17 Replies to Advanced Skin Softening:

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   Herbert

   January 21, 2011 at 2:18 pm

   Please help me to run a full screen tutorial. I have tried using IE 8 and Mozilla firefox, but neither one will provide a full screen tutorial for me to watch. Does it matter if my Quicktime program is not the pro version? Could this be the reason for getting a very truncated running tutorial?

   Thank you very much.

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     Allen

     January 22, 2011 at 9:00 am

     I usually have the same problem, I have been downloading the movie tutorials into my download library and than viewing them there. Iget a full screen there.

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       Robert

       January 24, 2011 at 2:39 pm

       Try opening in a new window. Need to do this 2 or 3 times to get full screen view.

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   Jon

   January 21, 2011 at 4:12 pm

   would have been interesting to see you show the results had you used surface blur, which was intended specifically for this sort of edit. one would then be able to compare that simple approach, to the first part of your video (without the high pass), to the final result of your video.

   maybe you can do a short reprisal?

   Jon
   Costa Mesa, CA

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   Alfred

   January 21, 2011 at 8:02 pm

   …as usual Matt is amazing. I tried it and (as usual) got all mixed up, but he is such a master at explaining things i am sure that given a few months (LOL) I shall be able to get the message. matt is a wonderful attribute to my late learning curve, tell him thank you from the bottom o my heart, him and mike make life worth while Alfred ( call me Ben)

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     Sandra

     January 22, 2011 at 2:32 pm

     Perhaps YOU could do a “reprisal cheat” sheet with a link to it for us???

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       Johnny

       January 28, 2011 at 4:19 pm

       There is a “cheat sheet” link located below the video.

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   James

   January 22, 2011 at 3:06 am

   Great lesson, thanks, Matt! The learning never stops with all the fine instructions you folks provide.

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   Sandra

   January 22, 2011 at 2:25 pm

   Love this lesson and the cheat sheets!!!!

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   Rosi

   January 23, 2011 at 8:51 am

   Finally the penny has dropped!
   I get it.
   We use a clipping mask in digital scrapbooking; you’re using that new blank layer to make a clipping mask for the desired areas after the fact – so to speak.
   In PSE7 I’ve always used an adjustment layer with no changes, clipped the layer above to it and then used black or white brushes in place of a proper Layer Mask.
   Never a dull moment at PET magazine!

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   Rudolph

   January 28, 2011 at 12:53 pm

   from PET to Dtown TV, Matt is the best! tyhanks for that vid

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   Sara

   January 30, 2011 at 11:00 am

   I can’t seem to get this to work. When I do my “edits” and alt click on the layer mask thumbnail, it is still just all black… what “mode” am I supposed to be in for this edit, does anyone know?

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   Bruce

   February 17, 2011 at 11:46 pm

   I live in Australia, and have just received my copy of the Jan/Feb magazine.
   I started reading the article on The Secret to Smoother Skin, but noted it is for PSE9. I have PSE8.
   So I went to this site, to this Jan/Feb page, but I can’t find how it refers to Version 8. Help, please!

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     Rick

     February 18, 2011 at 10:05 am

     Bruce,

     This video shows you how to do the same effect without requiring the layer mask feature in Elements 9. It can be done with any version of Elements, from 5 on up.

     Rick

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    Gisele

    February 21, 2011 at 9:38 am

    As a total beginner, I was able to follow along on the cheat sheet until step 7. I had to go back and remember what to do with all of those layers to combine them and save the image properly. I’m sure it seems like a very basic thing to most people, but adding that extra instruction would help.

    Also, on the advanced section of the tutorial, reminding people how to change to “Soft blur” would help.

    I got stuck after step 6 – I still had the grey face.

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    Sara

    March 18, 2011 at 8:07 am

    Ok, so after I do these edits to my photo, how do I save the photo so that I can print it? If I flatten the layers so that I can save as a JPEG, it seems to have a grey cast to it, from the layer mask…. any ideas?

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    George

    December 30, 2011 at 3:14 am

    This is, by far, the best method I’ve seen yet for smoothing the skin.

    Thank you!

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