Photoshop CS4: Soft Skin [HD]

[donnyquixote]

good one. thanks

[nicchia3105]

Hi, when i duplicate the layer and then immediately using the layer to apply the blur step, it doesn't blur and I'm not sure why?

[JenniferHUE]

this helped me so much! THANK YOU. haha

[TalkingPudding]

you are soo cute HAHA! enjoyed this vid man!

[RAMPAGEDANE]

"And as you can see she has quite a bit of freckles which isn't a bad" Sawyer:"It isn't a bad thing kid"

[trickmastermonkey]

hey that's Evangeline Lilly you're experimenting with, I have this picture on my old computer, one of my fave desktop backgrounds

[magentapaige]

My Eraser doesnt do what yours is to the hair? :/ Nothings happening at all?

[MarcHuthPhotography]

in my opinion, the face just looks fake to me. but thats just me, i just dont like these fake look.

and a small tip, dont erase the parts the background copy you dont want to blur, just use a layer mask so you still keep the information on the layer for later. but still thats just how i work ;)

keep up the work :)

[Anonymous1092387456]

It's always funny to me how the "before pictures" look fine at first, but when compared to the "after" there's such a difference

also great tutorial!

[ChocolateKow]

Some of the things you said made me smile... you know as much as many older than you! You could probably get a job already. :P

[Spookman01]

Thank you young man. Keep up the good work.

[TalesOfWar]

Good job old boy. I'm sure someone else mentioned this (too lazy to read all comments lol) but rather than using the eraser brush you're best off using a layer mask. Same effect but non destructive, so you can "paint" it back in. Using a black brush makes it transparent, white makes it opaque. Shades of grey work in between. Once you get used to masks you'll wonder how you did without them!. Also converting to a smart object for filters is a good idea too. It lets you turn them on/off & edit 'em

[daianaassoum]

your videos are grreat!!!♥

[4czgirl]

Excellent job, I'm impressed many adults I've met over the years don't do half as well you do in this video. Thanks for the tips. 

[DeontaeDidIt]

good vid kid!! keep up the good work .. very helpful!

[BiBBiHz]

thank you, I've search for a easy tutorial like 4ever :D

[jbravo70]

Thanks for the great video. Is there a way to blur stuff like you were using the eraser? I don't want to blur everything, I just want to use the circle to blur certain things. Thanks again, John

[sancar22rs]

this kid is a genius...

[onoloz]

people aren't thankful even if it's free...

Thanks for the video man, it was wonderful!

[maryaa00]

Good video !

[florabellaa]

jaaaaaaaaaaj it's evangeline!

[IIGODFATH3R]

Good tutorial!!! Helped me quite alot and its a brilliant effect to say it takes such a short time. Thanks for sharing with us all :).

[Bosingr]

Thanks for making this video. Good job! Liking.

[LYUDCOLEGA]

you are the best little dude !

[SpaceCowboyMcCoy]

Very awesome. First kid on youtube who's not a complete douche-ass.

[danielortizdecaracas]

greatful, but remove your face, its not necessary, thanks

[sheridansmile]

On the right, that whole thing that you use, like for layers and contrast and stuff, i x'ed it out a long time ago, how do i get it back?

[erics1959]

congratulations kid ,  you just made your first Barbie.....plastic skin and all.

[Bosingr]

@erics1959 Remember though that near the end of the vid he said he personally preferred the natural look. A lot of ad agencies & cosmetics companies though would probably want the smoothed over or soft skin look to advertise their products or for artistic effect, or whatever.

[soYUNGsoTALENTED]

wow this is really good i really needed this thnkxx

&&& btw how old are u

[trinashinead]

THANKS

[singinggirl1994]

thanksss :)

[rebeccapink02]

cool tutorial :)

[Tonywization]

Brilliant well done you have a great future ahead of you.

[1983nito]

Thanks bro.. thats really helpfull

[FlameBlazers]

kid just fukked up a natural beauty

[myspacecyber]

Great tutorial ! 5 Stars , Thanks for posting this video !

[cfpena2002]

that was great now to try it :)

[umarglobal]

Great Tutorials! Keep up the good work!!!!

[dunolar1]

Nice Video :)

[MakeSomeVids]

u see that shine in her lips? Thats pretty ho...ehh beliveble. XD

[fiercefrog96]

cant hear what ur saying :/ but its good anyways :)

[MakeMeTheMusic]

Am I the only one that knows that this is Evangeline Lilly, aka, Kate Austen from the show LOST..?

Anyways, keep doing your thing man. Ignore any haters.

[FLCProductions]

@wondnaereh Hmm. The video has 25 K + views, 4.5 stars, and several comments thanking me for such a helpful video. Now why would I delete this video if its a helpful resource for people?

[UltraMonkeyBob]

@wondnaereh

Do you really have to pick on him? He knows what he's doing and he took the time to record this video and edit it. And he's not acting like a know-it-all. He's just sharing his knowledge of this and it has helped a lot of people. And look at your comments. They both have -2 and it's just going to keep going down until no one can see the comment anymore. And I'm sure he also appreciates that you took the time to post comments on his video and your supporting him by doing this.

[crosseyeddumby]

you need to learn a lot more when you do this your loosing all the detail in the skin so what you need to do is after you do this is copy the background layer and put that in front of the your blurred layer then then set it to be a clipping mask then put a highpass filter on and set that layer to linear light

[skatepyro]

What OS are you running? It looks like Win7, but this video is dated 2008. Ubuntu?

