What are some easy Photoshop techniques that will make portraits look soft and polished?

I'm trying to fiddle around with Photoshop a bit, and I'd like to know some of your tips and tricks and favorite effects for making nice portraits. What are your go-to techniques?What are some easy Photoshop techniques that will make portraits look soft and polished?
Hey,





This was a technique i used to use a while ago.


%26gt; Duplicate the ';Photo'; layer.


%26gt; Keep the original layer in the back and the copy in the front


%26gt; Change the blending mode for the ';Copy layer'; to screen http://dznr.org/qwjg


%26gt; And now go the Filters


%26gt;Blur%26gt;Gaussian Blur and set the blur intensity you'd like to have Tadaa !!





Your done...hope this helped !





Cheers !What are some easy Photoshop techniques that will make portraits look soft and polished?
I do a curves layer selecting the darkes areas and enhancing them. To create the soft look you can do a gaussian blur or easier just get a plug in program that does it for you!

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