By Crawford Hart.

Part 1 of this series provided an overview of some of the generally accepted approaches to the problem of achieving perfect skin. The techniques themselves aren't glamorous, though the results can be. They tend, rather, to be boring, repetitive, simple procedures, tasks in which the operator must do most of the work. Grunt work, in other words.

Part 2 (the one you're reading now) and Part 3 (to come) will shift over to those effects in which Photoshop does the work and we just add up numbers and push buttons, though a little bit of delving into the esoterica of Photoshop, how it works under the hood, will be called for. But the payoff is definitely worth it. The ideas behind the process discussed here certainly did not originate with me; they can be found on other forums all over the web. I've provided my own particular slant, as I would expect you to do, once you're comfortable with the basic ideas.

By Crawford Hart.

Part 1 of this series provided an overview of some of the generally accepted approaches to the problem of achieving perfect skin. The techniques themselves aren't glamorous, though the results can be. They tend, rather, to be boring, repetitive, simple procedures, tasks in which the operator must do most of the work. Grunt work, in other words.

Part 2 (the one you're reading now) and Part 3 (to come) will shift over to those effects in which Photoshop does the work and we just add up numbers and push buttons, though a little bit of delving into the esoterica of Photoshop, how it works under the hood, will be called for. But the payoff is definitely worth it. The ideas behind the process discussed here certainly did not originate with me; they can be found on other forums all over the web. I've provided my own particular slant, as I would expect you to do, once you're comfortable with the basic ideas.