Skin, Photoshop smooth skin remove impurities
Before you smoothen the skin of your on a photo, you should remove skin impurities.
- First of all, select the "spot healing brush" in the tool bar.
- With the brush you can remove blemishes and pimples easily. "Paint" you with just the appropriate Places.
- In a separate practice tip, we have more ways to Remove skin blemishes in Photoshop for you.

Skin in Photoshop smoothing
Skin in Photoshop smoothing: blur
An absolute classic in the face retouching, the use of Soft focus is.
- Duplicate the layer that contains your image. Click on the duplicated layer with the right mouse button and select "convert to smart object".
- Now add on "Filter" > "blur filter" - > "Gaussian blur" Filter. How strong you must set the Radius for the blur depends on your image and taste. Try around a little.
- Below the level of a so-called smart filter is now. Click on this and select in the properties the Button "Invert".
- Now you can paint with a soft white brush on the image. The brighter a point is, the more it will blur. For this reason, it is also recommended to paint first with a shade of gray.
- Finally, you can reduce the opacity of the duplicate layer. Thus, both levels are mixed and the blur looks more natural.

Photoshop: smooth skin
In the next Paraxistipp we show you how to create a face with Photoshop narrow.