Another photographer suggested I use doll face I think by Kubota actions. Any other recommendations? Feel free to share before and afters. Thanks!!!

Totally Rad's Retouching action is really good

http://www.totallyradactions.com

For sure Ro! The whole set is worth the price for this one alone!

Portraiture - there is nothing like it. It's sold by imagenomic.

I have totally rad and it's good as well. I have all of kubota's too. But Portraiture takes all when you have a client that is wrinkly (like me:), has acne all over or just has rough skin.

I use the portraiture plugin for photoshop too (by Imagenomic)... It works fast and good...

Good luck!

what do you guys do when you have a lot of acne? I mean a lot. I had a few seniors this year that it was reallly hard to get the skin to look normal with so many spots. I mean without the skin looking too fake or the colors in the face seem all one color because you cant really take from one spot because of all the acne. It just looks like fake skin to me.

I do know that i have a makeup artist and she has helped a ton but some wont pain the money. And for boys???

any suggestions or before and afters?

Check this out..

http://www.christyschuler.com/retouching.html

The very first tutorial is skin..

Take a look, good stuff here.

Greg

thanks!

Anytime

What I like about it, is that it's not an action, but a system for retouching.

Don't get me wrong it's super easy to go overboard with it, but I think her way of doing it is one of the best I've seen.

Totally Greg! She is awesome!!
Thanks!

Not a plugin, but I bought it specifically for seniors with bad acne.

http://www.portraitprofessional.com

It really is as easy as it says. Less than 30 seconds for all the retouching. Check out the before and afters on their website.

Shan

+1 that's what I use... it's great!

thanks again for this. She is awesome and i even get what she is saying. I am such a hands on person and this is so great!

thanks thanks thanks

No problem!

I'd be interested to see your results...

Greg

ive heard really good thing about mama shans powder action

Portraiture is great!

Greg! Awesome link bud... thanks man! I was about to go to sleep, but now I have to try out these new skills ... SWEET! ... Going to be tired in the morning... your fault.

There are many good one... But my favorite one by far... Retouche by Totally Rad Actions

All their actions are great!

Another one that is very good but is a plugin is Portraiture. It does a great job separating skin from the rest and can be batch processed. It gives you a lot of control and even allows you to warm up the image from within the plugin. I bought it when the Kodak Airbrush plugin stop working on PS CS3, and I am glad it did because I discover what I think to be better solutions.


I have both and use them both. Bot Retouched is my workhorse. Totally Rad rocks!

Portraiture cost the same as the entire Totally rad so my advice would be that unless you need batch process your images, go for Totally rad first.

oh no no no my husband will be doing this he is the edit man when it comes to retouching, but he is excited that i found it. He basically has just taught himself how to do it all. I so do not work that way. Im excited though cuz with that i think i could do it.

Another vote for Portraiture.

-tmiller
Tim Miller Photography
http://tmillerphoto.com

+1 and yervants arent too bad either.

WOW...that is some great information! Can't wait to try out her techniques. Thanks for sharing the link.

Alan

Make your own to suit your taste, Rowe.

Copy layer
Gaus Blur 25-30
Mask the layer
Set layer opacity at ~20%
Set brush at ~25%
Paint on the smoothness
Adjust layer opacity to taste.

I've done a quick read of the post and didn't see anyone mention Mama Shan's a.k.a. Photoshop Mama's powder actions. I really love them!

http://www.photoshopmama.net/products.html?reload

Bernard

In regards to acne or skin issues in general, I use the clone stamp a lot... frequently changing the opacity and the size of the stamp.... Sometimes very large to cover the whole cheek with a very light opacity (15-25%?) and then for the specific problem spots, I'd do a smaller stamp size with a higher capacity. I'd only do that on seniors who have chosen like, 3 images they want touched up because it does take some time (unless they're paying you a lot for it). I'm constantly hitting control Z to go back a step to see what it looks like, so that if what I did looks too "fakey" then I just redo it. I haven't done it on seniors, but I have done it on newborns with serious newborn rash and dry skin (which looks like acne). I've probably done it on like... 100 babies? I dont' have any examples though, because the pics are all on my old boss's computer-- I'm sorry! I hope that makes a LITTLE sense... it's kind of difficult to explain, but I hope that helps?

Greg, that's a great tutorial! I loved it! I'm a very hands on person too, so demonstrations are SO helpful! I love how Christy's goal is to make sure it still looks natural as well and that she realizes that it's important not to lose sight of where you're coming from because it CAN get to be very "fakey" if you lose sight of it!

LOVE Pro Retouch!!! with Totally Rad Actions.... Once you learn how to use it you will love it.