Professional Skin Retouching in Photoshop

[@kharijones1427]

This honestly is one of the best, if not THE BEST, Photoshop retouching tutorials on KZbin. Not overly complicated and confusing. It's also not overly simplistic like it's made for people who are already extremely familiar with Photoshop. So many videos are labeled "for everyone!" and two minutes in you're like-wait-I'm not a graphic designer with 11 years of experience. LOL. It's specific when it needs to be and general when it needs to be. Thank you for this!

[@johnglavey808]

Excellent tutorial, especially your voice, pace and information. Well done.

[@EricVasquezDesign]

+John Glavey - thank you very much for the kind words and feedback! I hope you will subscribe if you haven't already and please be sure to check out some of our other video tutorials :)

[@t3rziiledoux659]

It´s working great. Thank you so much for sharing the information

[@EricVasquezDesign]

My pleasure!

[@fun2investor]

this is the only best video every , i have been using photoshop over 10 years and that is remarkable

[@TheTopTen]

So far, Best video I have ever watched on retouching. No jargons are used and you clearly show all the steps. Thanks a lot.

[@EricVasquezDesign]

+Nylo Ron thank you so much for saying that! It truly means a lot and I am very thankful for your support. I hope you will subscribe if you haven't already and help us spread the word about Teach Me To Design!

[@jezreelquijano6528]

Hey man, It works great and without any problems.

[@EricVasquezDesign]

I’m happy to hear that! Glad it worked out okay for you! 😊

[@trick_er]

This tutorial is the best amongst the all retouching tutorials on youtube!!!! Just loved it!😊

[@helmet212]

Wow. This is the most useful tutorial on KZbin I've come through on skin retouching. All retouchers are giving awful plastic tutorials. If you see most of the high-end editorial work (Armani, Versace, Gucci and whatnot), the skin looks incredibly natural. And this tutorial is so close to that. Thanks!

[@ThabangRPhotography]

My retouching improved alot after watching this video. Thanks for sharing. Gosh now I want to retouch all my favourite images all of over again,lol!

[@EricVasquezDesign]

Glad it was helpful!

[@MisterCharles]

THE BEST TUTORIAL I'VE EVER COME ACROSS!!! I'M AN ABSOLUTE BEGINNER AND i COULD FOLLOW AND UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING!

[@EricVasquezDesign]

+Orville Charles - Outstanding! That is absolutely the greatest compliment. One of the things I always strive for with my videos is to make it easy enough for people of all skill levels to understand. I am very happy to hear that you enjoyed this tutorial and I hope you will continue to support Teach Me To Design and help us spread the word so we can continue to help other designers and aspiring designers!

[@edise5665]

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[@ChrisBilodeauPhotography]

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[@differntcolours7953]

Great video for retouching skin! Thank you so much!!!

[@corduche]

THank you so much for these techniques!

[@anitahorvatirl]

thanx for this. it seems easy. I'll try

[@andrew30762]

Excellent Eric, thanks for taking time out and making the stages easy to follow, very refreshing on here these days...

[@EricVasquezDesign]

+Andy Webster Photography & Design you are very welcome! I am so happy to hear that you found this to be easy to follow along with. Being able to explain things clearly to artists of all levels is something I take great pride in.

[@amyb3585]

OMG this was SO good! Your instructions were extremely clear and concise, no extra BS. Excellent tutorial.

[@EricVasquezDesign]

+Amy B - thanks very much! Glad you enjoyed it :)

[@SaySarah]

Excellent tutorial! One question... should you do all of these steps before editing things like color and contact, etc. Does it matter?

[@rabidfilm]

Thank you so much for this tutorial. I Believe yours is the best out there on retouching portraits. More Power to you.

[@EricVasquezDesign]

+Map Francel thank you for checking out the video and for the kind words! I appreciate your support and hope you will subscribe and help us spread the word about Teach Me To Design.

[@chrisclarkson268]

Fantastic tutorial. Followed it all and used it on some portrait photos I took. well worth it :)

[@pernillejensen3849]

amazing tutorial! i almost gave up retouching untill i came across this, this is the easiest method ive come across so far, and it gives such a beautiful result. Youre great at explaning, and this is super easy to go along with. Thank you so much for this video! Its super helpfull!

