Skin airbrushing - GIMP and Selective Gaussian Blur

A short lesson about photomanipulation: skin airbrushing with GIMP and Selective Gaussian Blur.
Use Quick Mask to select the skin (without hair, eyes or teeth) and apply the filter.

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• gimp
• howto
• tutorial
• photo
• photomanip
• photomanipulation

[paulinaA07]

can you explain this to me please

xD

what did you use to go over the face and arms?

[nicubunu]

That is using Quick Mask: toggle it and then use the eraser tool to mark the area which will be later turned into selection.

[TAWNKOP]

where the fuck is the quick mask?

[nicubunu]

The icon is at the bottom-left of the image window. Or in the menu, Select -> Toggle Quick Mask.

[BanryuuAngel]

What version are you using?

[nicubunu]

That is Gimp 2.4, hte current version

[puden007]

3:55 = a clown

[izzi113]

for those who can't figure it out, here are the instructions:

1. toggle quick mask on (via box in lower left, or select > toggle quick mask)

2. brush colours black/white

3. eraser tool, erase areas with skin (areas to be airbrushed)

4. paint with black to put the mask back on areas if you mess up

5. zoom out, toggle mask off, will convert to selection of areas not masked

6. filters > blur > selective gaussian blur

7. they used blur radius of 3, max delta of 30

8. hit ok, deselect, you're done.

[smileyheart1000]

@izzi113 THANK YOU!

[cyberniv]

Not a tutorial at all. More a demonstration for people who already know how to do this. No audio, therefore a complete mystery what the hell is going on here. Suggest you look up "Tutorial" in a dictionary. Meteoric fail.

[joystixxify]

awesome!! was looking EVERYWHERE to find something useful like that :D thanks so much for uploading

[SweeTipiez]

lol i used a selective blur of like 20. and she used 3

[ItalyGimpTutorial]

@puden007 hahahaaha!!

[amyrenemccombs]

why doesnt this video work?

[izzi113]

ps -> thanks for this! =]

[Putnammj]

needs audio

[Stenotopic]

Helped a lotta :D