Photoshop Tutorials

Follow this Photoshop tutorial to revitalize the look of skin for portrait photographs. This natural-looking effect evens out uneven skin tones and reduces the appearance of skin imperfections. Skin tones look more equalized and blemishes are reduced without being removed.

Fix Blown Out Skin Photoshop Tutorial

Step 1

Open a photo to begin. Expand the file menu and select Open. Then, browse for the file and click OK.

Step 2

Click on the button in the layers pallet and select Invert. This will create a new Invert adjustment layer. This adjustment layer will invert the hue and brightness of the image to create a negative.

Step 3

Change the blending mode to Luminosity. Then, lower the opacity until the skin tones look even. The entire image may start to lose contrast, but we will fix this later. For now, focus on the skin tones.

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