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Step Two: Zoom in and scan over the image to identify any blemishes with very little texture surrounded by areas of similar color. These areas can be removed easily using the Patch tool (nested below the Spot Healing Brush tool [J] in the Toolbar). Drag a selec- tion around the area that needs to be fixed, drag the selection to a more ideal area nearby, and release the mouse button. Photoshop magically removes the blemish.
Step Three: Prepare for frequency separation. Make two duplicates of the Background layer by pressing Command-J (PC: Ctrl-J) twice. Dou- ble-click the names of the layers in the Layers panel and rename the top layer “Texture” and the second layer
“Color.” The Color layer is where we’ll make all of our color adjustments and the Texture layer is where we’ll work with the detail of the image. Turn the Texture layer off by clicking on its Eye icon in the Layers panel.
Step Four: With the Color layer active, go to Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur. Select a Radius where the texture of individ- ual pores is gone, yet the details of the image are still visible. Click OK. Each image will be a little different. (Note: You’ll need to use a lower Radius for the low-res practice file.)
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