GIMP 2.10 for Photographers: Remove Blemishes and Fix Skin Complexion

[@silveravion]

I was puzzling out why you did the "invert color" step when I realized that you actually wanted a "low pass" filter to soften the sharp features like wrinkles. Since GIMP doesn't have a low pass enhancement filter, inverting the colors made the high pass filter act like a low pass filter and smooth out the image. Thanks for the tutorial!

[@DentargPL]

Best skin retouch tutorial ever. 10 minutes and I'm master skin retoucher :). THX.

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Awesome! I appreciate the compliment and glad you were able to master the tool.

[@shovapanta2551]

Sir can u tell me is this free or paid I don't get heal tool in 2.10.18 free version in windows

[@atlassilverbraid]

Thanks a bunch, Mr Davies. This worked very well for me.

[@SolAceTheArtist]

Absolutely AMAZING! I had a photo shoot last week and did not use makeup while working with another model. Sadly, I have very uneven skin tones, especially compared to the made-up female model I worked with. After applying this technique to my song's cover photo though, we both look great and it looks as though I had sat in the makeup chair as well. Thank you!!! :-D

[@AceTrainerBanjo]

At first I thought, "Man, I wish this had been included in the Udemy course," but then I realized, "Oh yeah, I'm watching it for free on KZbin." Absolute tops.

[@likekinds]

I watched one of your videos and was hooked. They are the best on KZbin. I've used Gimp 2.6 and 2.8 for years. I found to get the most of your videos, I needed to update to 2.10, so I did. I was so disappointed to find the Fade feature is not included. I rely so heavily on it, I went back to 2.8 as I found no good alternative. You are providing so much excellent information I wont be able to use with 2.8. I read on the net about so many people who feel as I do. Has anyone considered a type of plugin for the Fade feature for 2.10? I'm sure it would be appreciated by hundreds if not thousands of Gimp users.

[@onlymyself7225]

"make duplicates" in case you mess up + make comparisons , very good tip and it's why i left a comment and a like solely before watching on , good work buddy.

[@vinny3801]

GIMP is great and your guides are amazing. This is the best skin retouching technique I've found yet. Thanks!

[@jotabe1984]

If you already watched the vid some time ago but need to come back since you keep forgetting the steps involved... and then 10 minutes is a lot to watch... a quick guide Steps: 1) Heal Selection Tool (not the dedicated filter) for particular skin defects 2) Brush with low opasity to even skin 3) skin softnes with High Pass: A) duplicate layer B) Invert Color C) Set layer as "Vivid Mode" (segunda claridad Fuerte) D) Filter > High Pass... set it smooth E) add mask to layer > black mask F) Use brush with white color in order to make the high pass visible in the desired spots. That's it...

[@luisarevalo2025]

Great insights and just in time for me to edit a friend's pic that needed some skin editing! I had similar issues to some of the comments made relating to issues, such a nothing happening when applying tools or Vivid usage but I noticed that it was more about me understanding and following the process and making sure I was on the correct layer with/without mask etc. Everything in this excellent video worked 100%! Thank you Michael, great job!

[@pearlonce775]

Came for the tutorial. Stayed for the hot instructor. Thanks.

[@polo45102]

Really good, i'm a beginner in skin retouch...and your tutorial il really impressive, works out of the box... Great

[@samuellarbi7455]

The best skin retouch tutorial ever. Expecting more great tutorials.

[@CrownAcademyEnglish]

Thank you, this was very useful to get rid of my shaving rash! 😃

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Happy to help 😂

[@simonsackett]

07:00 Why did you need to invert the colours and change the mode to vivid light before using the high pass filter?

[@Djmcode2000]

Nice video, will try on my next set, what are your thoughts the wavelet decomposition method?

[@danielclee1]

Really fantastic tutorial. The further issue is that then teeth sometimes may need to be whitened. I can find the tutorials to cover this, but the issue is layers or masks or whatever, and then having the newer functions (eg., lowered saturation or opacity on the paintbrush) to actually work on top of the work here in this tutorial. For instance (and I am not sure this is correct, but an educated guess), the layer mask and/or vivid light mode neutralises the later-needed functions. And advice?

[@kevinresnover9904]

control +click just gives me a menu and doesnt fix anything. im using a Mac

[@rtubeverse]

Thanks for the tutorial. It is quite useful to me!

[@jerrod7019]

When I select Mode>Vivid Light, nothing happens. The picture colors are inverted, but I don't see the background turn black and I don't see the subject's color change. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong? Update: I figured it out. I only had the top layer selected. Vivid mode did nothing until I viewed both top layers and selected the top most layer. From that point, the process worked as you described.

[@samuellarbi7455]

Please can you make a frequency separation tutorial. Would be thankful.

[@TheCocoaDaddy]

Wow, this is an amazing video! You, Sir, are a God! I do have a question: what's the benefit of using the Heal tool over the Clone tool, to cover up blemishes? I've always used the Clone tool for that but clearly, your technique is far better. Thanks for posting!!!!