[drewrharding]

It's mac OSX, aka a mac

[mihaiviteazu5]

Apple OS X

[JuicyFruits143]

cool tutorial!! thanks!! ^___^

[iranmaiden007]

damn boy

thix is good

rhx :)

-mor vedio- XD

[theagent9]

Good job kiddo

[hellenic300]

u gotta learn hot key kid

they make life sooo much easier and faster

but gud tutorial anyway

[FLCProductions]

The reason was because when I made this video I wanted to make it as simple as possible and as easy to follow! Thanks for the comment!

[CaribbeanPirate009]

I have a problem with the erasor too...

[MissMystification]

how do i make it just erase the effect?

(and thansk!:P)

[MissMystification]

When I use the erasor tool it doesnt just get rid of the blur, it actually erases stuff. hmmm?? what is this?

[Beze04]

he did the whole stuff in a second layer, and below that he had the original picture. so when he erased the eyes, eyebrows, etc., the one below it appeared (the original one)

[parker610]

@MissMystification

It is because it is still on the brightness/contrast layer.

You have to click on your "original" edit layer to be able to erase the lips,eyes,etc.

[HeyYou711]

nice job! I think what you did to the lips made it stand out a little too much but good! Will this work with like, acne skin?

[jessicaaadear]

hahaha aaaaaaaawh hes so little!!

[rushnp774]

Thanks for the video. I linked to it in a blog post called "Skin Smoothing in Photoshop" on my blog:

Metavo Photo

[jonasll]

Use a layer mask instead of the eraser...

[Lyriceea]

I need your assistance! Lol. It wont let me use any tools on my photos. Wtf? Its showing up as a hand no matter what I click on! D:

[JonyFist]

OMg ur a genius!!!!1

[EnfanttMortt]

hey! thank you very much

you're a really good teacher, this helped me a lot.

:D

[coolvideos555]

look at that smart little moth..ucker :)

[DaanceeMusic]

Very helpful.Thank you (:

[oo0oosoo0oo]

WOOOOOW

THank you so much ^_^

[hamzah321123]

thanx so much helpfull

tutorial thank you

this geat "man" ;)

[famousO8]

finally somebody that knows what they talkinq about . thank you !

make more . ( :

[yumsalad]

kid, go out and play. don't stay inside on the computer all day!

[runedermilot]

@yumsalad Are you telling him to do something more useless with his life?

[SaraBellRock]

Wow, thanks a lot. This was great. Its one of the first videos I could inderstand as well.

[thymen121]

aaaaaaaaaaaaah, a aplle. apple sucks. but nice movie

[000pppmnbvcxz]

illegally acquired software kid!

[oshiza]

lmao, yeah definitely. He's like 12 years old.

[Iceman13b]

that was like the best tutorial ive ever seen

[xshazzax]

such a good tutorial - so helpful thank you :)

[HalfAsianCaucasian]

You have such a high vocabulary for your age. Holy cow. o_0

[infamousdomino]

Dang Kid, howd you know all that??

[toadster749]

You're awesome!

Great job :]

[john77osa]

Excellently put together that has to be the first tutorial I have understood properly thank you... shall look forward to more of you stuff dude

[mazinha342]

Hey!!

I´m impressed!! hahaha!!

wen I was 13 all I cold do in computers was chat!!

hahahaha!!!

I LOVED YOUR VID!!

you should make more tutorials!!!

I really coul use some help with layers..

like transforming , distorting ,... even creating!!

tank you!!

[Jaeqo]

cute kid

[Lyriceea]

When I tried to erase like you did, it was all black!

[FLCProductions]

Did you have the correct layer selected?

[xxxVIXXIxxx]

nice one thankyou so much :D

[bobafettishere]

gross...never blur skin...learn to do it the correct way!

[FLCProductions]

Im sorry but I dont think there is a "correct way"! It is all about preference!

[ranzemann]

yuck

[XPxVistaxOSX]

Thats Kate from Lost.....Great Video. ;-)

[jaredz88]

thanks that helped me out alot :)

[MARISAandIZZY]

would this work

in photoshop cs3 too?

[AlliSays]

yes, it works in CS3.

[julianjackson24]

hey luke, really cool videos, since i'm learning more advanced skills with photoshop, some of these will help me out. :)

Thanks, keep up the good work!

[xweedb0yx]

your gay :)

[timeintransit]

learn how to speak english, dipshit. :-)

[FLCProductions]

I am sorry I only speak fluent korean.... My english is not perfect.

[timeintransit]

i wasnt replying to you man, i was replying to "xweedboyx" where he said "your gay" but should've been "you're gay"...

i give kudos to you kid for contributing educational stuff to youtube... and weedboy can go suck his dad's ballsack :-)

[FLCProductions]

lol ok i thought you were talking about me...

Sorry for acting rude

[julianjackson24]

oh nice, i also have fcs academic, nice video editing rocks!

[julianjackson24]

dude, how can u afford final cut studio...or...

[FLCProductions]

I go to a video editing camp every year and they give you a copy of fcs acadimic version. Also I have a close friend who owns a copy of cs4 mater collection who gave me a copy, ofcourse I had to return a favor which was editing a video for him... so yeah thats basicly how i get expensive applactions

[rulemarty85]

very nicely done

[nungmekha]

it's not hard like i thought.thanks bro

[FLCProductions]

any time!

Have any suggestions for more tutorials?

[KTunstallMusic]

really thx boy i like all your vids!!! good work

[davidskings]

cool man