Photoshop: Quickest Way to Effectively Smooth SKIN & Remove Blemishes

[@thetarochannel9655]

use the alt or option key instead of command/control button for a black mask

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

Yes.

[@arktikfoxtrix]

thank youu

[@CinePhil101]

thanks! I thought I was going mad!

[@mstrick64]

Thank you! Was losing my mind... lol

[@greg.smith.x1]

Thanks for this. I couldn't get it to work.

[@hung804]

This is the same method used in many other videos, but you actually explain what each step does. That's more helpful than just listing some magic numbers, as each photo is different.

[@craiglaw7578]

My only hang up was the Active Layer Mask was coming up “white”. It took me a while to figure out that on a “PC” using the “ALT” key brings up a “black” mask. This really is the best detailed video on fixing skin imperfections I have ever seen. Like someone else said; you take the time to explain exactly what each step is doing. EXCELLENT

[@queenjesseen]

Thank you so much

[@djkevintheeminister]

thankyou for this one

[@shaun1855]

Cheers for the info

[@celestecelestial90]

This is definitely straight to the point and effective. I’ve seen other channels talk about skin smoothing and they make everything so tedious and confusing. Thanks for this tutorial!

[@cindilu2]

Love a quick, straightforward tut like this that helps me get the job done. Thank you!

[@namirperez7294]

It's "option" + "mask" for those of you using a mac with Photoshop 2024. Other than that, this video was great; thank you!

[@cheriemendez4292]

Thank you so much! I'm on a Mac and that was the point I got lost.

[@sclubeditionthankaboutus8046]

Thank you so much my friend

[@zookakhali3616]

Thx

[@eckow5222]

thanks

[@lifewithbritt1636]

THANKS 🙏🏽

[@donbrownlow4524]

Great tutorial, Marty!! Used this instruction to touch up a photo for a memorial -- the original photo was a smartphone snapshot of a passport photo from the actual passport. Thanks to this tutorial, the resulting portrait looks almost studio like!!

[@joycemary1024]

This is the most detailed and informative video about this method I've ever saw in youtube. Thank you so much!

[@Fingerprint001]

Thank you! clear instructions at a pace that is easy to follow!:-)

[@secretme-m4z]

That was a great tutorial sir. I have been watching a lot of other videos recently and yes we do get outputs, but most of the time they fail to explain why we would do that perticular action thus we are not able to use the techniques for any other purpose. You explained well.

[@PODOSKI-p2m]

Really love how the tutorial went....very smooth and open thanks.🤗😁

[@daved3494]

That was extremely good. I appreciate your straightforward instructions and..... no music. Thank you.

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

Thank you. Yeah, music in instructional videos always bothered me, too.

[@craiglaw7578]

Yes…no elevator music!

[@FarmGirlChronicles]

Thank you so much, Marty. I love your step-by-step method of teaching Photoshop. You are the man!

[@TheLAexplorer]

Amazing!! I've been looking for a tutorial like this. Most others reduce the overall texture and make it look too artificial. I like this more natural look.

[@craigcannon4958]

Brilliant!!! I wish I had this when editing a nightmare of a project last year. Thanks for posting. I'll be sure to keep this tutorial in my creative arsenal.

[@FortniteWithMyMom]

SUCH a great video!! Thank you for the easy-to-follow directions! I still had to pause along the way to do it with you, but you speak so clearly and simply and get right to the point! Thanks!

[@דניאלבוגטקו]

Very detailed and well explained. Thank!

[@amandabessler6180]

This was so helpful and easy to follow!

[@thealignment3892]

If it paints black after adding layer mask, tap the layer mask and invert. It should work properly after that. This video was extremely helpful. More progress ahead 📈

[@itz4u]

Great Tutorial. I have to say, I've been following you for a while now and I finally see the man behind the voice. Its nice meeting you Marty

[@gglendinningok]

Fab stuff, going to study this repeatedly to Understand the measures being used so i can apply them in future, as oppossed to simply copying the steps, thanking U

[@PopCultureCollage]

Wow, after 10 after clips, this is the first that actually worked, and worked so well!

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

Thanks! Glad you hear!

[@ramansomarajan]

Hi Sir, Your tutorial is awesome, and moreover, I am happy to see the face behind the beautiful and stylish voice of Blue Lightning TV.

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

Awww. Thanks!

[@UNION-wi1iu]

The most useful channel I've seen. Thanks!

