How do i air brush skin on adobe photo shop?

Question

i just installed adobe photoshop 7.0 and i am really confused. Its way harder then it sounds. How so i air brush on it?

i dont want to take any classes for it.

Help.

Answer 1

Don't think you can use Photoshop without putting in a lot of effort to LEARN how to use it.

You're right...... it is harder than it sounds. There is a reason why people take a very long time to get good at it.

You don't want to take classes, that's fine. Start by getting books from the library, watching/reading tutorials, and checking out the helpfiles.

In the meantime, I'll try to answer your question for you, although version 7 is rather old and I'm not totally sure it worked the same way back then.

Duplicate the background layer

Apply pretty generous gaussian blur (it's ok if it makes your eyes hurt at this point)

Reduce the opacity of the blur layer until you're happy with it

Create a layer mask on the blur layer and use the paint brush (with black or even just grey) to mask off the spots where you don't want to have blur (e.g. eyes).

Flatten and save