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The Perfect Portrait Instructions

The document provides instructions for using a Photoshop action to perfect a portrait by enhancing eyes, hair, skin, lips, clothes, and finishing the process. It includes steps to lighten and contrast eyes, dodge and burn hair, use frequency separation and red skin removal on skin, enhance and dodge/burn lips, select and change clothes color, and boost details.

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The Perfect Portrait Instructions

The document provides instructions for using a Photoshop action to perfect a portrait by enhancing eyes, hair, skin, lips, clothes, and finishing the process. It includes steps to lighten and contrast eyes, dodge and burn hair, use frequency separation and red skin removal on skin, enhance and dodge/burn lips, select and change clothes color, and boost details.

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INSTRUCTIONS

PERFECT PORTRAIT
Photoshop Action
- - - - - PERFECT EYES - - - - -

 Lighter

1 - Select Black Layer mask of action - PERFECT EYES

2 - Select White Paint brush

3 - Set Opacity of paint brush from 20% to 100% - ( Do not exaggerate)

4 - Paint only in the IRIS

 Contrast

1 - Open action folder ''Perfect eyes 2'' in the layers menu.

2 - Select Black Layer mask of action - PAINT ON BRIGHT

3 - Select White Paint brush

4 - Set Opacity of paint brush from 20% to 60% - ( Do not exaggerate)

5- Paint only in the IRIS

6 - If the result is too much then lower the opacity of the layer.

7 - Open action folder ''Perfect eyes 2'' in the layers menu.

8- Select Black Layer mask of action - PAINT ON DARK

9 - Select White Paint brush

10 - Set Opacity of paint brush from 20% to 30% - ( Do not exaggerate)

11 - Paint only around the iris and the pupil

12 - If the result is too much then lower the opacity of the layer.

 White Aerea

1 - Select Black Layer mask of action ''WHITE AEREA''

2 - Select White Paint brush

3 - Set Opacity of paint brush from 5% to 15% - ( Do not exaggerate)

4 - Paint only in the white part of the eye.

5 - If the result is too much then lower the opacity of the layer.

 Color Boost

1 - Select Black Layer mask of action - COLOR BOOST

2 - Select White Paint brush

3 - Set Opacity of paint brush from 80% to 100% - ( Do not exaggerate)

4 - Paint only in the IRIS

5 - If the result is too much then lower the opacity of the layer.
 Eyes Sharpen

1 - Select Black Layer mask of action - EYES SHARPEN

2 - Select White Paint brush

3 - Set Opacity of paint brush from 50% to 100% - ( Do not exagerate)

4 - Paint only in the IRIS and the eyelashes

5 - If the result is too much then lower the opacity of the layer.

- - - - - PERFECT HAIR - - - - -

 Hair enhancer

1 - Select Black Layer mask of action - PERFECT HAIR

2 - Select White Paint brush

3 - Set Opacity of paint brush from 80% to 100% - ( Do not exaggerate)

4 - Paint on the hair

5 - If the result is too much then lower the opacity of the layer.

 Dodge & Burn

DODGE

1 - Open Action folder ''DODGE & BURN'' in the layer menu

2 - Select Black Layer mask of action - DODGE

2 - Select White Paint brush

3 - Set Opacity of paint brush from 20% to 35% - ( Do not exaggerate)

4 - Paint only in the lighter places of the hair

5 - If the result is too much then lower the opacity of the layer.

BURN

1 - Open Action folder ''DODGE & BURN'' in the layer menu

2 - Select Black Layer mask of action - BURN

2 - Select White Paint brush

3 - Set Opacity of paint brush from 20% to 35% - ( Do not exaggerate)

4 - Paint only in the darker places of the hair

5 - If the result is too much then lower the opacity of the layer.
- - - - - PERFECT SKIN - - - - -

 Frequency Separation

1 - Open Action folder ''Frequency Separation'' in the layer menu

2 - A window opens up, choose the blur you want - As soon as the eyes are slightly blurred then click ok. (remember the value you
gave, you will need it later.

