Join Deke McClelland for an in-depth discussion in this video Smoothing skin textures with blur, part of Photoshop CC 2015 One-on-One: Fundamentals.
- In this movie, I'll show you how to smooth away…very small skin details like pores…using a layer of Blur,…and so the first thing we want to do…is create another merged layer…by pressing that keyboard shortcut…Control Shift Alt e here on the PC…or Command Shift Option e on the Mac.…And now I'll go ahead and rename that layer…GBlur 20…because we're going to be applying…a filter called Gaussian Blur…with a radius of 20 pixels.…And by naming the layer that way…that'll remind me what I did.…
Now you want to go up to the Filter Menu,…choose Blur, not Blur Gallery,…but rather Blur, and then choose Gaussian Blur,…which is the best basic blur filter in all of Photoshop.…Now by default, the Radius is 1.0 Pixel,…and incidentally, if you want to preview…what's going on inside the dialog box,…then you can just click on a detail inside the image…with this square cursor like so,…and then you'll see that detail blown up to 100 percent.…Now for this effect, you generally want a Radius value…of about 20 Pixels, although you can go higher…
Author
Deke McClelland
Updated
7/27/2016Released
8/14/2015Learn to open images from multiple sources, crop and straighten images, navigate panels and menus, and work with layers—the feature that allows you to mask parts of an image, combine effects, and composite artwork. Deke shows you how to perform important editing tasks, adjusting brightness and contrast, correcting color, and retouching and healing portraits. He also reviews formatting text, printing, and preparing web graphics in Photoshop.
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- Opening images
- Zooming in and out
- Understanding image size and resolution
- Upsampling and downsampling
- Cropping nondestructively
- Straightening a crooked image
- Creating new layers
- Working with clipping masks, opacity, and blend modes
- Scaling and rotating layers
- Saving your work
- Adjusting brightness and contrast
- Applying dynamic adjustment layers
- Correcting color casts
- Recoloring artwork
- Working with Quick Mask mode
- Retouching portraits
- Nondestructive dodging and burning
- Developing raw images in Camera Raw
- Creating and formatting text
- Printing images
- Saving images for the web
Skill Level Beginner
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Q: This course was updated on 07/28/2016. What changed?
A: Deke added two new videos, "Content-Aware Crop" and "Type size and script fonts," and updated seven more, to reflect the latest changes in Photoshop CC.
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Introduction
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Welcome to One-on-One2m 57s
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1. Opening an Image
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2. Getting Around
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Zooming in and out5m 48s
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Zooming continuously5m 37s
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Entering a custom zoom value4m 24s
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Scrolling (aka panning)2m 45s
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Cycling between screen modes4m 20s
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Using the Navigator panel5m 23s
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Panels and workspaces7m 34s
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Updating a workspace2m 49s
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3. Image Size and Resolution
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Digital imaging fundamentals1m 18s
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Image size and resolution5m 21s
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Common resolution standards6m 57s
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Downsampling for print4m 28s
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4. Crop and Straighten
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Honing in on your image1m 30s
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Using the Crop tool3m 18s
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Cropping nondestructively5m 11s
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The new Content-Aware Crop2m 22s
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5. Introducing Layers
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The layered composition1m 25s
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Introducing the Layers panel5m 44s
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Employing a clipping mask3m 40s
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6. Saving Your Progress
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7. Brightness and Contrast
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How luminance works5m 18s
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The three Auto commands4m 45s
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Introducing the Histogram4m 40s
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Putting the Histogram to use5m 48s
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8. Balancing Colors
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9. Making Selections
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10. The Quick Mask Mode
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Painting selections1m 41s
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Reversing a mask with Invert4m 26s
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11. Retouch and Heal
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Your best face forward1m 13s
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12. Introducing Camera Raw
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Nondestructive Camera Raw4m 55s
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13. Creating and Formatting Text
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Finding the perfect font7m 10s
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Type size and script fonts5m 29s
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Creating text along a circle5m 15s
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Double-stroking a circle3m 37s
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14. Printing Your Images
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Print from RGB, not CMYK3m 10s
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Print, size, and position6m 30s
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15. Creating Web Graphics
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Stroking translucent text7m 25s
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Conclusion
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Until next time1m 18s
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