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so if I take this torch and put it on my

face it's not a big of a deal it's not

hurting me you know why because I'm

wearing these glasses now what are these

glasses doing as we pass the light

through the glasses trust me it's very

bright as you can see as we pass the

light it is reducing the amount of light

passing through these glasses in other

words we can say that this is a filter

and why is it a filter because it is

altering the vision in some way

similarly in Photoshop a filter is

something that alters the image in some

way shape or form take a look at this

interesting slider as we take it to the

right it is blurring everything but the

face it keeps the face in focus and it

creates a beautiful soft focus effect

in other words it is altering the image

in some way in other words it is a

filter we'll get to this beautiful

filter later but the point is a filter

can be as simple as a blur let's take a

look at this example so here we have a

model let's say we want to add some

colors to it instead of adding an

adjustment layer we can simply bring

another image let's say this one we're

just going to drag it and drop it right

there let's say if we love the colors of

this image we're just going to rotate it

make it a bit larger like this and let's

just blur it by going to filter emphasis

filter you'll find all the filters right

here

blur let's choose gaussian blur one of

the most common blurs you're going to be

using it time and again let's increase

it so much that we lose all the details

and only keep in the colors and the tone

so let's set it to about really high

number like 600 pixels hit OK and now

you can play with blend modes so you can

hover through different blend modes to

get a preview let's say I like overlay

but this is too much right so let's

decrease the opacity to about 50 let's

take a look at the before and after so

here's the before and here is the after

now this my friend is a very simple

filter just a blur and you can modify it

even further so let's say we create a

curves adjustment layer click on the

adjustment layer icon and then choose

curves and let's say you want to make

the Darks of this color darker you want

to limit the curves just to this layer

so click on this button and arrow will

show up that way it is limited just to

this layer and then you can play with

the sliders bring things up or down

there you go that is something I like

let us take a look at the before and

after so here's the before here's the

after the attention is going back to the

face if you don't like it too much you

can decrease the opacity even further

just a hair bit of it makes a hell lot

of difference this is common not popping

as much here's the after just take a

look adding that brightness back to the

face so what did we learn a filter can

be as simple as a blur on the other hand

it can be as complex as this one let's

say you want to restore this super old

image press Ctrl or command J always

have a backup control or command J makes

a duplicate now let's go to filter again

and this time we're going to go ahead

and choose neural filters it uses

artificial intelligence and in here we

will turn on Photo restoration this is a

relatively newer one you'll find it in

the later versions of Photoshop and as

you turn it on most of the scratches are

gone the image is improved so here's the

before here's the after you can enhance

tends to face even more if you wish you

can reduce the scratch even more if you

wish that's up to you and on top of it

if you want to colorize it just turn on

colorize and it will automatically

colorize you can modify it make it

cleaner it's up to you but just with two

switches it creates a hell of a

difference so here's the before and here

is the after now you have filters that

come with Photoshop that are already

built into Photoshop but you also have

third-party filters that you can install

in other words plugins sometimes when

you install certain plugins it comes up

inside of filters for example in this

case one of the plugins I use from time

to time is a retouch for me series you

can try it for free I'll link it up in

the description so press Ctrl or command

J let's say we want to retouch this I'm

going to go to filter and this will only

show up once you install the plugin so

this is retouch for me we're gonna go

with heal now do keep in mind I don't

recommend this plugin for beginners only

for professionals if you are making

money off of your work this is a good

investment but you can always play

around with it trial version links are

in the description so let's increase the

sensitivity of detecting the blemishes

so let's put it down the way high you

also have the option to turn on make

mask and click on apply it beautifully

removes all the blemishes let's take a

look at the details so here's the before

and here is the after and keeps the skin

natural on top of it we can create a

stamp visible layer in other words a

brand new layer with everything merged

in everything that you see in the canvas

and the way to do that is pressing Ctrl

alt shift and E quite a shortcut now

let's do some dodging and burning we're

going to go to filter again retouch for

me retouch for me Dodge pen now you can

choose how much you want a Dodge bun low

high it's up to you I'm gonna have it

all the way to the right soft light

layer turned on and click on apply

it creates a beautiful soft light layer

see brighter are the areas where it has

dodged and darker other areas where it

has burned in other words brighten some

areas and darken some areas now the rest

of the areas are gray which means that

if we change the blend mode to soft

light those would be hidden brighter

areas would be brightened and darker

areas would be darkened let us choose

soft light and let's take a look at the

before and after so here's the before

and here is the after hell of a

difference so overall before and after

