Ok, First off, I want to say that I am a weekend photoshop warrior. I am amazed by some of the great things I have seen put together on this forum. I have a friend who lost her mom and she has very few pictures of her mother. The picture below is one of them. I spent about an hour working with it last night, but I just can't get the skin tones to look right. Everything looks splotchy. I appreciate in advance any suggestions. I realize that my after picture looks much like a before, but I am trying to learn how it all works. (It feels like an uphill battle).
Here is what I did. First, I got rid of the water spots. Then I tried to restore some of the missing background pattern. I separated parts of the picture into layers. I used the "Match" to try to fix the skin tones. I created two mask layers to try to recreate some hair and made them two different tones. And that left me with what I have now.
Thanks,
Brad
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Here is what I did. First, I got rid of the water spots. Then I tried to restore some of the missing background pattern. I separated parts of the picture into layers. I used the "Match" to try to fix the skin tones. I created two mask layers to try to recreate some hair and made them two different tones. And that left me with what I have now.
Thanks,
Brad
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