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Nikon D50
Quantaray AF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 High-Speed for Nikon
 07/26/2007 10:42:29 AM · #1
What method to use in Photoshop Elements to make glamour shots look like magazines!!! I usually fool around with the smart blur! Please help me out!
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II
Olympus 12-40mm f/2.8 Pro
07/26/2007 10:48:55 AM · #2
Does Elements 5 have a healing brush? If so, you can use it to correct things like pimples, wrinkles, uneven skin tones, etc. Does it have a liquify tool? If it does, you can use it to make thighs, arms, stomachs, etc smaller. Sorry I can't be of more help!

June
Nikon D50
Quantaray AF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 High-Speed for Nikon
 07/26/2007 10:59:27 AM · #3
I want my s to have smoooooth skin, not fake, but smoooooth
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II
Olympus 12-40mm f/2.8 Pro
07/26/2007 11:04:08 AM · #4
Well, the healing brush doesn't necessarily give fake skin if used in moderation. There is a filter called Dynamic Skin Softener which I have found to work very well but it's part of the nik Color Efex 2 bundle and it isn't cheap! I don't know if it would work with Elements 5 thought. Unfortunately, none of the Photoshop programs come with good tools for this sort of thing you want to do (except the healing brush) so most things tend to be done with third party filters. I hope someone else can be of more help.

June

BTW, what you see in magazines is not smoooooth, it's fake.

Message edited by author 2007-07-26 11:04:33.
Nikon D50
Quantaray AF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 High-Speed for Nikon
 07/29/2007 02:52:28 PM · #5
for real, magazine pics a fake? I might just try to play with the healing tool
Canon EOS-30D
Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
 07/29/2007 04:28:34 PM · #6
You can also select the face area (skin only) and add a very slight blurr to that area. Then erase the blur away from areas that still need detail such as the eyes, lips, and nose outline.
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