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PHOTO MANIPULATION
01 Photo retouching As with any retouching piece your first step is to prep your canvas. Select the Spot Healing brush set to Content-Aware and start removing any small blemishes. Remember to be subtle though – this isn’t a beauty piece and skin texture adds character.
02 High Pass filter Create a copy of the background layer by pressing Cmd + J (Ctrl on a PC) and select the High Pass filter from Filter > Other > High Pass. Adjust the radius so that you’re just catching the hairs, eyelashes and edges (around 2px for this photo). Then set that layer to Overlay and add a black layer mask.
03 Selective sharpening Tap ‘B’ to select the Brush Tool and set it to a soft round brush. Bring the opacity down to 50% by tapping ‘5’ and then select white as your foreground colour. Now start painting on the mask to reveal the overlay layer in places you want to sharpen, like the eyes, lips and anything else you want to highlight. A lower brush opacity is helpful here, allowing you to build up the effect slowly and giving you a more professional finish.
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