Facial Rejuvenation Effect in Photoshop

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We have another nice Photoshop tutorial on how to do facial retouching as this is one of the most requested type of tutorials.

We have already other tutorials published on this topic like How to do Professional Facial Retouching in Photoshop or How to Make Facial Retouching in Photoshop among others.

Open photo in Photoshop. Select Healing Brush Tool and remove as many wrinkles as possible. See before and after images below.

Select Clone Stamp Tool to create pores on the skin, if in the process of wiping the wrinkles appeared very smooth skin. As a sample we can use skin on the nose, because there pores are very good.

Create a new layer. Make color sample to get color of the skin with the Eyedropper Tool and use the Brush Tool with soft round brush to reduce skin texture on the nose.

Merge all layers in one.

Duplicate layer with Ctrl+J and work on duplicated layer. Apply Polygonal Lasso Tool to select face area and use Select > Invert to invert selection.

Press Delete button to clear selected area. Select eyes and eyebrows and then delete selected areas as well.

Apply Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur.

Change layer mode to Soft Light.

Apply Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation to make color correction on this layer.

I think the photo will look better if we reduce visible border between edited copy and original layer. Select the Eraser Tool with soft round brush and erase some pixels on borders to make it more smooth.

Duplicate photo layer (the one on bottom) and move it above all other layers. Apply Filter > Other > High Pass.

Increase contrast with Image > Adjustments > Brightness/Contrast.

Change layer mode to Overlay for this layer.

It is very important to make eyes look brighter and clearer.

Select Clone Stamp Tool to remove under-eye hollows, then use the Brush Tool to reduce blood vessels on eyeball areas. You can take color samples with the Eye Dropper Tool.

Create new layer above all other layers and change layer mode to Darken. Select Brush Tool (Opacity: 20%, black color) and color hair area with soft round brush.

Set layer opacity to 60%.

Create new layer above all other layers and change layer mode to Color. Repeat same process as before to color the hair but use brown color (#483626).

Set layer opacity to 45%.

Create new layer above all other layers and change layer mode to Soft Light. Repeat same process as before and apply it to beard’s men.

Set layer opacity to 60%.

To complete this tutorial select Clone Stamp Tool or Healing Brush Tool and remove some eyebrows over the centuries a bit.

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How to Create a Mini Music Player in Adobe Photoshop

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In the following tutorial you will learn how to create a mini music player using Photoshop.

As always, this is the final image that we’ll be creating:

Open Photoshop and hit Control + N to create a new document. Enter all the data shown in the following image and click OK. Enable the Grid (View > Show > Grid) and the Snap to Grid (View > Snap To > Grid).

You’ll need a grid every 1px. Go to Edit > Preferences > Guides, Grid & Slices and focus on the Grid section. Enter 1 in the Gridline Every box and 1 in the Subdivision box. Also, set the color of the grid at #696969. Once you set all these properties click OK. Don’t get discouraged by all that grid. It will ease your work later. You should also open the Info panel (Window > Info) for a live preview with the size and position of your shapes.

Pick the Rounded Rectangle Tool, set the radius at 5px and create a 492 by 40px vector shape. Move to the Layers panel and double click on this new shape to open the Layer Style window. Enter all the properties shown in the following images and click OK.

Pick the Rectangle Tool and create a 10px square. Select this new vector shape and switch to the Direct Selection Tool. Select the top, left anchor point and move it 5px down then select the bottom, left anchor point and move it 5px up. In the end your rectangle should turn into a triangle. Open the Layer Style window for this new shape and enter the properties shown in the following images.

Duplicate the triangle created in the previous step (Control + J) and move the copy a few pixels to the right. Select this copy along with the original triangle and place them as shown in the first image. Make three new copies of your triangle, rotate them 180 degrees and places them as shown in the second image.

Pick the Rounded Rectangle Tool and make sure that the radius is set at 5px. Set the foreground color at #4b738c, create a 200 by 4px vector shape and place it as shown in the first image. Open the Layer Style window for this new shape and enter the properties shown in the following images.

Pick the Rounded Rectangle Tool, set the foreground color at #a6ddff, create a 135 by 2px vector shape and place it as shown in the first image. Open the Layer Style window for this new shape and enter the properties shown in the following images.

Pick the Ellipse Tool, create a 12px circle and place it as shown in the first image. Open the Layer Style window for this new shape and enter the properties shown in the following images.

Pick the Ellipse Tool, set the foreground color at #4b738c, create a 4px circle and place it as shown in the first image. Open the Layer Style window for this new shape and enter the properties shown in the following images.

Pick the Type Tool and add some white text as shown in the following image. Use the Calibri font with the size set at 11pt. Open the Layers Style window for your text and enter the properties shown in the following images.

Pick the Rectangle Tool and create a 7 by 10px vector shape. Select it and switch to the Direct Selection Tool. Select the top, left anchor point and move it 5px down then select the bottom, left anchor point and move it 5px up. In the end your rectangle should turn into a triangle. Select it and pick the Rectangle Tool. Check the "Add to Shape Area" button from the top bar and create a 4px square as shown in the third image.

Pick the Ellipse Tool, create a 10px circle and select it. Continue with the Ellipse Tool, check the "Subtract from Shape Area" button from the top bar and create an 8px circle as shown in the second image.

Now, your vector shape should look like in the second image. Select it and switch to the Rectangle Tool. Make sure that the "Subtract from Shape Area" button is still checked and create a 5 by 10px rectangle and shown in the third image.

Pick the Ellipse Tool, create a 4px circle and select it. Continue with the Ellipse Tool, check the "Subtract from Shape Area" button from the top bar and create an 2px circle as shown in the second image.

Now, your vector shape should look like in the second image. Select it and switch to the Rectangle Tool. Make sure that the "Subtract from Shape Area" button is still checked and create a 3 by 6px rectangle and shown in the third image.

Select the vector shapes created in the last three steps and place them as shown in the following image. Open the Layer Style window for these shapes and enter the properties shown in the following images.

Pick the Rounded Rectangle Tool and make sure that the radius is set at 5px. Set the foreground color at #4b738c, create a 50 by 4px vector shape and place it as shown in the first image. Open the Layer Style window for this new shape and enter the properties shown in the following images.

Pick the Rounded Rectangle Tool, set the foreground color at #a6ddff, create a 29 by 2px vector shape and place it as shown in the first image. Open the Layer Style window for this new shape and enter the properties shown in the following images.

Finally, pick the Rectangle Tool and set the foreground color at black. Create three, 1 by 10px vector shapes and place them as shown below. Open the Layer Style window for these new shapes and enter the properties shown in the following images.

Here is how your final result should look.

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