and it keeps everything natural so far

what did we learn a filter is something

that alters the image in some way shape

or form it can be as simple as a blur or

as complex as photoreation it can be

built into Photoshop like gaussian blur

feel blur photo restoration colorize or

it can be a plug-in like retouch for me

we did the demo and just as a reminder

you find the filters inside of the

filter menu bar now you must know

something about repeat filters the way

it works is that let's say you apply any

filter let's go to filter noise and add

noise about 40. now this is not what

we're gonna do to an image but this is

just for an example hit OK let's say we

added noise all right and then we made a

few copies and let's say this is a

completely different layer

if you go to filter the first one right

here would be the previous filter that

you applied with the same value of

course you can go to filter noise and

add noise but if you pick this one which

would be the last filter applied

it would apply the noise with 40. so

your previous applied filter with the

same value could always be at the top

now there's a big problem with just

applying a filter let's understand this

by creating a beautiful vintage effect

let's say we made a copy of the

background layer by pressing Ctrl or

command J and we blurred it all by going

to filter blur and gaussian blur let's

choose a higher value but not so high

something around 80 hit okay let's add

some noise to it let's go to filter

noise add noise not so much noise about

24 ish would be nice uniform

monochromatic is fine hit ok now the

noise is way too sharp so let's go to

filter blur and then gaussian blur again

and this time let's add a little bit

blur to the noise this much is fine hit

ok now for the effect we simply reduce

the opacity now this is such a beautiful

effect

but the problem is we cannot go back

let's say you want to change the value

of the blur that you applied at first

there is no way you can do that you

would have to undo everything and let go

of all the progress now the way to fix

it is using smart filters you might ask

how can I make the filters smart it's

easy let's delete this let's redo

everything first of all let's make a

copy of the background layer by pressing

Ctrl or command J right when you convert

a layer into a smart object whatever

filter you apply will be a smart filter

so right now let's go to filter and then

convert for smart filters it says it

right there now when you apply any

filter let's go to filter blur gaussian

blur let's go with 80 like we did before

let's add some noise by going to filter

noise add noise 24 is fine hit okay

let's apply gaussian blur again let's go

to filter blur gaussian blur

0.8 so 80.8 that's a nice combination

now you have the freedom to go back to

the gaussian blur by double clicking

right here hit okay and you can change

the value from right here let's say

instead of 80 I wanted 82. this is just

for illustration there you go let's say

you wanted to decrease the amount of

noise so double click right here hit

okay and then you can decrease or

increase the amount of noise so you have

all the control right here on top of

that you can also control the opacity of

each filter so if you double click on

this button right there you can even

change the blend mode of this gaussian

blur so you can of course decrease the

opacity change the blend mode of this

gaussian blur I highly encourage you to

experiment with this now this is getting

way Advanced let's take a step back and

let's not apply this for the moment

instead of just simply decreasing the

opacity first of all let's set it to

about 50. we want a little bit of the

highlights so to bring the highlights

back we need to take this effect away

from the highlights how do we do that we

just learned it in the blend of lesson

if you haven't watched it you can watch

it right here after this video so double

click on the right hand side of the

layer let's take it away from the bright

areas of the underlying layer or the

layer that lies under it by taking this

slider from the right to left all right

now hold the alt clear the option key

click on the slider to break it apart

and take it all apart and I'm gonna do

it up until this point also let's take

it away from the Shadows too hold the

ALT key or the option key click on it to

break it apart and keep it something

like this now that's looking

interesting hit OK let's take a look at

the before and after so here's the

before here's the after look at that

effect this is just too normal not as

dreamy but as soon as you turn it on

take a look at this now we also want to

make it a little more dramatic so let's

make a copy of this one press Ctrl or

command J and in this copy we don't want

the blendif so the easiest way to take

that away is right clicking on that

layer and choosing clear layer style it

takes that away and now you can change

the blend mode to something like let's

go for soft light that is nice let's set

it to about

60 and here is the overall image

dramatic and dreamy so here's the before

and here is the after by the way you can

collapse all of these filters that you

applied by clicking on this button there

we go it's collapsed you can open it

again by clicking on this button again

and modify any of this whenever you want

now let's talk about the most important

and most exciting filters in Photoshop

we already talked about gaussian blurb

let's take it a notch Advanced and talk

about some Advanced blurs first of all

let's make a copy of the background

layer by pressing Ctrl or command J

let's go to filter let's not forget

convert for smart filters so that we can

change the values later by the way do

keep in mind that once you convert a

layer into a smart object there are

certain filters that go gray in other

words you cannot apply them like

vanishing point lens blur those are used

rarely anyway now let's go to filter and

