Originally Posted by ozmatt

similar to mentioned earlier by elli... duplicated the layer, guassian blurred the top one, adjusted "luminosity" on the blurred layer depending on how much of the original layer i want to show through... then on that blured layer i just quickly erased such areas as the eyes, hair, lips, bit of the nose. so that the original layer shows through.

i used a feathered eraser so i didnt get any hard eraser "edges"

really didnt take long at all, few mins max.

cheers, matt.