User guide
Chapter 7 Make image adjustments 315
Apply specic Quick Brush adjustments
Brush the Skin Smoothing adjustment on an image
You use the Skin Smoothing Quick Brush adjustment to smooth a person’s skin by subtly blurring
wrinkles and skin pores.
Before Skin Smoothing
Quick Brush adjustment
After Skin Smoothing
Quick Brush adjustment
Smooth a person’s skin
1 Select a photo.
2 Do one of the following:
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In the Adjustments inspector or the Adjustments pane of the Inspector HUD, choose Quick
Brushes > Skin Smoothing from the Add Adjustment pop-up menu.
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In the tool strip, choose Skin Smoothing from the Quick Brush pop-up menu .
The Skin Smoothing Brush HUD appears, and the Skin Smoothing adjustment controls appear in
the Adjustments inspector and the Adjustments pane of the Inspector HUD, if both are shown.
3 Specify the brush stroke settings using the controls in the Skin Smoothing Brush HUD.
For more information, see Apply Quick Brush adjustments on page 231 and Work with brush
strokes on page 232.
4 Brush the adjustment on the area of the image where you want to smooth a person’s skin.
Modify the Skin Smoothing adjustment after it has been applied to an image
1 Select a photo with the Skin Smoothing adjustment applied to it.
2 In the Skin Smoothing area of the Adjustments inspector or the Adjustments pane of the
Inspector HUD, adjust the following settings:
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To specify the area over which the Skin Smoothing adjustment is applied: Use the Radius
parameter controls.
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To specify the amount of detail to preserve in the area where the Skin Smoothing adjustment is
applied: Use the Detail parameter controls.
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To specify the strength of the Skin Smoothing adjustment: Use the Intensity parameter controls.
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