Professional Skin Retouch
Step 1: First open an image. I take this photo from www.flickr.com
Step 2: Duplicate the layer by pressing Ctrl+J and name it 'Layer 1'.
Now right click on the duplicated layer and select Convert to Smart Object.
Duplicate the 'Layer 1' and name it 'Layer 2'.
Step 3: Select the 'Layer 1' and go to Filter> Blur> Surface Blur and apply the following setting:
Step 4: Now select 'Layer 2' and go to Filter> Other> High Pass and set the Radius as 3.0 to 3.5.
The High Pass filter is exactly the opposite of the gaussian blur filter.
Step 5: Set the layer blending mode to 'Soft Light'.
Now your Image looks like:
Step 6: Select the layer mask in the 'Layer 1' Smart Filters.
And go to Image> Apply Image and use the following setting:
Step 7: And finally select 'Layer 2' and set the opacity to '50%'.

10 Comments:
great great tutorial :)
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Anonymous, At
May 7, 2009 at 7:37 AM
This is nice but it worked on white skin. No visible effect on dark skin
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Olugbenga Akhuemonkhan, At
May 20, 2009 at 7:35 AM
nice tutorial It can help me with some retouches of my son's photos.
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Ryan Gliozzo, At
July 7, 2009 at 5:32 AM
Thanks for the tutorial,Try to use adobe photoshop for retouch image procedure.
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Unknown, At
February 22, 2010 at 6:45 AM
Whenever I try to retouch any photo, it take so long...... by the by this is really good :)
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March 26, 2015 at 7:19 AM
Really great jon and good tutorial for Skin Retouch.
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Clipping Path, At
May 11, 2016 at 2:43 PM
Nice tutorial for skin touch up and i have learn lots
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May 11, 2016 at 2:44 PM
Why don't you post video tutorial? That will be more helpful for the people.
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June 8, 2018 at 9:00 PM
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April 12, 2021 at 10:10 PM
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February 22, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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