the blurs that we are talking about is

inside of blur Gallery let's choose any

one of those let's go with Iris blur and

inside of this whole new dialog box

you'll find different kinds of blurs

that you can apply simultaneously so

let's say we want to apply some Iris

flip the way it works is that if you

increase it everything outside of this

boundary goes at blur 204 or whatever

value you choose like 185 so everything

outside of this boundary of this ellipse

is blurred at 185 pixels everything

inside of these four dots four points is

blurred at zero so inside of these four

points it is zero outside of this

boundary it is whatever value you choose

and from these dots to the edge right

here the blur gradually increases from

zero to whatever value you have chosen

so in this case it is the 185 so it

gradually goes from 0 10 20 30 40 up

until 185 till this point so the way I

like to use it is creating a soft focus

effect let's make it a bit longer

something like this and bring it to the

center like this you can increase or

decrease the size it's up to you now you

can change these points so let's bring

these points closer you can also

individually move these points if you

hold the ALT key or the option key you

can individually move these points like

this now the blur is of course too much

so let's keep it at this level at about

84 is fine now we don't want her body to

be so blurred as well so you can create

multiple points right here so let's

create a one more Point by clicking here

and let's make it a bit larger

like this and then let's bring the

points closer

like this but now there is another

problem the body is too sharp so there's

another blur you can apply here and that

is field blur let's turn that on as well

let's go to field player now what field

blur allows you to do is that it allows

you to create different points and it

allows you to have different blurs in

different areas so this is a point let's

say on her face I want zero blur and

let's say on her clothes right here

let's create another point we want the

blur to be a little more something like

this let's adjust it properly you can

always go back to Iris blur and adjust

these points I'm going to take this

point a little up and go back to field

blur again and increase the blur right

here like this and let's move it right

here hit okay once you're satisfied and

at any point in time you can always

change these values by double clicking

on blur Gallery you can open up Iris

blur move it around change the blur you

can open up field blur select this and

change the blur amount it's all up to

you you now the blur Gallery also has

certain effects sometimes the sharp

areas has some noise so when you blur

other areas the noise also gets blurred

so you have to introduce some noise so

you can always go back to blur gallery

and go to the noise tab right here and

you can introduce some noise in the blur

areas let me zoom in to show it clearly

to you so as you do increase the amount

of noise have a look noise is added to

the Blurred areas so we can also do it

as a part of an effect so let's go for

about 12 percent you can change the size

the roughness the color so you have all

the freedom to do whatever you want now

something isn't sitting right on this

image I think we need to do a little bit

of dodging and burning I'm going to use

retouch for me so let's create a stamp

visible layer by pressing Ctrl alt shift

and E you can skip this absolutely

optional let's go to filter retouch for

me retouch for me Dodge burn that looks

pretty amazing hit apply and change the

blend mode to soft light and just by

doing that this looks so darn

professional so here's the before 4 and

here is the after now there's one more

filter that's going to make this image

pop it's one of the most used most

amazing most common and most important

filters and that is Adobe camera raw as

a filter first of all let's create a

stamp visible layer Again by pressing

Ctrl alt shift and E let's go to filter

convert for smart filters hit OK and

this time let's go to filter and Camera

raw filter right here now this is such

an incredible filter there should be a

different lesson just for camera in this

let's touch upon the basics so of course

you have all of these sliders for

temperature tint right here you can

change the exposure the contrast the

highlights and just by randomly moving

sliders here's the before here's the

after up looks so much better right and

by the way how do you look at the before

and after press P before

B again after you have sliders for

texture Clarity dehaze you can also

create masks and apply different amounts

in different areas and we're going to

cover it in a future lesson you can also

use a ton of presets built into camera

these are amazing all you have to do is

to go to presets right here so this is

the presets section this is where you

make adjustments edit section preset

section inside of it now you also have

adaptive presets so you can open this up

and let's say you want to enhance the

eyes just hover through every preset to

see what it does and hand size as soon

as I hover through it have a look it

automatically enhances the eyes so

here's the before

and here is the after and you can even

create your own presets so for example I

want to enhance the eyes and then darken

the eyebrows and make a few edits right

here increase the contrast like this and

you can save it as your own preset so

let's go to presets click on this button

right here called create preset click on

that and you can choose to include the

masking let's save it as

mesh that's fine user presets hit OK and

inside of user presets it's going to

show up on mesh right here by the way

there's a preset that I created which I

absolutely love and it is the Pix warm

preset I'm going to give it to you you

can download it link is in the

description let's click on it and there

you go it instantly absolutely changes

the style of the image hit okay let's

