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3 Stress-Free Portrait Touch-Ups

By Lesa Snider  ·  Issue: July/August 2011 (V8N4)

Create dramatic eyes, hide bags and blemishes, and de-emphasize double chins with these clever, fully editable fixes. Your loved ones will thank you.

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4 Replies to 3 Stress-Free Portrait Touch-Ups:

  1. North Mason

    November 30, 2011 at 11:53 am

    These tips, tricks, and how-to’s definitely lived up to the promise of the title. There were three techniques that enhanced my photos with no added stress.

  2. Alfred

    March 27, 2012 at 7:54 am

    Hi Lesa, ……I used your great , experienced , instructions to complete some photos of my grand-daughter when she was only 18 ( she’e OLD now,,she says,,at 33 ) and she was wowed by the skin surface, though I had made great efforts not to overdo the work…I would like to thank you for your efforts , allowing people like myself ( a real olde Fart) to take part in all the knowledge that you share is wonderful to my senses, never mind my grand-daughters. Keep up the good work. I have printed out the P.D.F and it has joined the others in my library of wisdom…thank you “Ben”

  3. Brian

    May 28, 2012 at 9:42 pm

    Thank you, a very useful technique which I’ll use on my granddaughter, so Ben (above) isn’t the only ol’ fart who’s interested in beautiful faces.
    Brian, Liverpool, England.

  4. Maureen

    January 18, 2013 at 2:16 pm

    I am using PSE 9 and must be making a mistake somewhere. Where do I find Mode:Mask? Is it the same as Layer Mask? Then am I looking at reveal all or hide all? I am not getting the picture once I go to Filter, distort, liquefy. Just getting a blank background and the areas I brushed show up in black. Help !!

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