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How to remove acne in Photoshop | Photoshop tutorial

Photoshop tutorials — Mon, 29 Jun 2015 13:22:06 +0000

Do you have almost perfect photo but there is one fault – pimple :)? In this tutorial I will show you how to remove and retouch acne or scars in Adobe Photoshop using only few retouching tools. Tutorial is really easy so I decided to put it into Basic tools section.

As I mentioned I will use in this tutorial only these basic tools:

- clone stamp tool,

- healing brush tool,

- spot healing brush tool,

- patch tool.

Before retouch

After

Check Tutorial:

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Using Liquify Tool in Photoshop| Body shaping tutorial

Photoshop tutorials — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 09:15:51 +0000

I think that I can categorize liquify tool to Photoshop Basics because using liquify tool is so simple and you can do with this tool huge things like editing body shape also you will use this tool during portrait retouching or some type of photo manipulation.

***Video Tutorial on Page 2***

**Please note that video tutorial is not full body retouch tutorial. Purpose of this video tutorial is just to show you each of liquify tool.**

All you need to do is:
1. Go to Filter-> Liquify
2. Choose one of the brushes in menu on left:

Forward Warp tool - Pushes pixels forward as you drag.

Reconstruct tool - Reverses the distortion you’ve already added, as you hold down the mouse button and drag.

Twirl Clockwise tool - Rotates pixels clockwise as you hold down the mouse button or drag. To twirl pixels counterclockwise, hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) as you hold down the mouse button or drag.

Pucker tool - Moves pixels toward the center of the brush area as you hold down the mouse button or drag.

Bloat tool - Moves pixels away from the center of the brush area as you hold down the mouse button or drag.

Push Left tool - Moves pixels to the left when you drag the tool straight up (pixels move to the right if you drag down). You can also drag clockwise around an object to increase its size, or drag counterclockwise to decrease its size. To push pixels right when you drag straight up (or to move pixels left when you drag down), hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) as you drag.

Using the Freeze Mask tool - Select the Freeze Mask tool and drag over the area you want to protect. By freezing areas of the preview image, you protect those areas from changes.

3. Set liquify brush in menu on right side:

Brush Size - Sets the width of the brush you’ll use to distort the image.

Brush Density - Controls how a brush feathers at the edge. An effect is strongest in the center of the brush and lighter at the edge.

Brush Pressure - Sets the speed at which distortions are made when you drag a tool in the preview image. Using a low brush pressure makes changes occur more slowly, so it’s easier to stop them at exactly the right moment.

Brush Rate - Sets the speed at which distortions are applied when you keep a tool (such as the Twirl tool) stationary in the preview image. The higher the setting, the greater the speed at which distortions are applied.

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Other tools

Photoshop tutorials — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 13:14:23 +0000

In this last one tutorial from Basic Tools tutorials I will describe following tools: Content-Aware Move Tool, Red Eye Tool, Dodge and Burn Tool and finally Pen Tool.

Content-Aware Move Tool

Content-Aware Move tool is tool with which you can select and move a part of a picture. The image is recomposed and the hole left behind is filled using matching elements from the picture. You do not need to carry out intensive edits involving layers and complex selections.

You can use the Content-Aware Move tool in two modes wich you can choose in this menu:

Move mode - place objects in different locations (most effectively when the background remains similar).
Extend mode - expand or contract objects such as hair, trees, or buildings. To best extend architectural objects, use photos shot on a parallel plane, rather than at an angle.

Red Eye Tool

Bad effect of photos which have been taken with help of flash is that you very often get photos with burned red eyes. This effect happens when the light from the camera flash reflects off the subject’s retina. It can make for a disturbingly demonic image.

To remove it simply select the Red Eye Tool, then click-drag on the image to draw a box around the red eye… you may need to click-drag a couple times to get the entire eye.

Dodge and Burn Tool

In the simplicity these two tools do this:

Dodge – Lightens pixels where you paint.
Burn – Darkens pixels where you paint.

You can set which tones will be affected:

When set to highlights, only the lightest areas are affected.
When set to shadows, only the darkest areas are affected.
When set to midtones, only the middle tones are affected.

Pen Tool

In my videotutorial is decribed only how to select thing from image by drawing a path around your image. This tool has other features as well but each feature will be shown in other tutorials because area where you can use Pen tool is very wide.

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Retouching tools

Photoshop tutorials — Wed, 29 May 2013 12:52:05 +0000

In this tutorial you will learn how to use retouching tools from Photoshop basic tools. Retouching tools are very helpful if is something unwanted on your photo so you just get rid of it with these tools. How? Check my video.

But with these tools you can retouch a lot of things, not just skin which I am demonstrating in my video tutorial.

Described tools:

- Spot Healing Brush Tool

- Healing Brush Tool

- Patch Tool

- Clone Stamp Tool

Content-Aware Move Tool will be described in another video because picture used in this tutorial is not good to describing this tool.

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Painting tools

Photoshop tutorials — Tue, 14 May 2013 08:34:42 +0000

My next Photoshop tutorial is dedicated to painting tools from the left toolbar. I will show you how to use them in my video tutorial. But it is important to realize that these tools are not only for drawing or painting. Why? Because you will use them for many different things which you will learn later.

In my Photoshop videotutorial I will describe these tools:

- Brush Tool

- Pencil Tool

- Color Replacement Tool

- History Brush Tool

- Art History Brush Tool

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Selecting tools

Photoshop tutorials — Thu, 09 May 2013 15:16:33 +0000

If you are novice in Photoshop these tutorials dedicated to basic Photoshop tools will help you to understand how to use them.In this tutorial I will show you how to use quick selecting tools in the sidebar on left side of screen.

You can find there these basic selecting tools:

1. Rectangular Marquee tool – with right click on this tool you will get more options like Elliptical Marquee tool (mostly I use only these two from Marquee tools), Single Row Marquee tool and Single Column Marquee tool.

2. Lasso tool – with right click you can get more options as in previous case: Polygonal Lasso tool and very usefull Magnetic Lasso tool.

3. Quick selection and Magic Wand tool.

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