take a look at the overall before and

after so here's the before and here is

the after so as you can see filters can

absolutely create a night and day

difference in your image one of the

other most important filters is a

liquify sometimes you need it to make

people smart so let's make a copy of

this layer by pressing Ctrl or command J

now this is an absolutely handsome man

we can make him smarter by nudging him a

little bit I'm not asking to push it in

and make him slim just make him smarter

here's how let's go to filter liquify

sometimes the camera angles are not very

pleasing so here's what we do the most

common tools you need to know about is

the forward warp tool right here and the

Recon construct to you can choose the

forward drop tool and push anything

around it acts like a thick liquid so

let's make the brush bigger you can hold

the ALT key or the option key the right

Mouse button drag it to the right to

make it bigger drag it to the left to

make it smaller drag it up and down to

increase or decrease the pressure right

here so you can push things around like

this all right with the forward drop too

if you think you have unnecessarily

moved some areas you can use the

reconstruct tool if you paint with it

right here as the name suggests it

reconstructs everything to reset

everything you can scroll down and click

on restore all it resets everything it

also detects the face right here and if

there are multiple faces you can use the

drop down to pick whatever face you want

to Target and then you can increase or

decrease the smile hey let's make him

smile a bit and that's nicer you can

change the upper lip a little bit lower

lip mouth width you can also modify the

face shape if you wish we can make the

face width a little tighter like this

control the jawline like this make

slight changes this seems about right

and with the forward warp 2 the shortcut

is W let's press that I recommend

decreasing the pressure keeping it low

and nudging things down it's not just

making him Slimmer but also pushing

things in here

and a little bit there and making the

shoulders broader and the arms a bit

thicker so that it balances things out

nuds slowly that is the secret of the

liquify too now there's one absolute

mistake that I did can you tell what

that is I forgot to convert the layer

into a smart object so let me redo that

for you make a copy of the background

layer let's go to filter convert for

smart filters hit OK and then apply

liquify let's go to liquify the last

applied one will be right here but since

we have converted it into a smart object

we have to redo everything right now so

this is done by the way anytime you feel

you have done too much you can always

scroll down and click on reconstruct and

it's simply an undo on a slider if the

slider is all the way to the left this

is the original image as you increase it

all of the changes you made happen

slowly and gradually so you can tone

down your changes by using this slider

right here this is more natural but I'm

Gonna Keep it this way just to share

with you the difference here okay let's

take a look so here's the before

and here is the after we have not

changed the character of the person the

overall theme in other words of the

subject the way he is but in a way we

have changed the camera angles and the

way the clothes just fit but if you

still think it's too much you can always

double click on liquify scroll down go

to reconstruct and reduce the amount of

changes you have made so you can set it

to about let's say 76 hit OK hit OK

there we go this is more natural before

after still night and day difference if

you want to learn more about liquify

I've done a few videos on it you can

check it out links in description now

these series of filters are usually kind

of obsolete but you can experiment with

it if you like so let's make a copy of

the background lip let's go to filter

let's not forget convert for smart

filters and then this is filter Gallery

right here now it's a gallery of

artistic filters that used to be there

in the old days of Photoshop but it's

still there and you can still experiment

with it and there are groups like

artistic inside of it you have Fresco

you have cut out different filters right

here inside of distort you have

different ones inside of brush Strokes

you have different ones let's go for

angle Strokes let's increase the stroke

length you can control the sharpness and

there's not much explaining right here I

recommend you play with these sliders to

see what they do different fonts have

different kinds of Sliders so I'm going

to increase the stroke length a little

more something like this and you can

stack multiple filters if you wish so on

top of angle stroke we can create one

more by clicking on plus right here and

it's also set to angle strokes but we

can change it to something else let's go

to Artistic and change it to watercolor

right here not too much Shadow intensity

rust detail let's decrease it hit okay

and I have to say it's pretty nice so

here's the before and here's the painted

version so that's all about filters in

Photoshop this was just an introduction

I highly recommend that you play with

each filter see what they do you know

what filters are it Alters the image in

some way shape or form and you know

where to find it you can find it inside

of the filters tab menu bar at the top

now there can be simple filters like the

blur or complex filters like Photo

restoration and there can be third-party

filters as well like retouch for me

check the link in the description to try

it out all in all keep in mind whenever

you apply a filter apply it in a way so

that it is non-destructive so that you

can always go back and change the values

later one of the ways to do it is

converting the layer into a smart object

by going to filter and then convert for

smart filters I hope this video helped

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