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We take the source and start processing.

1. Create 5 layers (Ctrl+J).

2. Translate the layer Copy 4 in b/w: Image> Correction> Desaturate (Image> Adjustments> Desaturate) Multiply and set the layer opacity to 48%.

3. Translate the layer Copy 3 in b/w: Image> Correction> Desaturate (Image> Adjustments> Desaturate). Change the layer blend mode to Lightening (Screen) and set the layer opacity to 40%.

4. Change the layer blend mode Copy 2 on mode Overlay.

5. Change the layer blend mode Copy on mode Linear Light and set the transparency to 55%.

6. We get a rich contrast picture with dark dips and a traced skin texture. Adding Layer mask(icon in the form of a gray square with a white circle inside at the bottom of the Layers palette) to all layers and rub the eyes (tool Brush (B), color black) in layer masks Copy 4 And Copy making the eyes brighter.

7. Create Above Layer Copy, Adjustment layer Hue / Saturation (Hue / Saturation)(at the bottom of the Layers palette, click on the icon in the form of a black and white circle and select the appropriate command) and muffle the red color.

8. Print the visible layers onto a new layer (create New Layer (Shift + Ctrl + N) above all layers and click Ctrl+Alt+Shift+E).

9. Create a layer Copy 10 (Shift+Ctrl+N) and sharpen Filter > Other > Color Contrast (Filter > Other > High Pass) the resulting transfer to overlay mode Overlay.

10. Create an Adjustment Layer Color balance 1(at the bottom of the Layers palette, click on the icon in the form of a black and white circle and select the appropriate command) and adjust the color of the image so as to get the desired shade (nail red, slightly saturate with yellow and uncheck "Keep glow").

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We continue our series of articles called. This time I'll show you one of my options processing of a male portrait. The motive for this article was simply a huge number of processing lessons that flooded our entire Internet :)

In this lesson, we will look at the main details that you should pay attention to when retouching male photo.

For this article, I have chosen photograph my friend, taken in February 2012. She was taken on Nikon D7000 with Nikon lens. original picture and PSD the file is located at the end of this article, on which you can practice and completely repeat this photo processing. As always, processing video you will also find at the bottom of this article.

Actually, the result before:

and the result after:

To perform such processing, we need a graphic editor Adobe Photoshop and plugins for it: Alien Skin Exposure 3, Color Effect Pro versions 3.0 And 4.0 ,Imagenomic Noiseware Professional. Download links for these plugins are at the end of the article.

Beginning of work

1. Open our photo in Photoshop and immediately go to the plugin Color Effect Pro 3.0, choose a filter Contrast Only and set these settings: Brightness +40%, Contrast +40%, Saturation +50%

Photo retouching is of great importance, not because the original image is poorly executed, but in order to hide minor defects and correct color balance. Retouching a male photo differs from a female one in that one should not hide wrinkles and make the skin perfectly smooth, but at the same time it has its own characteristics.

Create a Black and White Adjustment Layer. We increase the brightness of some individual areas where the dominant color is red, yellow tones by moving the cursor in the direction of their thickening.

Change the Blending Mode of this layer to Soft Light.

Create a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer and lower the saturation.

Create a Photo Filter adjustment layer and give the image some warmth, but not too much, so yellow will do. You can set the density of the filter.

In order to give the image brutality, you can create a "Color Search" adjustment layer and select the desired color solution.

If the skin has become too warm tones or has acquired red tones, then you can cool it with a Blue Photo Filter adjustment layer.

Curves adjustment layer can lighten and darken certain areas of the image.

Merge the adjustment layers into a group: select the necessary layers in the layers folder and press the key combination Ctrl + G. Reduce the opacity of the group to 72%.

Create a copy of the layer with the image and on it, using the Spot Healing Brush tool, smooth out the wrinkles on the forehead, cheeks and under the eyes. Nasolabial folds can not be touched. The tool is used in the following way: hold down the Alt key and click with the mouse on the area of ​​the skin that is the template for the area to be changed. We brush over the area that needs to be corrected.