Portrait retouching in Photoshop CS5 For Beginners

How to add make up and correct the lighting

1. Getting rid of: a. Zits and blemishes b.Wrinkles

2. Reducing Shadows

3. Softening the skin

4. Adding/Correcting Make-up a.The Lips b.The eyes Adding eyeliner Adding eye shadow

5- Correcting the lighting

The eyes (Optional)

Getting rid of: Zits and blemishes

Note: before you begin, make sure your brushs hardness is set to 0%

Take any picture, Ill choose this one (I found it on the internet)

Open it in Photoshop CS5. For those who dont know how: File->Open and then search for the directory where the image is. Duplicate it by clicking Cmd+J (for Mac) or Ctrl+J (for Windows) Now select the Spot Healing Brush Tool by right clicking on the blue highlighted icon as shown in the picture and choosing the first tool

And begin to remove the zits and blemishes by simply clicking on them

Now continue doing so until you get rid of all of them

2. Wrinkles

Now, select the Patch tool

And select the area that contains some wrinkles

Then: click on the selected area and drag it to choose another one to clone Remark: I think that the best area to choose is the nearest one and the one which is located on the same vertical/horizontal line

Now continue using the same technique until there are no wrinkles.

Remark: You can also use this tool for dark circles

Reducing Shadows

Create a new layer

Take the Clone Stamp Tool

Now do the same modifications as shown in the image

Now select an area you want to sample the color from (choose the area and then hold the alt key and click once) and begin reducing the shadows by simply brushing (around the nose for example)

Now merge all layers by right clicking on any one of them and then choosing Merge Visible

Softening the skin

Select the brush tool (ctrl+B/cmd+B) Duplicate the previous layer twice (click on cmd+J or ctrl+J two times) Name them as shown in the picture and hide the Details layer

-On the softening layer you will add a mask by clicking on this icon Now go on the Masks tab and click on color range

a window will appear, you will have to click on the area where the face is located

Click and drag while holding the Shift key to select the missing parts of the skin

when you finish doing so, click Ok.

Now hide the Background layer

and re-select the softening layers mask

and begin to brush

(using the black color) over the lips/eyes/eyebrows Select (using the Quick Selection tool ) the face area (by clicking and dragging)

and then Inverse the selection

and then click on Shift+F5

Choose Black and hit Ok

Select the Softening layer NOT its mask Go to: Filter->blur->Gaussian blur

And change the Radius to 2.

And go to Filter->Noise->Reduce noise

Hit Ok

Now, show the Details layer, select it and go to: Filter->Other->High Pass (The radius will depend on your picture, so choose the one where the details are more visible)

Hit Ok Go to Image->Adjustements->Desaturate Go to Filter->Noise->Add noise

Click Ok Now change the blending mode to Soft light

Select the Softening layers mask then (while holding the Alt key) drag it to the Details layer.

This time you will have to brush over the eyes area in the mask of the details layer

Result

Adding/Correcting Make-up

1. The Lips

Adding Gloss Effect

Select the lips (using the Polygonal Lasso tool Hit Cmd+J/ctrl+J Select the Dodge tool

) then right click on the selected area and click on copy via layer

Make these adjustments (Except the Brush size, it will depend on the picture) And start dodging With this tool, youll highlight some parts of the lips ONLY

Lower the opacity of the layer to make it look more realistic

and the final result is

2.The eyes Adding eyeliner

To add eyeliner, youll have to use the Burn tool

and choose those adjustments

Duplicate the image youve been working on

and begin to burn the area you want to apply the eyeliner on. In my case, Ill just correct the eyeliner

Adding eye shadow

1. Removing the first eye makeup If there is some makeup you want to remove, follow those steps: Take the Brush tool, and make these modifications (except the brush size) Remark: in some cases, youll have to choose the Color blending mode instead of Hue

Find an area you want to sample the skin color from, and (while holding the Alt key) click on it once. The color of the skin will be automatically selected now begin to brush over the make-up area

Note: in my case, I wont remove the red eye shadow 2. Adding eye shadow It will be very easy, all you have to do is: -Select the brush tool (choose a small brush size) -Select any color you want to apply on the eyes (for example: , make sure its a dark color, youll see why)

Begin to brush over the eyelid area, lower the opacity and choose a bigger brush as you go further from the eye (it will make some kind of transition effect)

Change the blending mode to: Color

And lower the opacity of the layer, until the makeup becomes more realistic

Result:

Remark: you can use the same technique to add some blush

Correcting the lighting

If the image is too dark

Click on the curves adjustment layer

Youll see this Move the curve up until you get a good lighting

If you want to apply the lighting to some specified areas Click Cmd+i /Ctrl+I and begin to brush (using the white color) over the chosen areas (lower the opacity, for example choose 50% opacity)

Bring in the Brightness and Contrast adjustment layer (using this icon result

) and play around with the contrast, until you get the wanted

If the image is too bright just move the curve down.

The eyes

Merge all layers (by clicking Shift+Ctrl+E / Shift+Cmd+E) Select the eyes using the lasso tool and right click then copy via layer Then go to: Filter->Sharpen->Smart sharpen

Doing as show in the picture

Hit ok

And this is it, hope you enjoyed!