Soften Facial Shine

Soften Facial Shine in Adobe Photoshop — with two ready prompts: the immediate one, and the one that makes it stick. 1 real situation leads here.

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Soften an actor's shiny forehead and small blemishes for a closeup used in the final sequence.

2 ready prompts

Written for the moment this actually comes up.

Execute — do the immediate task

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Soften the actor's shiny forehead and remove small blemishes on the closeup used in the final…
Soften the actor's shiny forehead and remove small blemishes on the closeup used in the final sequence; spot-heal visible blemishes and apply light frequency-separation skin retouch while preserving pores, export as high-res [format=TIFF] for finishing.

Improve — make it easier to accept

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Make the retouch acceptable to the director of photography: retain natural skin texture by using…
Make the retouch acceptable to the director of photography: retain natural skin texture by using subtle frequency separation, limit smoothing on forehead highlights, leave fine pores intact, and supply a side-by-side [format=TIFF] showing original and retouched at 100% so they can confirm truthfulness.

Who does this, and with what

The same task is different work inside a different job.

Film / Video EditorAdobe Photoshopalso: Retouch Small Blemishesalso: Polish Closeup Skin

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