The Secret to Smoother Skin
Harsh lights and aggressive sharpening can make any of us look a little worse for wear. But with the new Layer Mask feature in Elements 9, it’s easy to undo the damage and create soft, beautiful skin.
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Related Tags: masking, Portrait Retouching, portraits, skin softening, skin tone
Anne
May 22, 2011 at 6:25 pm
I don’t know what I’m doing wrong but when I get to step 8, OPT+CLK on Layer 2 eye icon, drag Layer 2 to the top, the face is covered with the gray mask.
George
December 28, 2011 at 12:35 am
You need to change the blend mode from normal to Soft LIght, and the gray will disappear.
George
December 28, 2011 at 12:36 am
A simple but VERY effective technique.
Thank you.
Allan
January 11, 2012 at 9:44 pm
I can’t get past part three. It says to hold Option and click on layer Mask button to get a black layer mask. my layer mask comes in as white. Now what?
Robert
March 25, 2012 at 11:23 am
II can’t get past 3. Cannot seem to paint on the layers mask.