Skin that looks “plastic” typically results from many small decisions compounding together. If you heal just a little too much, blur some texture to hide it, push a bright spot on the face up a…
Create one safe space for a change to exist before you touch a slider or start painting on an image. That is an easy way of looking at layers. Layers allow an adjustment to exist…
Zooming in can be deceptive. When you zoomed in, an isolated mark on a cheek may feel like it needs attention; an isolated shadow under an eye may look too heavy; every pore may feel…
A portrait can start to look unnatural even before the overall edit seems glaringly incorrect. A single additional pass with the healing brush, a patch of blur beside the cheek, or a duplicated clone spot…