[@pernillejensen3849]

Subscribed (:

[@kgrawe5864]

Thanks for this video it is great-- I created a texture layer but when I go to Image -- Apply Image-- I can not access Apply Image it is grayed out, not sure what I am doing. I tried it a second time on a fresh image.

[@norp8336]

Great! But how to merge them like you did on 16:27 ? I'm using windows OS.

[@ewanpaton1]

Incredibly helpful video.

[@kiki12mjjs]

I've watched quite a few frequency separation videos and yours by far has helped me improve this technique too much! thanks for being so descriptive!

[@sunilkokkiligadda]

I am a beginner and I absolutely loved this video. Thanks a ton...I definitely learned a lot in this one video than a lot of similar ones. You are slow, clear and detailed. Thank you once again.

[@EricVasquezDesign]

+sunil kokkiligadda - thank you so much for the kind words and I am very happy to hear that you learned a lot from this video :)

[@48RN1TY]

Thanks for sharing your technique and your workflow is easy to follow.

[@EricVasquezDesign]

+Jerry Hernandez thank you for the kind words and for checking out the video. I hope you will continue to support Teach Me To Design and help us spread the word so that we can continue to help others like you!

[@trainingwithkap]

Very well done. Concise, good pace and results are what I was looking for.

[@EricVasquezDesign]

+KAPPHOTOS57 - thank you for your comment. I am very happy to hear that you enjoyed the video and that it gave you the results you wanted! If you found the video to be helpful please subscribe to our channel! :)

[@carolinebcqt5392]

Awesome, i'm a noob with photoshop but I was able to do everything fine ! So great tuto !

[@EricVasquezDesign]

+Bocquet Caro thanks for the kind words and for checking out the video! :)

[@ThorSonOfOdin85]

correct me if i am wrong but before we do anything with the skin textrue or adding layers or masks wich helps us to retouch the skin with thiese, i heard it is better to first clean out the original picture from those skinn issues or that step can be skipped? becasue some of the designers are first prefer to clean up the images before retouching with your mentioned methods. Can you tell me why? :)

[@keithlloyd5897]

Thank you, at last something made simple and easy, with good results.

[@EricVasquezDesign]

+Keith Lloyd thanks for checking it out! I am glad that you found the technique to be easy and useful :)

[@MrDanny081]

realy great tutorial. but if I do the apply image at the start, it doesnt work. i cant choose scale and my picture gets this strange photo negative look. can you help me with this?

[@EricVasquezDesign]

Thanks Danny and hopefully I can help out with your question. When you first do the Apply Image effect, make sure your Source layer (in the dialog box that pops up) is set to the middle layer with the blur effect and not the default target layer which I believe is 'Merged'. Also check to see if your Blending is set to a Subtract Blend Mode in the same dialog box before applying the effect. Once you apply it, check to make sure that the Blending Mode of your top Texture layer gets changed to Linear Light Mode.

[@MrDanny081]

+Teach Me To Design thanks for the fast response. subscribed immidiatly just for this. also it worked! so thanks very much. it stayed black when it looked like highpass in yours, but that only is after the alterations in the apply image menu. so thank you very much.

[@EricVasquezDesign]

Danny Geveling I'm happy to hear that the tips helped out! I thought it may have just been something dealing with the Blending Modes after you had described the image as looking like a negative. Thanks for your support and please help us to spread the word about the channel. Cheers! :)

[@Moviesmurfen]

Great tutorial!

[@emanphoto2300]

wow amazing tutorials thank u for sharing this

[@EricVasquezDesign]

+aisha hassan - thank you very much for the kind words and for your comment! It is my pleasure to share my methods and techniques to help others learn about Graphic Design! Glad you liked it :)

[@lensmandiary8964]

Very good info…Thank You

[@EricVasquezDesign]

+Lensman Diary thank you for your comment and for your support!

[@candicevice2372]

Thank you so much!!! I was having the hardest time trying to smoothing out skin types. This video helped a ton!

