in photoshop elements 5.0 how can i make myself look flawless?

Question

i see people all the time with pictures they did in photoshop where there skin glows and everything, and i want to know how!

Answer 1

I have photoshop six
and this is what I do to give a girl that great ethereal look.
Step One
Duplicate the photo layer using the duplicate tool in the layer panel.
Then on your newly formed layer, select the setting from Normal to Overlay, this will deepen the colors.
Then at the top of your screen, use the filter dropdown and find Gaussian Blur, set it to about 4, (still on the top layer)
voila.

Answer 2

Retouching photographs and portraits correctly requires lots of the tools that PhotoShop offers and usually many steps. Some of the tools that would normally be used are layers, blur filter, clone stamp tool, spot healing brush and healing brush tools, layer blending modes and lots more.

Try looking for tutorials online that will demonstrate how to use each of these tools and in combinations. Learn the tools then use what you need.

Try a google search and type in this:

"photoshop portrait retouching" +tutorial

exactly as shown - should give you several hundred sites.

Try this one:

http://www.tutorialbuzz.com/2007/03/professsional-photoshop-portrait.html

and then click the Elements link on the right.

Answer 3

Try messing with different filters - make sure to start with a picture that already looks decent, and then use photoshop to cover up imperfections, and tweak the color/contrast.

Answer 4

use the clone stamp tool and clone skin from another picture of someone with nice skin and put it on your skin...you will have to blend it in and everything so it looks realistic.

Answer 5

You already look flawless!

Answer 6

My advice: don't.
You don't need to be any more than you are.
(yeah, sounds deep, eh?)