Skin smoothing in Photoshop - a few video tutorials

[RushNP774]

I just wrote a blog post about how to smooth skin in Photoshop (http://www.metavophoto.com/blog/skin-smoothing-in-photoshop/), and thought I'd share it. It covers some of the basics of:

The different blur techniques (gaussian, surface, and smart blur) used to actually make the skin smoother.
Different layer blending modes used to help make the effect look more natural and believable.
Masking/erasing parts of the effect to control which parts of the image are blurred.

It might be a bit basic for the Photoshop pros out there, but for anyone else who wants to get his/her hands wet with the basics of how to achieve smooth, glamourous skin, it should do the trick.

The post is called: Skin Smoothing in Photoshop (http://www.metavophoto.com/blog/skin-smoothing-in-photoshop/)

Also, if you have any questions, or especially suggestions about what you'd like me to write about in future blog posts, I'd be very appreciative for the feedback. I love writing about what my audience wants to learn about.

Hope it helps!

[Hype]

Hello RushNP774,

Thank you for this series.

Its a great collection of videos.

Its always nice to share things so thanks again :)

[RushNP774]

You're welcome Hype, glad you found them useful. Is there anything you'd particularly like to learn about? I'm always looking for new ideas for posts.

[Hype]

Hello again,

Sure,The Dragan effect is a great one.

For anyone that is not aware of this, Check out Andrzej Dragan's website: andrzejdragan.com (http://www.andrzejdragan.com)

Something for that would be good :)

[jerryph]

If you go on YOUTUBE and search for Dragan effect... get ready for about 20 tutorials, all variations on the same theme.

The Dragan effect is nice, but like all effects, they get old very fast. :)