Join Deke McClelland for an in-depth discussion in this video Smoothing skin textures with blur, part of Photoshop CC 2018 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
Released
2/5/2018- Navigating through Photoshop menus
- Customizing preferences
- Changing image size and resolution
- Cropping and straightening images
- Working with layers
- Saving your progress
- Adjusting brightness and contrast
- Balancing colors
- Making selections
- Using the Quick Mask mode
- Retouching photos
- Using Camera Raw
- Formatting text
- Printing images
- Creating web graphics
Skill Level Beginner
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Introduction
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Welcome2m 57s
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1. Opening an Image
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2. Getting Around
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Zooming in and out7m 29s
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Entering a custom zoom value4m 29s
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Scrolling (panning)3m 43s
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Cycling between screen modes6m 17s
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Using the Navigator panel7m 11s
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Updating a workspace5m 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 36s
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Common resolution standards8m 48s
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Downsampling for print6m 8s
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4. Crop and Straighten
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Always shoot big1m 31s
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Using the Crop tool3m 18s
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Cropping nondestructively5m 11s
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Using Content-Aware Crop3m 9s
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5. Introducing Layers
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The layered composition1m 26s
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Introducing the Layers panel5m 33s
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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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Custom Brightness/Contrast4m 42s
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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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Introducing Hue/Saturation5m 57s
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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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Correcting very bad colors4m 48s
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Cloning and Content-Aware7m 12s
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12. Introducing Camera Raw
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13. Creating and Formatting Text
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Finding the perfect font7m 17s
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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 position9m 25s
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15. Creating Web Graphics
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Images on the wild wild web1m 43s
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How color works on the web5m 18s
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Conclusion
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Until next time1m 18s
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