You will need to do this before you deselect, though:ģ. Then, I reduced the opacity of the background copy, which is the layer with this particular skin adjustment, in order to soften the effect so that we are still left with a more subtle line below her eye:Īnother way to soften this effect is to Fade Patch Selection. I will drag it to an area just a little bit further down below her eyes. In most cases, there is no need to completely erase those lines and shadows - it wouldn't look natural and it would also defy the laws of light! However, those areas can be softened just a bit.Ībove, I have selected an area around an under eye line that I would like to soften. Next, let's look at one way to use the Patch Tool around eye areas:Įveryone has SOME lines and shadows under their eyes that occur naturally from the shadows cast by their brow bone. To patch another area, you will need to right-click and scroll to Deselect in order to draw a new selection. I repeated the same steps on the entire mouth area. In this case, the source destination is her cheek area where the skin is more clear. Wherever you drag your selection, it will be replaced with that area. Point B is our "Destination Source" that we selected earlier. Keep in mind the area needs to be similar in color and tone to the area of concern, so try not to drag the selection too far:ĭragging the selection from point A to point B will replace point A with what is in point B. Now take that area (the area you would like to touch up), and drag the selection to an area of your image with fewer imperfections. Use your mouse to draw a selection in the area you would like to clean up: I will explain why below.īefore you begin editing, create a Background Copy in your layers panel by duplicating the first layer.
Then make sure that next to the word "Source", you select "Destination".
If its not showing up, right click in the same spot (the Healing Brush Tool could be showing by default) and scroll down to Patch Tool. In the image below, you can see the Patch Tool in the toolbar ( keyboard shortcut on Mac and PC: J). The Patch Tool operates in a similar way to the Clone Stamp, but there are a few differences, let me show you. While the Clone Stamp tool is a go-to favorite for skin retouching in Photoshop, its often overlooked but totally amazing Patch Stamp Tool that can really speed up your workflow, because it eliminates the Alt + Click action. Two of my favorites are the Patch Tool and the Smart Blur Filter that will not only speed up your workflow, but also offer you more finely turned and natural skin retouching results. There are many tools you can use to retouch skin in Photoshop. How to Use the Patch Tool & Smart Blur Filter to Retouch Skin
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