Keli contacted me the other day with a picture of her adorable little girl. She wondered if I might be able to help her remove the little bumps around her nose (probably some sort of combination of boogers and rash). I wish there was a quicker fix…but the truth is, you just gotta get your spot healing brush out along with a big dose of patience. I did just that.
I ran a pretty typical edit on this one: Adobe Camera Raw and Squeaky Clean. I go through these steps on nearly every edit just to get the picture cleaned up.
I then created a number of duplicate layers.
I then created a number of duplicate layers.
- One layer used a high pass filter, inverse, soft light blending mode with layer mask (fill black) and painted over skin to soften her skin.
- Another layer was used to remove the bumps on her skin using the spot healing tool. I may have actually gone back several times with this one to get it right.
- I used even another layer to paint over her skin to even out her skin tone. As you see, I didn’t cover up the birthmark on her forehead.
- RVT Green, Overlay, 60% opacity – painted off skin.
- Vintage Grain Overlay 5, Soft Light, 70% opacity – painted off skin.
I hope Keli likes what I’ve done. Have a great day everyone!