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

The heal tool combines the clone tool with an algorithm that blends pixels from the source area and the destination area, creating a more convincing final result. The clone tool simply clones the source area and copies those pixels onto the destination area.

[@TheCocoaDaddy]

@@DaviesMediaDesign Thanks for the explanation! :)

[@wanderkash]

How come when I apply the high pass the image turns to grey?

[@mariexox]

is there a way to fix the resolution of the photos when they are view on a phone? on my laptop the color is perfect, but viewing it on my phone, the color is changed to orange

[@RamziMeziani]

try photoscap for this also easy

[@ugyennorbu9443]

I think the problem is with color 'calibration' of your devices, and not the resolution of the photo. Either one one of your devices is having 'night-shift mode' or 'eye-protect' or twilight app or something equivalent which is throwing off your color balance when viewed on the other device. I suggest you turn off the 'apps' when editing to get true perspective of color.

[@memphis1201]

Fantastic! Thank you so much for this very useful tutorial.

[@Fangorn1972]

Thanks for your tutorials, this one is really awesome. As a real beginner I wondering what is the concept beyond the choice of applying one after the other color-invert, mode-vivid light and the high pass filter. I cannot understand why those choices produce such result.

[@maheshmotions]

*Great Tutorial. Thank You So Much*

[@maheshmotions]

*Tnq_So_Much_4_♡*

[@Chris-cq4xv]

can sb help me i do not have the thing which copies the colour

[@funtimeclub-jrt]

It's a helpful Tutorial Davis, help me a lot to edit my photos. I also like to learn how to edit our old black and white photos , can you please make a video on them.

[@samueljames5167]

What if you have a person that his very heavy blemishes, and skin discoloration, like a teen with very bad acne?

[@nfq56]

Mr. Davie, I couldn't find a process to enhance faded face features of vintage image in gimp 2.10, I would appreciate if you can help me in this regard. Thank you.

[@vaibhavmistry4682]

How to remove reflection from glass ????

[@amandacece6252]

My selection to copy for the heal technique is not working when I hit command. Can anyone suggest another video for complete beginners.

[@RudydeGroot]

There is a better option than the Heal Tool to fix blemishes which even removes complete objects from your photos & images. It is called 'Resynthesizer' and it was an additional 'plugin' in earlier versions of the GIMP. Search the internet for: "GIMP 2.10 resynthesizer 64 bit" and read the GIMP forum for a newer (64 bit) version. In the forum you will find links to download this (renewed) plugin that enables you to heal a selection that you have created. After installing, you should be able to create a selection (using the rectangle, ellipse or free select tools) around an object that you wish to disappear from your photo. Then you can select: Filters / Enhance / Heal selection to get rid of the object.

[@lucianochikopa8225]

Thank you very much, this is really helpful, excellent work.

[@cosmo0080]

hi, could u show us how to remove a scare ? thanks

[@Sayaotana]

This is what I want to learn many years ago! Thank you so mutch, great video. I try this effekt, and It work, so I'm happy. ☺️

[@clawhands44]

My airbrush makes a bright white streak when I use it like you instructed. What am I doing wrong?

[@tyrahayes]

I'm using a MAC. My Control button works but it doesn't select the spot on the picture. It's not working for me!

[@molikaco5816]

I have a problem with my heal tool , can't use it and it says set the picture I don't get what kind of set should I do and how can I do it. if someone know I would love to listing

[@AnabelParra]

sorry do you have the link of the plugin? i do not have "vivid light" ☹

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Vivid Light is a layer mode that was introduced in GIMP 2.10. You may have to update your GIMP.

[@Loedin_71105]

Thank you so much for this very useful tutorial.

[@patlab555]

0:54 You said: _Not too Photoshopped_ , that was a nice smile ;) Very nice tutorial.

[@sirene18]

Very usefull tuto. Thank's :)

[@chappiejen]

When I go to do the airbrush, the color comes up gray, what am I doing wrong?

[@Chris-cq4xv]

can sb help me i do not have the thing which copies the colour

[@daoxx777]

i am having a issue after about the 8 min mark when i air brush it does nothing please help.

[@Summerlove23]

can someone please help??! im clicking the ctrl and clicking on an area to set source but when i do a whole menu pops up! what do i do?!

[@maxdpz1994]

Why does mines look different?

[@bionic909]

i cant find vivid light mode

[@claudionascimentodesouza3107]

Thanks Davies!

[@akismarkopoulos]

This was awesome thanks

[@mrsrobson7417]

Could you advise how I would go about changing the nail colour on a persons hand to match a ring the model is wearing. eg. Blue ring and matching blue nail polish?

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

I would use the path tool to outline the nails, then convert the path to a selection. Next, click on the image layer and shift the hue of the nails using Hue-Saturation filter. If that doesn't work, you can also add a new layer above, mask out the nails shape you created, then fill the layer with the blue you want and change the layer mode to Overlay, HSL Color or lCh Color. Let me know if that works.

