Skin smoothing in PhotoShop 7

Verve · 10-31-2006, 03:34 PM

I made a short movie with my friends over the weekend, and I was trying to make an official-looking movie poster with PS 7. Anyway, I got all of the graphical stuff done, wording, a few simple effects... but the poster has two of my friends standing in the middle, and I can't seem to get their skin to stop looking all grainy. I've tried combinations of blur and smudge tools etc. but I can't really make it look "professional". What can I do?

computerhakk · 10-31-2006, 11:47 PM

Mind posting the poster/picture?

Sacrinyellow5 · 11-01-2006, 12:25 AM

Sounds like your friends pictures are a lower resolution then the background you are using. The best thing to do is to take a better picture.

Verve · 11-01-2006, 07:41 PM

basically what I'm asking is how to make it look like a regular movie poster, you know, all smooth and such. I used a pretty good camera, Panasonic 6 megapixel.

computerhakk · 11-02-2006, 08:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Starwarsman

basically what I'm asking is how to make it look like a regular movie poster, you know, all smooth and such. I used a pretty good camera, Panasonic 6 megapixel.

Yes, since you have PS7, it is easily done on there. Do you mind posting the picture so we can see how it looks. It's not point trying to understand a bunch of details and explanations without the actual picture.

Verve · 11-02-2006, 02:03 PM

sorry, I would post the pic, but the problem is that the picture its not of myself, its my friends, and they don't want me to post it for some reason

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Crypto · 11-02-2006, 11:22 PM

try these options:
Noise removal tool
Blurr (create another layer and apply blurr to the top layer)
Softness or Soft Focus

Try this really simple process, I use it to soften or smooth skin sometime:
Make three layers of the original
one original on the bottom.
One original in the middle and one original on top.
Now make the top one dissapear.
Give a gaussian blur to the middle one.
Make the top one appear again.
Use the eraser to erase the top and let the blur in

**DCIScouts** · 11-02-2006, 05:45 AM

Did you have to do any editing to the photo? My best suggestion would be to take the photo at the 6MP setting, with the fine not standard setting. And take the photo as close to the actual size that you will need as possible. Also, when saving or importing the photo, make sure that the programs don't save the image at a lower resolution.

computerhakk · 11-04-2006, 04:47 AM

Duplicate the layer. Gaussian blur. Change opacity of blur layer to about 30-40%. Use eraser to remove everything else including blurred eyes, nose, mouth, etc.

Verve · 11-04-2006, 08:06 PM

computerhakk, thats a great suggestion, it worked fine. Thanks for everyone else who posted as well, I appreciate it

10-31-2006, 03:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
Verve Diamond Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Tampa Bay, Florida Age: 19 Posts: 2,503	Skin smoothing in PhotoShop 7 I made a short movie with my friends over the weekend, and I was trying to make an official-looking movie poster with PS 7. Anyway, I got all of the graphical stuff done, wording, a few simple effects... but the poster has two of my friends standing in the middle, and I can't seem to get their skin to stop looking all grainy. I've tried combinations of blur and smudge tools etc. but I can't really make it look "professional". What can I do? __________________ Formerly Starwarsman HP DV6885 Special Edition Core2Duo T8100 @ 2.1 GHz 3GB DDR2 Ram 250GB SATA HDD Geforce 8400m GS Vista Home Premium SP1 The Masterplan

10-31-2006, 11:47 PM	#2 (permalink)
computerhakk VIP Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: THOJhakk county Posts: 3,634	Mind posting the poster/picture? __________________ "Remember, wrong advice may be worse than no advice at all." ::COMPUTERHAKK:::

11-01-2006, 12:25 AM	#3 (permalink)
Sacrinyellow5 Platinum Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: St. Louis Posts: 927	Sounds like your friends pictures are a lower resolution then the background you are using. The best thing to do is to take a better picture. __________________ Harvey Pekar "Ordinary life is pretty complex stuff" ------------------------------------------------- -Tower /AMD 64x2 Dual Core 4400+ (2.3Ghz) 3 GB DDR2/Geforce 8600GT(SSC)/160 SATA HD/DVD-RW/Vista Home -Laptop /Core 2 Duo T6460 (1.66Ghz)/2 GB DDR2/Intel GMA X3100/250 SATA HD/Vista Premium -Server /P4 2.26 Ghz/1 GB Ram/GeForce FX 5200/80 & 250GB HDx2/500 GB External HD/DVD-RW/XP -MAC G4-QS (2x1Gz)/1.5 GB Ram/GeForce TI 4600/40 GB & 2x120GB HD/DVD-RW/OSX Go Cards!

11-01-2006, 07:41 PM	#4 (permalink)
Verve Diamond Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Tampa Bay, Florida Age: 19 Posts: 2,503	basically what I'm asking is how to make it look like a regular movie poster, you know, all smooth and such. I used a pretty good camera, Panasonic 6 megapixel. __________________ Formerly Starwarsman HP DV6885 Special Edition Core2Duo T8100 @ 2.1 GHz 3GB DDR2 Ram 250GB SATA HDD Geforce 8400m GS Vista Home Premium SP1 The Masterplan

11-02-2006, 02:03 PM	#6 (permalink)
Verve Diamond Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Tampa Bay, Florida Age: 19 Posts: 2,503	sorry, I would post the pic, but the problem is that the picture its not of myself, its my friends, and they don't want me to post it for some reason . __________________ Formerly Starwarsman HP DV6885 Special Edition Core2Duo T8100 @ 2.1 GHz 3GB DDR2 Ram 250GB SATA HDD Geforce 8400m GS Vista Home Premium SP1 The Masterplan

11-02-2006, 11:22 PM	#7 (permalink)
Crypto Gold Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 324	try these options: Noise removal tool Blurr (create another layer and apply blurr to the top layer) Softness or Soft Focus Try this really simple process, I use it to soften or smooth skin sometime: Make three layers of the original one original on the bottom. One original in the middle and one original on top. Now make the top one dissapear. Give a gaussian blur to the middle one. Make the top one appear again. Use the eraser to erase the top and let the blur in __________________ TCPROIMAGES

11-02-2006, 05:45 AM	#8 (permalink)
DCIScouts Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Houghton, Michigan, USA Age: 27 Posts: 6,046	Did you have to do any editing to the photo? My best suggestion would be to take the photo at the 6MP setting, with the fine not standard setting. And take the photo as close to the actual size that you will need as possible. Also, when saving or importing the photo, make sure that the programs don't save the image at a lower resolution. __________________ In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. -Martin Luther King Jr. The most overlooked advantage to owning a computer is that if they foul up there's no law against wacking them around a little. -Joe Martin FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND :F@H Team 44358 Posting and you - CF Edition Cheers CF

11-04-2006, 04:47 AM	#9 (permalink)
computerhakk VIP Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: THOJhakk county Posts: 3,634	Duplicate the layer. Gaussian blur. Change opacity of blur layer to about 30-40%. Use eraser to remove everything else including blurred eyes, nose, mouth, etc. __________________ "Remember, wrong advice may be worse than no advice at all." ::COMPUTERHAKK:::

11-04-2006, 08:06 PM	#10 (permalink)
Verve Diamond Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Tampa Bay, Florida Age: 19 Posts: 2,503	computerhakk, thats a great suggestion, it worked fine. Thanks for everyone else who posted as well, I appreciate it __________________ Formerly Starwarsman HP DV6885 Special Edition Core2Duo T8100 @ 2.1 GHz 3GB DDR2 Ram 250GB SATA HDD Geforce 8400m GS Vista Home Premium SP1 The Masterplan

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