Tutorial #2

how to prepare images

step one:

I started out with this picture I pasted it into the canvas.

step two:

Select large areas (such as the arm, neck cheeks) with lasso, right click, feather and gaussian blur(3px). You can also zoom in use the blur tool for small areas like around the eyes and edge of face.

step three:

duplicate it, make sure it's the top layer and set it to screen.

step four:

deuplicate it again, put it on top and set the layer to soft light.

step five:

flatten it (layer > flatten image). image > adjust > brightness/contrast -20, +10

all images are different so you will most likely have to change the settings i used, such as the the pixel radius and opacity.