[@EricVasquezDesign]

+Candice Vice - Thank you for your comment! I am very happy to hear that the video was helpful for you in your work. I appreciate viewers and subscribers like you who are able to put the videos to good use! :)

[@psihoterapeut_miskovic]

Your tutorial is great. Thank you for help.

[@EricVasquezDesign]

+Nenad Miskovic thanks for watching! I am glad that you found the tutorial helpful.

[@ivelinav.7322]

Thank you for this! I love your voice, it's so soothing. I followed this tutorial with great interest :)

[@EricVasquezDesign]

+Ivelina V. - I'm happy to do my best to bring you some great content! And thank you for the kind words! I hope you will continue to watch and check out some of our other videos as well! Maybe I should add some meditation videos to the channel :)

[@nikedanae]

I do'nt understand the first time I did this everything worked out very well! But I think somewhere my settings or something changed because after duplicating the layer in smart object for gaussian blur and make one for texture I am not able to retouch or nothing is changing when I am working in the blur layer...... not with the retouch panel or when I make something with the lasso it isnt blurring the spots but only making the lasso place darker.... can someone help me out??!

[@craigraboteau7024]

@TeachMeToDesign I know this video is old but its the first I've found from your channel. I a curious to know why you used Black and White for dodging and burning rather than the Dodge and Burn tools? Thanks for the vid. Great content!

[@FastAkira]

i like the background music, it says: "nada de eso es real", which means: "none of that is real" lol Great tutorial and great presentation. 5 stars

[@EricVasquezDesign]

+FastAkira thanks so much for your comment! Glad you enjoyed the tutorial and the music choice :)

[@nachois]

I was laughing at the same thing

[@MadelineFDesigns]

Love this tutorial. Succinct, clear and I learned what I needed!!! Thank you.

[@AlexxGee90]

Hi, I'm using Adobe Photoshop CC 2017. When i get to 11:10, i try holding ctrl key while i click the new layer I don't get the same menu that you do, as a result, I'm little stuck, can u please help? Otherwise this tutorial has been super helpful

[@ToneLovesLove]

He meant hold the Alt key. You can also use the Layer > New Layer menu or Ctrl + Shift + N.

[@EricVasquezDesign]

+AlexxGee90 - thanks for your comment. As Tone mentioned you want to click the Alt/Option key rather than the Control key. My apologies if I said the wrong key.

[@RamssesPharaoh]

Great tutorial, so many gems here. Thank you.

[@EricVasquezDesign]

+unity2012 - thank you so much for the comment! It means a lot. I hope you have subscribed and will help us spread the word :)

[@minasamir2424]

i have a problem at 11:14 when i hold ctrl and click on a new layer a new layer immediately created and i can't set the settings you've made

[@TetsusaigaDrgn]

Thank you so much for making this video. It is so comprehensive that I learned more in this one tutorial than the hundreds I've watched. Thank you so much. Question, when I use the clone stamp tool, the area I am trying to clone out is a little blurry. For example, I'm not able to completely get rid of stray hair like you at 15:35. Instead, there is still some dark blurry spots where I tried to clone out. Any help on this is appreciated

[@EricVasquezDesign]

+TetsusaigaDrgn - thank you so so much for the wonderful feedback on the tutorial video. I am so happy to hear that it helped and I appreciate your support. I was going back to take a look and I think what may be causing the problem is the layer that you are trying to clone or the 'source' layer. Please check to make sure that you aren't cloning while on the 'D&B' layer which appears gray and is set to an Overlay Blend Mode. Instead, make sure that you are working on the merged copy at the very top of the layers palette. I think that may be the issue?

[@TetsusaigaDrgn]

Teach Me To Design thanks for replying. i hope you can make another comprehensive tutorial like this one when you have time. as a person that only used PS a dozen time, your tutorial really helped. btw, i saw another tutorial that used "dust and scratch" instead of "gaussian blur". any idea why?

[@jonathanlo5154]

clear and detailed. Double thumbs up!

