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Post by laurenjay on Jun 25, 2015 18:20:21 GMT
I have been working on a portrait. Made duplicate layer, touched up faces with eyedropper. Made selection on face lightened it. Now I want to blur the faces a tad. How should I do this?
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Post by Sepiana on Jun 25, 2015 19:36:59 GMT
You could try selecting the face, placing your selection on its own layer (Ctrl-J, Cmmd-J on a Mac), and then applying the Gaussian Blur filter. Use the Radius slider to adjust the amount of blurring.
If your goal is to smooth the skin on the face but still keep the details in areas such as eyes, eyebrows, lips, you will need to apply the blur selectively. After you have blurred the whole face, you can add a layer mask and paint with black on these areas to hide the effect of the Gaussian Blur filter.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2015 21:25:29 GMT
Hi laurenjay, There are a few ways you can do this. My workflow (basic starting point) would be something like this. 1. Duplicate the layer you want to blur 2. On the duplicate the layer, select the portion you want to blur. Normally, eyes and lips are not included in the selection. 3. Click the Add Layer Mask button. This will create a layer mask on the duplicate so that only the selection will be modified. 4. Use Gaussian Blur to blur to your liking. I usually blur just a tad more for the reason in 5. 5. Lower the opacity of the duplicate layer to 0% and then use the opacity slider to slowly increase the opacity of the blurred layer so that the image looks realistic. Basically you want to retain some of the texture of the unblurred face so that the subject doesn't look like they've had plastic surgery on their face which has gone wrong  You can then fine tune the selection, if needed, by painting black or white on the layer mask. Usually one would keep the eyes and lips sharp. |
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