Photo enhancing can either be a serious pain in the ass or a fun project that you can do in very little time. In all my travels of Photoshop here is the easiest and one of the most effective way to enhance or clean up a photo.
Step 1. Get the original picture and open it in Photoshop.
Step 2. Go to Filter > Blur > Smart Blur. A dialog box will open with options.
Step3. I mess around with the options until I find something realistic to work with. You can make the girl look like a Barbie doll if you set the options too high. Try to retain as much detail as possible while removing blemishes and etc. Here I selected a Radius of 3 and a Threshold of 16.2 and kept the quality Low (which I don?t recommend but I?m too lazy at this point to take another screen shot). You can also select different modes and play around with them until you achieve your desired effect.
Step 4. Now that you have exited your Smart Blue options, you should have something that looks reasonable but still has some serious pixilation if you zoom in. No problem?the next step will take care of that.
Select your Blur Tool (keyboard R or the tool that looks like a teardrop). Zoom in so you can actually see the pixilation and use the blur tool to even them out. It will blend them in like magic!!! Adjust a brush size that you?re comfortable with and go at your own pace. Try not to blur visible lines or breaks in texture (it will look very obvious).
After you finish the blur you should have a finished product. Well almost a finished product depending on how anal you are.
If you?re anal like me then you add make-up. Applying makeup literally takes minutes and what I love about it is that you can be as sloppy as you want to be and it will still look pimp as shit, yo!
Viola?A finished product! I hope you all found this tutorial helpful. I have yet to find one on the internet that covers this topic and shows the ?easy? way of doing it.
Thanks to Emily Sweet for allowing me to use her picture. Be sure to check out her site!