How to make someone look younger in Photoshop

How to make someone look younger in Photoshop

In this tutorial, Jesus Ramirez demonstrates how to make someone look younger using Photoshop. This guide goes beyond the new Neural Filter that allows you to de-age or age a person with a simple slider. Jesus shares additional techniques and tools to enhance the effect, offering a more comprehensive approach to retouching.

You will learn how to use various filters and tools to smooth skin, reduce wrinkles, and brighten features for a youthful appearance. Jesus covers the following key aspects:

  1. Neural Filter: Start with the Neural Filter to get an initial de-aging effect, which serves as a great base for further enhancements.
  2. Healing Brush and Clone Stamp Tools: Use these tools to remove imperfections, such as blemishes and age spots, ensuring a cleaner and more youthful look.
  3. Frequency Separation: This technique helps in separating the texture and color of the skin, allowing for detailed retouching without losing the natural texture.
  4. Dodge and Burn: Lighten areas of the face to highlight youthful features and darken shadows to add depth and dimension.
  5. Liquify Filter: Subtly adjust facial features to enhance a youthful appearance, such as lifting the cheeks or smoothing the jawline.

By combining these techniques, you can achieve a natural and realistic de-aging effect, making the subject look significantly younger while maintaining their unique features. This tutorial equips you with the skills to perform advanced retouching and create stunning results in Photoshop.

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