Have you ever taken a beautiful profile photo and thought the blemishes and pimples in face are taking back the aesthetics of the subject, then this is the solution for you! We will cover the basis of how to remove the blemishes in face using the spot healing brush tool in photoshop. There are similar ways to remove the blemishes in face, but we will focus on using the spot removal brush method which is far more easy to use and can be done by beginners also. So without waiting lets dive into the steps on how to achieve this!
Open the source image in photoshop
Open the image in photoshop by clicking File – Open
Duplicate the layer
Duplicate layer in photoshop by clicking Layer – Duplicate Layer. This allows us to create a duplicate layer so that the original photo is not retouched making it safe in case we need it later on.
Select spot healing brush tool
Now select the spot healing brush tool in photoshop. It will be visible on the left hand side toolbar.
Increase the brush size
You can increase the brush size by right clicking, and this small menu pops up like the above screenshot. You can adjust the size of the brush and the hardness depending upon your need.
Select a spot to heal
Now hover over the blemish spots and just click using the left mouse button. What this does is calculate the space and clears the spot using the surrounding neat spots. Its more like the healing brush, but the spot healing brush automatically deducts the neat spots by itself saving us a lot of time.
Repeat the process for all spots
Repeat the process on all the visible spots that needs to be cleared.
Duplicate another layer for smoothness
Now duplicate another layer in photoshop using the same step as above. This will act as the smooth layer for the skin to look seamless.
Apply layer mask
Apply layer mask to the smooth layer.
Apply Gaussian blur
Apply Gaussian blur by going to Filters – Blur – Gaussian Blur. This will allow us to smooth the skin as per our look and feel.
Apply a radius of 3.5 for this portrait which look much better.
Invert layer mask
Invert layer mask in photoshop using Ctrl+I (Windows) or Cmd+I (Mac)
Select the brush tool
Select brush tool by pressing “B” on keyboard and change the color to white as shown in the above screenshot
Brush over the blemish area
Now just brush over the blemish area so that the blur applies there making it smooth.
You can adjust the layer opacity to make the blur as per your look.
Final Result
That’s it! The Spot Healing Brush Tool is a fast and efficient way to clean up skin blemishes or minor imperfections in an image.
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How To Remove Blemishes Using Spot Healing Brush In Photoshop
Have you ever taken a beautiful profile photo and thought the blemishes and pimples in face are taking back the aesthetics of the subject, then this is the solution for you! We will cover the basis of how to remove the blemishes in face using the spot healing brush tool in photoshop. There are similar ways to remove the blemishes in face, but we will focus on using the spot removal brush method which is far more easy to use and can be done by beginners also. So without waiting lets dive into the steps on how to achieve this!
Open the source image in photoshop
Open the image in photoshop by clicking File – Open
Duplicate the layer
Duplicate layer in photoshop by clicking Layer – Duplicate Layer. This allows us to create a duplicate layer so that the original photo is not retouched making it safe in case we need it later on.
Select spot healing brush tool
Now select the spot healing brush tool in photoshop. It will be visible on the left hand side toolbar.
Increase the brush size
You can increase the brush size by right clicking, and this small menu pops up like the above screenshot. You can adjust the size of the brush and the hardness depending upon your need.
Select a spot to heal
Now hover over the blemish spots and just click using the left mouse button. What this does is calculate the space and clears the spot using the surrounding neat spots. Its more like the healing brush, but the spot healing brush automatically deducts the neat spots by itself saving us a lot of time.
Repeat the process for all spots
Repeat the process on all the visible spots that needs to be cleared.
Duplicate another layer for smoothness
Now duplicate another layer in photoshop using the same step as above. This will act as the smooth layer for the skin to look seamless.
Apply layer mask
Apply layer mask to the smooth layer.
Apply Gaussian blur
Apply Gaussian blur by going to Filters – Blur – Gaussian Blur. This will allow us to smooth the skin as per our look and feel.
Apply a radius of 3.5 for this portrait which look much better.
Invert layer mask
Invert layer mask in photoshop using Ctrl+I (Windows) or Cmd+I (Mac)
Select the brush tool
Select brush tool by pressing “B” on keyboard and change the color to white as shown in the above screenshot
Brush over the blemish area
Now just brush over the blemish area so that the blur applies there making it smooth.
You can adjust the layer opacity to make the blur as per your look.
Final Result
That’s it! The Spot Healing Brush Tool is a fast and efficient way to clean up skin blemishes or minor imperfections in an image.
Hope you enjoyed this tutorial.
Share it with others who you think it might be useful..!
Please read about more tutorials in our Blogs Page.
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