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N A PREVIOUS EDITION OF THIS BOOK
we looked at how to add age to a youthful
Prince Charles. Here, we’ll perform the
operation in reverse: starting with a photograph
of Prince Charles as he is today, we’ll look at
how to remove the wrinkles and restore some
of his erstwhile youthful vigor.
It’s an extreme version of the sort of
retouching that’s standard practice among
glossy magazine publishers: models are
routinely retouched to remove blemishes,
wrinkles and other signs of age.
Reversing the ageing process
1
Before we get down to details, we need to smooth out
that craggy skin. Here’s a good technique: use the Median
filter (under ‘Noise’) – I’ve used a setting of 3 – to smooth the
entire image. If anything, it’s too effective: look at the cap
badge to see how much detail we’ve lost.
4
As we grow older the five o’clock shadow remains more
visible throughout the day. Sample the color from a clear
area of skin before selecting a soft brush, set to Color mode;
paint out the dark area around the chin. It doesn’t hurt to lose
some of that redness in the cheeks, as well.
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2
As soon as you perform the Median filter, open the
History panel. Click the space next to the Median line to
mark it; then click the previous step to undo the operation. Use
the History Brush to paint the Median filter back in where we
want it – around the large areas of skin.
3
The next step is to remove all those wrinkles. This is best
done using the Healing brush: hold OA and click to
set a source point in the middle of the cheek, then paint over
each wrinkle, eye bag and blemish in turn. Already, this makes
him look very much younger.
5
The hair is a simple task: select it using QuickMask, and
then use Curves to lower the brightness. It’s remarkably
effective: we can get rid of all that gray in seconds by simply
taking all the brightness out of it. The process would be exactly
the same even if he weren’t wearing a cap!
6
Finally, we need to address how faces sag when they
age. Here, I’ve used the Liquify filter to make the chin
tighter and the cheeks a little less saggy. I’ve also enlarged the
eyes very slightly, as eyes tend to close up as we become older;
and brightened them a little with the Dodge tool.
HOT TIP
The technique
introduced in
step 2 is a new
one, but has many
applications. By
applying a filter
– and it could be
any filter – then
pinning it in the
History panel
and undoing it
immediately,
we can paint the
effect of that filter
selectively, exactly
where we want it.
The possibilities
are endless!
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