[@evertonian95]

What if there's 2 people in the photo but only one has spots

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Just perform these actions on the one person, and when you create the high-pass just make sure your mask is only revealing the one person's complexion (i.e. paint white only over the face of the person you want to improve the skin of)

[@diegoferreira3444]

Brilliant!

[@thePrinceOfPurpose]

Awesome video! thank you!

[@SEK.7]

Hey. I have been loving your very helpful videos, but I have an issue in trying the fix a little spot in an image. Using the healing tool, after control>click sample area, when I click the area to apply it to, nothing at all happens, and I cant figure out why. Could you help me with this?

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

There are a few possibilities here - perhaps the opacity of your Heal brush is set too low. Or, you may be on the wrong layer. Make sure you ctrl+click on the layer where you are trying to grab your source pixels from. GIMP will not grab source pixels from a layer above or below.

[@shovapanta2551]

Is this free or paid version

[@hrishimishra8541]

"the dude talking" intro was really funny 😂😂

[@krokenstiv8777]

wonderful

[@kallege01]

ok am switching from PS to GIMP now...

[@witlessplum8033]

the heal tool doesnt work

[@KeandraBennett94]

hello. i was wondering where to find that vivid light mode tool?

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

This was a new addition to GIMP - so you have to be using GIMP 2.9 or later to find this! Are you using GIMP 2.8.22?

[@KeandraBennett94]

I just downloaded it and found it right away. Thank you

[@ce2548]

AWESOME! 👏👏👏

[@mariexox]

what was the brush type? i can't see if its 25 or 50?...

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

I believe I used a brush with hardness of 050!

[@mariexox]

When I use the heal tool, it doesn't take away the blemish, and I'm following the steps... please help

[@mariexox]

nevermind it's working now

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Make sure you are on the same layer as your image - if you are on a different layer it won't work. Also, you have to select an area to heal from first (by holding the ctrl key) then paint with the heal tool over the blemish.

[@ramappsci1]

@@DaviesMediaDesign Hey David, I'm using 2.10 version and following all the steps you mentioned, created a new layer and chosen that as you did in your video, after selecting heal tool, selected the source area by ctrl +click and tried painting it over the required area. still not working. Can you please help?

[@RamziMeziani]

thank you so much i need this

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Thanks for watching!

[@klarab3599]

so simple to reproduce. thanks.

[@guppyhaven]

Do you recommend downloading 2.10.0 over 2.8.22?

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

If you are new to GIMP, then I recommend downloading 2.8.22 as 2.10.0-RC1 is still a development version, which means they haven't worked out all the bugs yet. If you are a long time GIMP users, then I suggest downloading 2.10.0-RC1. Once they come out with a stable 2.10 version, I recommend downloading that as it will be loaded with new features and will no longer have the bugs.

[@haykuhigoroyan9276]

THANKS

[@elizabethtoonen9813]

halo Davies.. is this Gimp 2.10.6?

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

I used GIMP 2.9.8, which was a development version of GIMP, for this tutorial. But if you follow along with GIMP 2.10.6 it should produce the same result.

[@elizabethtoonen9813]

@@DaviesMediaDesign Oke thank you ..God Bless ..

[@Oczkins92]

Did you tested Gimp 2.10 RC1?

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Yep - I wrote an article about the new features found in that download and will have a tutorial up tomorrow. You can read the article here: www.daviesmediadesign.com/gimp-releases-gimp-2-10-0-release-candidate-1-for-final-testing/

[@priyaswamy1898]

I downloaded 2.10. It seems none of the features actually work. For example i clicked for a blemish area, then click on the blemish and I see no change. I had issues with the trying to remove the background. I get an area selected, but I cannot actually remove the background

[@IvanSalcedoMx]

Pretty girl !

[@rhodopsin_production1102]

Amazing!

[@simonsackett]

Is there a tool to get rid of "go ahead and..."? ;o)

[@DaviesMediaDesign]

Yeah - the KZbin comments section lol. Someone else already chastised me on this subject and now I am acutely aware of the phrase during the recording process. It has thankfully been drastically minimized in future tutorials.

[@scottboswell8784]

Nothing happens when I select vivid light?! someone help!?

[@danielclee1]

I had this issue. Check the order that your duplicates follow one after the other.

[@bombadoo]

thank you

[@clairep5314]

Didn’t work :(

[@mikesgamelab6369]

I'm looking for the literal opposite of this, but there are only tutorials for photoshop. Why are GIMP users so interested in removing freckles!?

[@BharanidharanB-ti5ct]

Actually she's beautiful with the blemishes for me😅

[@theeverythingyoucanimagine8123]

headphone users are dead now from begging high pitch ouch!!! lol

[@mujibarahmannova5273]

you are so cute