{"id":1118,"date":"2020-01-25T22:52:43","date_gmt":"2020-01-25T22:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/?p=1118"},"modified":"2020-01-25T23:04:41","modified_gmt":"2020-01-25T23:04:41","slug":"portrait-photoshop-3-soften-skin-using-photoshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/25\/portrait-photoshop-3-soften-skin-using-photoshop\/","title":{"rendered":"Portrait Photoshop 3: Soften skin using Photoshop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>With the image open, duplicate the layer, duplicate the Background layer by hitting CMD or CTRL + J on the keyboard or by clicking and dragging the Background layer to the New Layer symbol at that bottom of the Layers Panel.<\/li><li>Open Spot Healing Brush Tool.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"279\" height=\"134\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image-35.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1180\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. Remove small blemishes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4.  With background copy active, go to Filter>Convert for smart filter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"308\" height=\"430\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image-38.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image-38.png 308w, https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image-38-215x300.png 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 308px) 100vw, 308px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4. Open Surface Blur from Filter>Blur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"717\" height=\"673\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image-36.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image-36.png 717w, https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image-36-300x282.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5.  Adjust Radius and Thresholds, in our example, Radius=15, Thresholds=20. Check the preview to compare.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"801\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image-37-1024x801.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image-37-1024x801.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image-37-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image-37-768x600.png 768w, https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image-37.png 1164w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">7. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the image open, duplicate the layer, duplicate the Background layer by hitting CMD or CTRL + J on the keyboard or by clicking and dragging the Background layer to the New Layer symbol at that bottom of the Layers Panel. Open Spot Healing Brush Tool. 3. Remove small blemishes. 4. With background copy active, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/25\/portrait-photoshop-3-soften-skin-using-photoshop\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Portrait Photoshop 3: Soften skin using Photoshop<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1118"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1187,"href":"https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1118\/revisions\/1187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}