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Old 16-11-2006, 15:58   #1 (permalink)
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Hiya all, just a quick tip for you all,
Under the filters-blur menu in Photoshop is an option called smart blur, when used on portraits or for getting nice smooth skin tones it is great.
It keeps the sharp areas of the image sharp such as eyes etc and depending on the settings gives a lovely smooth texture to skin, I have found through trial and error that the settings that work best for me are a threshold of 24 and 1 pixel normal.
Hope it's of use to someone.
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Old 16-11-2006, 17:33   #2 (permalink)
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You're just a Rep tart, aren't you?

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Old 16-11-2006, 19:45   #3 (permalink)
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Thanks

Real life tips are a great help

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Just found it so reluctantly added to your rep......................
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Old 17-11-2006, 07:41   #4 (permalink)
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Good tip tho'!
(and, reluctantly, added to Rep!)

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The software automatically prevents members from continuously giving rep points to the same member time and time again to prevent fixing of scores. You will be able to give Gary his well deserved points but you'll have to wait until you have also awarded other (deserving members) some rep points as well.

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Old 17-11-2006, 08:01   #5 (permalink)
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That’s not actually true and makes us look like we are restricting Gary's possible rep points total.

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Come on Gary, you'll have to work harder than that for points ....where's the example before & after shots
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Which method do you prefer to use for smooth skin Gary, this one or the one that you posted here?
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It depends on the shot itself, and the look that you want from it. I have only recently started using smart blur and have not yet explored it fully.
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