[@anavasiltcova1324]

very helpful video! thank you

[@EricVasquezDesign]

+Ana Sava thank you for watching and checking out the video! I hope that you will continue to support Teach Me To Design!

[@vidushankithmina834]

brother, I think spot healing tool will much better for clone stamp tool.so try to do this using spot healing tool for clear spots.ok

[@alejomuca7728]

Awesome tutorial! This I will apply for my portrait editing. Do you also make tuts for full body skin editing like swimwear photoshoot?

[@konijnenbuddies2711]

Thanks for the tutorial! I learned a lot from it in 2:14 minutes wich is amazing! I only have struggle. By 2;14 the pictures of yours turns gray, while mine just stays the color of the picture i have made. how is that possible?

[@aneesharis4661]

beautiful work . if you show the brush opacity its more helpful for beginners

[@EricVasquezDesign]

+noman faraz - Thank you for the kind words and for your comments. I am not sure you caught it or not, but at about 7 minutes in I said that I am using an opacity of 50%.

[@Lamusicainfinita]

Very easy to follow. Thanks a mill!!!

[@EricVasquezDesign]

+La musica infinita happy to help and thank you for supporting the channel!

[@mgphotofilm5813]

Great work so nice

[@melaniej.burchfield9388]

There are a few suggestions about which functions of Photoshop to learn first The selection feature Removal of unwanted objects Layers (I learned about these and more on Trevs Photo Blueprint website )

[@EricVasquezDesign]

+Melanie J. Burchfield thank you for your comments and suggestions. I wanted to let you know that the topics you have mentioned here are covered in our free Photoshop E-Book as well as on some of the Beginner Tutorials on the KZbin Channel playlists.

[@Shan-gf8eo]

Could you pls do a muscular retouching tutorial especially dodging and burning the image to pop out like in the ads?

[@JeffreyRoos]

really well done. i feel like a photoshop expert now.

[@majmuncinacupava]

Good work ! Thanks man for sharing.

[@thebeardedchefltd8609]

Hey, When i try to blur certain sections at the beginning, if I increase pixel radius it causes my image to darken in that area.

[@briauny]

Any reason why the clone stamp tool stopped working in the texture layer in my smart object layer?

[@oscarjmes]

How did you copy the layers so quick?

[@JosePerez-bn4gl]

Really great, thanks!

[@vester_studiobrand1727]

so nice video thank

[@blacktar666]

I dont have the refined edge. instead it says select and mask. am I missing something?

[@kitchenniyen2381]

You r using photoshop cc instead of photoshop

[@lensmith4811]

I could not get the lasso tool to do a blur after the first time.

[@hanniasiri6397]

Why do I get a grayish tint on retouched areas?

[@goomaral9912]

And also my layout of the whole thing is different, does it depend on weather it’s a MacBook or IMac?

[@EricVasquezDesign]

+Goo Maral the layout will be the same whether you are on a MacBook, iMac, or PC. It may be that you have a different workspace preset selected. The workspace I tend to stick with is the 'Essentials' workspace which should give you the same layout.

[@joeygmc07]

Instead of going into blur every time you can just do command+f when you make your selection. That will speed up your retouching. Not sure if anyone mentioned that in comments yet

[@ilanifer]

Great tutorial. Thanks!!!

[@DyingTemptation]

Hi, all seems good, until my second lasso, I click blur>gaussian blur and when I change the blur radius it only changes on the first lasso.. followed every other instruction, please help!!

[@dmitribortnic6459]

At the part with "Select with Lasso Tool, then apply Gaussian Blur", after you apply it the first time, the second time after you select an other area, press "Ctrl+F" to reapply the last used filter. It will save a lot of time.

[@EricVasquezDesign]

+Dima Bortnic thanks for your comment! You are absolutely right that Command/Ctrl + F will re-apply the most recently used filter, however, the only reason I didn't do this is because it will apply it with the same settings that you just used as well. Depending on how large or small the area is that you are selecting you will want to change the amount of blur each time.

[@dmitribortnic6459]

good point :)

[@mrpokiesmeister6525]

Learnt heaps! Thanks!

