and the subject not to look too sharp against the background I use gaussian blur a lot as I resize the image, from 500px to 175px, aswell as a little topaz. 175 is the size I cut background from my icons. I use the lasso tool to delete most of the background and then just a small soft brush, and my graphics tab pen with pen pressure on.
Smoothing skin manually with the blur tool is mega helpful at times too. Obviously topaz does a good job of flattening skin, but I reckon you can get the same results with a mixture of reduce noise (? is that the right PS term) and gradient maps.
I'm glad it is helpful for you, and given you new ideas! That makes me happy. :)
I don't have topaz, I usually use Smart Blur and smooth out the hard lines with a soft brush. It's not perfect, but it works fine for cheeks. Not at all for outlines, though. :/
I never resize the image at all - I mean, the first thing I do is resize down to 100x100 and then I work at that size. I hate it when I lose details on downsizing, so it's the first thing I do (after masking, okay).
Oh, and I've been meaning to ask what the advantage of converting your text to a smart object is? I've never used them.
Oh, and I've been meaning to ask what the advantage of converting your text to a smart object is? I've never used them.
I find converting text to a smart object makes it easier to shape. Like, stretching the text or going for a certain shape. Tbh, I'm not majorly clued up on text, but other than using control + t, that's how I make shapes and angles with text.
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I use gaussian blur a lot as I resize the image, from 500px to 175px, aswell as a little topaz. 175 is the size I cut background from my icons. I use the lasso tool to delete most of the background and then just a small soft brush, and my graphics tab pen with pen pressure on.
Smoothing skin manually with the blur tool is mega helpful at times too. Obviously topaz does a good job of flattening skin, but I reckon you can get the same results with a mixture of reduce noise (? is that the right PS term) and gradient maps.
I'm glad it is helpful for you, and given you new ideas! That makes me happy. :)
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I never resize the image at all - I mean, the first thing I do is resize down to 100x100 and then I work at that size. I hate it when I lose details on downsizing, so it's the first thing I do (after masking, okay).
Oh, and I've been meaning to ask what the advantage of converting your text to a smart object is? I've never used them.
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I find converting text to a smart object makes it easier to shape. Like, stretching the text or going for a certain shape. Tbh, I'm not majorly clued up on text, but other than using control + t, that's how I make shapes and angles with text.
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