Photoshop Tutorial : Colorize and Retouch an Photo

Let's start out by saving and opening this following actress's photo. (Naomi Watts)

Duplicate this layer.If you don't know how to do that , check my previous tutorial on How to duplicate a layer.Once you duplicated this layer , you need to go to the menu and click Filter , after that go to Noise , and after , Median . Once you're there enter a value of about 3 pixels .

Once you're done there , go to Filter --> Blur , and press Gaussian Blur .

Create a Layer Mask . Go to Layers --> Layer Mask --> Reveal All. Fill it with black. After that pick a soft brush and paint with white , also changing the opacity white painting , all the skin .Don't go over the face lines , so you can have a neat , professional looking image.Do NOT blur the eyes , the hair or mess up the lips.

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Now , press CTRL + M to add an Curves Adjustment. You will notice that you can change the settings from RGB to Red , Green , or Blue . Adjust each of them using the following settings :

Now , add a Selective Color adjustment layer with the following settings then fill its mask with black.

Reds: -55 0 0 0
Neutrals: -20 +15 –40 +5

Now , try to paint with white over the lips and you will notice they’ll turn a light pink. Make sure you follow the edges of the lips properly for a professional effect.

Once again , add another Selective Color adjustment layer with these settings:

Yellows: -100 0 0 0
Whites: 0 0 0 –25
Neutrals: +20 –10 –50 +8

Fill its mask with black and carefully paint with white over the eyes like you did with the lips.

Now that you're done with that , go to Layer --> Flatten Image, then to Filter --> Sharpen --> Smart Sharpen and use the settings from this picture:


Now that you're done , take a look on the effect you have just added ! Voila !


Pretty cool , right ? Thanks for reading , and see you on the next tutorial !