is there way to kind of soften up a shiny face in photoshop?

Question

i have wedding pictures where i partied and my face is like reflecting like a mirrorhaha i was wondering if there was something i could do to make not as bad in photoshop . i have cs2 if anyone can help
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Answer 1

Lower the contrast range of the image file.

Answer 2

Here's the steps I'd follow to fix this problem:

From the Layer menu, choose Duplicate Layer.
From the Filter menu, choose Blur > Gaussian Blur.

Play with the amount slider to get a good blur. More blur is better, but no so much that features like clothes and background begin to merge in with skin tones. I usually blur enough so that I can't see details in the eyes, and faces are fairly unrecognizable. If your shiny area is still clearly visible, use the cloning brush and copy blurred skin tones in to cover this shiny area.

Add a layer mask. From the Layer Menu, choose Layer Mask > Hide All. Now fill the mask with black. From the Edit menu, choose Fill > Black.

You'll now see only your original image. Select the brush tool. Turn Opacity and Flow down to between 25 and 35%. Set your brush color to white. Use the brush to paint over the shiny areas. What you're really doing is unmasking the blurred layer you made, but it works as if you're just painting that blur on the photo.

Did you paint too much? Switch your color to black, and it'll work like an eraser.

You may need to make a few passes to get the look you want -- these are subtle changes, so don't expect it to disappear immediately. You'll probably do two or three "coats" over the center of the shine, and just one or two on the edges.

The key to making this work well is to avoid painting areas that people expect to be sharp -- hair, eyes, lips, eyebrows.

You can also use this technique to paint over wrinkles, lines, and blemishes, too. The more you paint, the more they'll disappear, until they look unnatural. Use sparingly.

Lather, rinse, repeat.

Answer 3

Ciao Megabeth!
Well what you can do as many just said and without needing special plug ins is to use the Gaussian Blur tool in PS CS2.
Of course you will like to "blur" just the areas where the shine is visible, therefore you will need a mask.
You will have to duplicate your original layer, then choose Gaussian Blur tool and apply it moderately. Make sure the preview is checked so you will get the "wysiwyg" effect.
You may select the affected areas before and just treat them, and then flatten the image, or just blur the whole pic, and lately apply a mask, select "hide all", therefore you will use a brush to apply the blur amount you previously decided.
I hope I was helpful and I wish you good luck.

Answer 4

One of my favorite actions in ps, this can be used not only to get rid of shine but also to smooth out skin and blemishes.

1.duplicate the image layer
2. apply a gausian blur to the top layer, enough so you can still make out the features but any imperfections are blurry.
3. go into the history list and select the gausian blur step and then undo that step (ctrl+alt+z)
4. in the tool bar find the history brush and just go over the problematic areas. It will apply the gausian blur to just those areas so that you don't end up with an entire blurry image.

Hope this helps ^^

Answer 5

Be carful if you try cloning skin tones. It is extremely difficult to get a good color and texture match.

Before you try it, make a copy of the image and try to blur the edges of the glare with the manual blur tool. (the tear drop shaped icon) This will, at least, soften the hard edge to make a more gradual transition from skin to shine.

Answer 6

Besides the Gaussian Blur, the healing brush, used with a small brush a bit at a time, works well. Also try the free trial of portraitprofessional.com

Answer 7

There is a plug in for this (for Photoshop).

http://www.imagetrendsinc.com/products/prodpage_shine.asp

They were the Kodak GEM people and left the company to form their own division.

Answer 8

Copy a non shiny portion of your face, select the shiny part and replace

Answer 9

Can you sharpen it?