[@michaelchen3363]

Absolutely love this. It is just what I needed! Thank you.

[@DrJBHL]

Great, straight forward lesson. Thanks Marty!❤

[@nnaemekauzoamaka6476]

I love your patience....❤️ You're indeed a father

[@jasonrosewarne6762]

Fantastic tip there Marty, thanks for sharing it with us.

[@jhook6d9her]

This is just what is needed when I look for tutorials no fluff

[@deemwhy4885]

Excellent tutorial, much prefer this to standard frequency separation.

[@arktikfoxtrix]

Thank you! clear and cuts straight to it. Nice glitch effect at the end :)

[@shotsatNelz]

Thank you so much ❤️❤️❤️ I really needed this ❤️❤️ Thank you again☺️❤️

[@ashleysaechao03]

Watched soo many videos and this is the best one! Thank you!

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

Glad it was helpful!

[@michaelbattista1334]

Very cool! Exactly what I was looking for.

[@craiglaw7578]

Thank you, just the solution I was looking for!

[@MusicalBox]

Amazing! And so fast Thank you.

[@76abbath]

Great video and explanation!

[@FreedomCompatriots]

Thank you for this highly informative tutorial!

[@augustryan2366]

Thank you so much!! Straight to the point

[@Moonshine_32]

The way you're explaining is so good 👍🏻

[@thefinestphotography6032]

Absolutely love it easy to follow and straight to the point tysm ❤

[@Wilcza_]

You made my life better. I needed this tutorial ❤

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

Glad I could help!

[@willyvillashonner]

Excellent, very well explained.

[@evanskachingwe7072]

Thank you, Matty; I have yet to watch it. But thank you in advance; I know this will be beneficial. I'll watch it when I have time.

[@SJCPlayPiano]

thanks for the content ! help a lot !

[@greg.smith.x1]

Brilliant! Thank you.

[@tonyjrworld]

You still the best Marty thank you 🙏🏼

[@mrballuyt1986]

Outstanding tutorial sir.

[@anetteduensing3564]

Love it!!! Yes, hang up was the black layer mask (phew, google knows everything) as well as trying to convert to smart object... I only have PS Elements, and the workaround shrank the image... So, I just did it without converting. Thank you so much for this! I needed it for quickly retouching my professional pic. ;)

[@devinzweifel8285]

beautifully done

[@Lizcied]

Best video for practicing ❤ how I wish I landed on it earlier 🎉🎉

[@CarlJustinDio]

thank you this helps!

[@GgGG77g_g]

Thanks for the help.

[@isaacolatunji7274]

God bless you Sir, this really helped me😩

[@zeniprth2222]

great tutorial video, thank you :)

[@MishelFoster]

OMG! Thank you very much!

[@watchgoodday]

this video is a classic, thank you

[@syedikramullah1114]

It's amazing❤❤❤

[@tironhkharsha-fi5dr]

Great video.. thank you very much

[@wolfen69]

Thanks, Marty!

[@Otakuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu5172]

thank you😁😁😁

[@laboyer2]

My Friend, you have made me so happy. I took an old jpeg photo of my wife and Wow - I don't deserve her Thanks

[@edmundhayes7982]

Very good tutorial

[@akashadearg-due1435]

Many thanks master, greetings from El Salvador in Central America

[@whxwho8920]

Thank You a lot!!

[@veselinvasilev9362]

Thank you!

[@RebekaAsani]

great guide ever!!!

[@noahyen]

dang NO FLUFF just dives HEAD FIRST!! LOVE IT.. best and easiest video i have ever found!!! but its Alt on a PC for the Layer Mask

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

Thanks. Yeah, every now and then, I say Ctrl instead of Alt and vice-versa. 🙄

[@the_useless_photographer]

This is fantastic and so easy to follow, I've saved it to my fav list. Thank you and I hope you're well Sir?

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

👍

[@colleenmacd]

ps - nice clear steps and visuals. Hoping you can answer the previous question.

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

Please reference the previous question. Thank you.

[@colleenmacd]

@@BLTV_Photoshop I see it in the notes from someone else. On a Mac, o make the Active Layer Mask black, use the OPTION key.

[@KingOfPi-CRAZYEGBONSTV]

Thanks sir ❤❤❤

[@majiskani]

Helpful

[@yomismo1945]

Very interesting and helpful. Thank you very much!