[@tonieg]

Ok Your amazing at explaining and fast and simple and to the daggone point and I freaking love it!! thanks for this vid.. I will recommend you to anyone trying to learn and you did this ish in 20 min..... !!!!!!!!!! Love You and I rarely comment on anyones youtube vid but this just made my whole night bcz my photo came out almost flawless!!

[@EricVasquezDesign]

+Tonie Galloway - Wow! That is incredible. Thank you so much for the wonderful comments and I am so happy to hear that you enjoyed the video and that it helped you with your own work! That is such a huge part of the reason why I make these videos and why I started the channel so it really is great to hear stuff like that. Thank you so much once again for your support and for the kind words.

[@sweet_it_is]

very good tutorial!

[@syl2016]

Wow nicely done, great explanations and great result you gained a subscriber....thanks

[@EricVasquezDesign]

+SyL 201 thanks very much for your comment and for subscribing!

[@fed1717]

very helpful tip. may i ask what's the difference you'll notice between using surface blur and the things you do in the video? great video by the way.💪💪💪

[@EricVasquezDesign]

+Federico Refalbor I am not sure if I understand exactly but I don't think there is a big difference between surface blur and gaussian blur other than surface is sometimes a little less intense of an effect.

[@michaelbright3966]

Many, many thanks, Eric for this fully detailed and perfectly presented tutorial. It's absolutely what I wanted to learn. Keep it up! :)

[@GShock11]

Try frequency separation with mediana

[@hellosunshine305]

You’re a genius, sir.

[@smartjajce]

Isn't it better to do cleaning of hair on the texture layer on smart object, that way if you have complicated background you won't affect the colors?

[@EricVasquezDesign]

+smartjajce I think you are right - hair should be handled separately. The texture layer that I was using in this particular video is only for skin retouching.

[@fangbifxx]

Thank you so much. I learn a lots from your video.

[@EricVasquezDesign]

+emily jolie - thank you for your comment! I am very happy to hear that you learned a lot from this video and hope that you will subscribe and check out some of our other tutorials as well!

[@fangbifxx]

Teach Me To Design Of course Subscribe + Notification. Looking to learn new techniques here 😊

[@sameryounis1502]

nice. very helpful technique . thanks

[@mladanada]

Please use Control/Command + F to repeat last gaussian blur, you dont really have to change the radius every time :)

[@felipeandjesus]

Great video y la música 🎵

[@ЕкатеринаЛунько]

working for today!!!

[@mohamedelrefa3y650]

very helpful video ... thank you...

[@EricVasquezDesign]

+Mohamed Elrefa3y no problem! Glad you enjoyed the video :)

[@shadow-be2fz]

Thanks brother you hope me allot with is video

[@RaahilCreation]

Thank you i like this tutorial

[@roimax34]

can you write 14:42 - 14:45 for windows

[@borishristov8275]

GREAT!

[@michka9179]

very easy and helpful thanks

[@EricVasquezDesign]

+michka - thanks for your comment and I'm happy that you found this to be helpful! :)

[@EricVasquezDesign]

+Atifah Zaini that's fantastic! I'm glad that you were able to follow along with this one

[@gstankovski]

The retouching is very good, but I would suggest to use skin brush to make it look more natural... All the best!

[@lauralogan1320]

Which version of Photoshop is this, please?

[@briansounalath]

wow this was good

[@NS2Las]

Awesome tutorial

[@EricVasquezDesign]

+NSLAS Shore thanks so much! I am glad you enjoyed it! :)

[@jaztobefree2012]

This is so helpful! Just subscribed :)

[@EricVasquezDesign]

So glad you liked the tutorial! And thanks for the sub!

[@meghedim4090]

Thank you so much, It was great

[@DiviPhotos]

nice work

[@EricVasquezDesign]

+Divi Photos - thank you! :)

[@carljhon3768]

thanks man for the video..

[@bobbytoure4084]

amazing ! good job and thank you. this is all i was looking for :-)

[@aerialdronemaster7483]

it only works if I have texture selected, if I have blur selected it doesnt work

[@bobgreaves1716]

Great tutorial - thanks! :)