel value…an outline will appear in the preview window.
Continue increasing the radius until the you can see the dark patches under the eye ( usually around 4,5 pixels ).Select OK
Return to the Layers Panel
A new uniform grey layer will have been created at the top of the layer stack, it has a Smart Layer icon in the bottom left.
Rename the new layer “Smart Filter"
Make Layer 1 active and change the Blend Mode from “Normal” to “Overlay”
Hold Alt and click on the line between the “Smart Filter” and Layer 1 in the Layers panel.
The Smart Filter is indented to the right..
Select the “colour picker” (eye dropper}
Set the Sample size to 5 x 5
Sample properties to “All Layers”
Make Layer 2 Active
Select the “colour picker” and sample from the area best suited to rectify the area to be rectified.
Select the “brush tool”, from the Basic Brushes in the Brush Preset Picker, choose a soft brush, set the opacity at a strength that gives the best result ( around 40% ) and a size suited for the repair.
Brush over the are to be rectified.
