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Lexiblue · 03-30-2005

D. Craig Flory posted this at Adobe Forums today addressing the same subject:
(I have not tried this. I don't face this problem much in wildlife photography....a bird having a bad feather day just makes the pic more interesting. Funny how that usually doesn't really hold true for pics of people.

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... retouch on the green channel only. Open your image. Double click to make it layer zero & then dupe the layer. Now go to the channels palette and turn off the red & blue channels. Use the clone tool at 20% on lighten. Once you have it the way you want it, click Layer > Add Layer Mask > Hide All. Select the brush tool with white as the foreground color. "Paint" back the retouching you did at about 20 to 30% opacity. By doing it this way you can control the contours of the face and not make it look to flat.

I hope this helps.
Lexi

03-30-2005	#7 (permalink)
Lexiblue Perpetually Curious Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Oklahoma, USA Posts: 485	D. Craig Flory posted this at Adobe Forums today addressing the same subject: (I have not tried this. I don't face this problem much in wildlife photography....a bird having a bad feather day just makes the pic more interesting. Funny how that usually doesn't really hold true for pics of people. ) ... retouch on the green channel only. Open your image. Double click to make it layer zero & then dupe the layer. Now go to the channels palette and turn off the red & blue channels. Use the clone tool at 20% on lighten. Once you have it the way you want it, click Layer > Add Layer Mask > Hide All. Select the brush tool with white as the foreground color. "Paint" back the retouching you did at about 20 to 30% opacity. By doing it this way you can control the contours of the face and not make it look to flat. I hope this helps. Lexi __________________ I want to drink from life's experiences, while riding upon the threads of time. Freely create my life before me, and accurately see what's left behind.