3 - Select the layer named ''HIGH''

4 - Select clone stamp tool

5 - Remove spots on the skin, choose a clean part of the skin next to the spot you want to clean by holding the ALT (windows) or
OPTION (mac) and then click with left key of the mouse and then release the (alt or option key). You have now cloned the clean skin
part. Remove the spot with mouse using the left button.

Do this procedure again when going to another aerea of the skin.

6 - Once the skin is cleaned select the layer named ''LOW''

7- Select the lasso tool

8 -With Lasso tool select a clean and detail part of the skin.

9 - While skin is selected open gaussian blur - FILTER - BLUR - GAUSSIAN BLUR

10 - Insert the same value you choose at the start (Look at point 2)

11 - with lasso tool select rough skin and press:

CTRL + F ( windows) or (CTRL + ALT + F) for new photoshop - CMD + F (mac) or (CMD +OPTION + F) new photoshop.

12 - Do all over her skin if needed, press the combination buttons more time if needed.

 Red Skin Remover

1 - Select Black Layer mask of action - RED SKIN REMOVER

2 - Set Opacity of paint brush from 20% to 35% - ( Do not exagerate)

3 - Paint where the skin is too red.

4 - If the result is too much then lower the opacity of the layer.
- - - - - DODGE AND BURN-COUNTURING - - - - -

DODGE

1 - Open Action folder ''DODGE & BURN'' in the layer menu

2 - Select Black Layer mask of action - DODGE

2 - Select White Paint brush

3 - Set Opacity of paint brush from 20% to 25% - ( Do not exaggerate)

4 – see image on where the dodge has to be drawn.

5 – Don’t draw on the skin 2 times. Make a full drawing for each part

5 - If the result is too much then lower the opacity of the layer.

BURN

1 - Open Action folder ''DODGE & BURN'' in the layer menu

2 - Select Black Layer mask of action - BURN

2 - Select White Paint brush

3 - Set Opacity of paint brush from 20% to 25% - ( Do not exaggerate)

4 – see image on where the burn has to be drawn.

5 – Don’t draw on the skin 2 times. Make a full drawing for each part

5 - If the result is too much then lower the opacity of the layer.
- - - - - PERFECT LIPS - - - - -

 LIPS ENHANCER

1 - Select Black Layer mask of action – PERFECT LIPS

2- Select white paint brush

2 - Set Opacity of paint brush from 80% to 100% - ( Do not exagerate)

3 - Paint on the lips

4 - If the result is too much then lower the opacity of the layer.

 Dodge& Burn

DODGE

1 - Open Action folder ''DODGE & BURN'' in the layer menu

2 - Select Black Layer mask of action - DODGE

2 - Select White Paint brush

3 - Set Opacity of paint brush from 20% to 25% - ( Do not exaggerate)

4- paint on her lips where is bright

BURN

1 - Open Action folder ''DODGE & BURN'' in the layer menu

2 - Select Black Layer mask of action - BURN

2 - Select White Paint brush

3 - Set Opacity of paint brush from 20% to 25% - ( Do not exaggerate)

4- paint on her lips where is darker


- - - - - CLOTHES - - - - -

 Clothes selector

1 - Select Black Layer mask of action – CLOTHES SELECTOR

2- On keyboard press: \ (so that you can see where you are selecting the clothes, the NON red part is where you are selecting)

2- Select white paint brush

2 - Set Opacity of paint brush from 100%

3 - Paint on clothes , while paiting the red should remove from photo.

4- If you have done little mistakes you can just make the brush black and paint where it’s wrong.

 Color Changer

1 – Open Adjustment color saturation by clicking on the icon:

2- Once opened move the HUE slider to choose the color you like.

- - - - - FINISHING PROCESS - - - - -

 Boost

1 – Click the boost action

2 – Select layer:BOOST and choose the opacity you wish.

 Perfect Detail

1 - Select Black Layer mask of action – PERFECT DETAIL

2- Select white paint brush

2 - Set Opacity of paint brush from 15 - 25%

3 - Paint on all your portrait.

4- If you have done little mistakes you can just make the brush black and paint where it’s wrong.

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE VIDEO OF THIS ACTION:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3y-vmhTCfIk

www.enhanceMYphoto.com | [email protected]

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