A Perfect Lie in Photoshop™: Tutorial

[captainlinalalaine]

where does layer 2 come from??? :D

[jeavonsbrighton]

How did you change the brush style of the Healing Brush to be 'Dune Grass' (the hair shaped brush) rather than the standard round brush?! If I could do that, I'd be a happy photographer!

Nice tutorial btw!

[bzambr]

This. Is. Awesome. You're awesome.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

[GiiForce]

do you only work on the texture layer and not the tones layer?

[jgolatt09]

"surface blur.... yeah, DONT DO THAT"!!! *Quote of the Video*

[Lillith13th]

okay, I've tried this tutorial, and when I come to using the clone stamp tool, my results are...orange? like I used lghten mode. but I haven't. I did exactly as instructed. what do I do?

[cameronrad1]

@Lillith13th Set your clone brush to only use the current layer as source.

Where the lighten and opacity modes are for your brush, there should be a setting that says "Sample". Make sure it says Sample: Current Layer.

[Lillith13th]

@cameronrad1

it works now, thanks. :)

[MacAttack001]

Your results are awesome! Thanks for sharing this with us, it is going to help me out a lot! 8-)

[ziggy071621]

thanks napoleon !!

[joshuad2d]

This is incredible

[kiamuah]

i HAVE A QUESTION. I LOVED HOW YOU DID THIS. BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, I HAVE THE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS, WHERE DO I FEIND THE ALLPY LAYERs?

[sharagim1]

i just wanted to say yes you are right,surface blur isn"t real lokks like fake. thanks for this tutorial

[pieta20]

how do you merge all your layers at 6:58,you just clicked something and something opend up,how do you do that?

[mikek2006]

@pieta20 hold down the option key (alt on a PC) while selecting 'Merge Visible', this copies all the other layers on to one layer.

[PandaPopBox]

What's the difference between a High Pass filter and the apply image filter you're using? The results are coming up near identical. Also, using the High Pass or Apply Image technique when tweaked you can get a much cleaner sharpen mask when setting that layer to overlay or soft/hard light. Give it a try and tell me what your thoughts are. Just thought it strange to use Apply Image on a this version of Photoshop.

[skyofblue]

why after i did the apply image my texture layer not looked like yours???

the layer become totally dark grey. and after i changed to the linear light the image become blur not sharp like yours??

[MNIEKDOOM]

@skyofblue I have the same...

[dlghwns]

"Shameless self-promotion...kbye"

hahaha

[rhymeswithbam]

Thank you for these tips!! I was a culprit of trying the surface blur and all these other cheap ways of editing the skin-and they really did look very fake in the end. This way takes longer but the difference is in the quality. (: Btw-where did you find images like the one you used for your video?

[ribbononmywristxx]

Was there a point to the texture and tone layers? I don't get that part.

[sb85]

@ribbononmywristxx

because when you use the clone tool, you don't want to clone the texture, just the tone :)

[cbcws22]

Hey Great tutorial! Could you explain what the purpose of the tone layer? I don't see much (if any) difference in evening out the tones.

[kluba80]

PLEASE HELP. It's driving me mad. when i duplicate texture layer all becomes to sharp. how did u do it? i want to have different healing levels and do not know how to set that texture layer in few copies?

[huzza]

Holy shit dude this has helped me edit photos so hard. The clone stamp technique is like the perfect balance between texture and smoothness. So good.

[omgitslong2]

Where did you get the unedited files of Megan Fox?

[sputniky]

So Good, Thanks for you time and tips! :)

[coniehoot]

how do you merge the layer?

[SuccubusLover69]

@coniehoot

To merge all visible layers into a new one you go: Crtl+Alt+Shift+E

[AOZXRAY]

So, did you just play around with all these settings until you got them right?

In other words, how do people com up with this kind of thing in the first place?

[cameronrad1]

@AOZXRAY

Basically. I think learning Photoshop is all about just trial and error. I'm not really a huge fan of tutorials. I make them, but I feel like you don't really learn when there are step by step directions. I try to have my tutorials be more technique based than step by step. Like what I used to do was find images that I liked and tried to just recreate the effect on my own.

[ShiiComp]

@cameronrad1 Could you send me some images so I can practice?

[littledredre]

i have a question, for your healing brush you have to take a good area of skin in cs5 but its so hard to do all over the face when its really big pores in the skin any tips as well, what brush size and hardness and opacity do I use for heal in cs5?

[cameronrad1]

@littledredre Work in smaller areas and take your time. You can also go over the area lightly with the Clone stamp at 20%. And for the healing brush I change the size constantly and keep the edges pretty soft.

[littledredre]

@cameronrad1 what opacity should i use the healing brush on ? and which brush ?? I find it doesnt always match the skin tone and its blotchy

[cameronrad1]

@littledredre

The healing brush doesn't have an opacity and just a soft brush. Experiment.

[littledredre]

@cameronrad1 Thanks for the reply hun it helped out alot :D

[AJtteoe]

@littledredre I hear you. My sister has massive pores all over her face and her skin is really bad when I zoom in to work on it. I am literally there for a very long time trying to get every pore out... it is very difficult to do with people that have that many deep pores.

[Cometzx]

AWESOME!

[XboxKoB]

can you sent a link to your computers background or upload the pic?? that would be awesome!!!

[guido836]

cool your wallpaper, where can find it? plz

[Kazketon]

Great work! Thank you for taking your time to share this with us.

[MareksGregs]

Thanks for the tutorial! Very helpful. :)

[Orgato]

great man, thanks a lot for putting this up

[sM0KER1337]

pls upload ur wallpaper =D

[DuJourAndWhiteRabbit]

hmm..I was using only 2 layers and sometimes the brush tool to even out the skin,though t looked kinda fake..but I pretty much use your technique.well thanks for the tip!

you're awsome!

[iDannik]

thanks dude! :)

[blankuser1]

yayeeee!

[LipReaders]

Excellent tutorial, learnt more from this video than I did in the past few days!