[@MAVITHRAA]

loooong time i see youlove u

[@magdalena.hodur7]

For creating the black mask, on PC is Alt, not Ctrl, if it serves anybody. Very good explanation. Thank you :)

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

Yes. After I published the video, I saw the error. I corrected it in the video's description.

[@FavoritenFebruar]

Thank you for your amazing work. This video was so helpful! Could you tell me which is the bracket button on Mac? It seems to be a common and I am unsure with what shortcut I can make the brush smaller or bigger

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

I don't own a Mac, but I looked it up - They are on the right side of the keyboard next to the P key. Unshifted is the standard [] bracket, shifted is the curly {} bracket.

[@Kratch03]

Sen çok kral adamsın!👑

[@Uncle.Designer]

優質皮膚效果非常讚👍方法簡單實用

[@jimpurcell]

Thanks!

[@somyfrank1]

Great

[@iqragfx]

keep it up

[@FAB_ONE_PICTURES]

Better than frequency separation crap

[@itscatchfire]

Facts!!!!!!

[@michaelbattista1334]

How do you copy all of that to another layer? If I have multiple pics and want them all to be the same is it possible to copy the same skin corrections to all of them?

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

Unfortunately not.

[@NathanaelNIYIBIKORA-y5r]

Good

[@MultiKodachrome]

Great tutorial. Ive done everything but when I go to the brush and have the black layer selected; the brush doesn't do anything, or very little to the skin. please help! Thanks

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

Make sure your foreground color is correct and that the brush's opacity and flow are 100%. If that doesn't work, unfortunately, one would have to inspect your document to determine the source of the problem. Sorry.

[@brauliomorrison]

A+

[@SKMRify]

Good.

[@walmirramos]

Thanks

[@laureng.g.3423]

Thank you for this video, I got stuck in the part of masking. When I hit CRLT on the layer a white mask appears instead of black. Can you advice a fix for this pls ?

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

Below the video in my video's description, I state to press Alt, not Ctrl. Sorry for the confusion!

[@CharlieFord-po5jz]

is there a way to save this process as a one click so you can apply it to multiple photos? or does it need to be done step-by-step for each photo? thanks in advance.

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

Each photo

[@BereketGoitom-se1zy]

👍👍👍👍 exatly

[@RahmanKhan-oo4ps]

I would like to know which photoshop use

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

I did this in version CC 2023.

[@dineshgaurphotography]

You are "Guru" Respect from Bharat.

[@nightshiftUSMC]

How did you make your sfm character smooth mine is pixilated

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

In most cases, issues like this are due to any one of many minor errors, however, one would have to inspect your PSD file to determine the source of the problem.

[@NAVSPECWARCOM]

Tried following along. However, at the point you create the Mask (Ctrl + Layer Mask) I don't get a Black "Layer Mask". Mine looks White. My Foreground is set to Black and Background is set to White. So pretty much at this point, it all falls apart.

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

Do this: Once you have a white Layer Mask, you can invert it by pressing Ctrl + i.

[@Red_River_Valley_2022]

​@@BLTV_PhotoshopThank you very much for that ❤

[@gabrysgabriukas]

is it possible to make it action button?

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

No, because every face requires individual attention.

[@michaelbattista1334]

Why does the High Pass create colors? For example on my pic the inside my nose on one side is red. I cannot get rid of it. ?

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

Don't know. It shouldn't create colors. If High Pass fills the entire image with flat, neutral gray. It then looks for edges in the image (areas with an abrupt change in brightness between neighboring pixels) and highlights them by making the light side of the edge lighter and the dark side darker. You can always desaturate the unwanted color with your Sponge Tool.

[@notyourpapa]

Any alternative to the patch tool for photoshop elements users?

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

Sorry, I never used Elements.

[@DrJBHL]

You can put a blank layer above the composite and use the clone stamp (set to current layer and below) sampling a clear area, 100% layer opacity and then decreasing the opacity to a point where the cloned layer looks natural.

[@MrXposedMedia]

How did you restore back eyes and hair?

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

Beginning at 2:05 in the video, I explain how to do it.

[@MrXposedMedia]

@@BLTV_Photoshop you didnt explain it you just said you were going to

[@W.D.deKlerk]

How do you restore back the eyes hair from the blur

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

I explain starting at 2:06 in the video.

[@W.D.deKlerk]

Thanks for response ​@@BLTV_Photoshop