Photoshop Makeovers: Blemishes

After sourcing the image, open it in Photoshop ready for the Digital Makeover. The first thing to do is remove any blemishes from the subject such as unwanted moles, scares, wrinkles, acne etc.

The reason why we remove such features is because in the next tutorial when we smooth the skin we don’t want the acne showing through when the blur is applied. We want the skin as clean as possible to gain the perfection we require.

So the first step will be to select the Healing Brush Tool

Below you will find a selection of bad skin. For the purpose of this tutorial we will work on this image and try to remove as many of the blemishes as possible.

With the healing brush selected I’m going to hover over the image and right click.

I’m now presented with a properties box for the healing brush; here I will change the diameter to a size that will best work with the image (24px in this case).

Next I will need to select an area from the image that I can clone and paste over the blemishes. To do this hold the alt key down and select the clear area.

Now all thats left do is click on the areas that have blemishes. Remember try and get a selection as close to the blemish as possible to keep the same skin tone.

Below you will find the finished result.