Lightroom: Using light room can someone tell me how to get rid of wrinkles on peoples face and arms Thanks in advance Dale...

Hibler Loc: Oklahoma

Using light room can someone tell me how to get rid of wrinkles on peoples face and arms
Thanks in advance Dale

Linary Loc: UK

Hibler wrote:

Using light room can someone tell me how to get rid of wrinkles on peoples face and arms
Thanks in advance Dale

It is not the best tool in the box but you could try choosing the brush, take Clarity to -100 and paint over the offending area. Increase clarity a little at a time until a balance is achieved.

Another way is to use the Spot removal tool, set it to heal and with a low opacity, select the area, then move the source shape to a non-wrinkled area.

Its really a job for a pixel editor such as Photoshop, Elements, Corel, Affinity and the like.

tjpratt Loc: Ballard

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CC0jyuu9AM check this out on you tube. on you tube almost any ? can be answered

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

I just run the clarity slider to the minus side a bit and it softens things up pretty good.
Two versions of a shot of my daughter. #1 OOC, #2 with clarity to the minus side.
Works to smooth skin and get rid of minor blemishes on a 23 year old. It even took care of the noise from being indoors without flash. Then later I corrected the tones and contrast. On an older person with wrinkles, depends on the degree of wrinkles. There are portrait apps with modes to do just that.

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Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

Hibler wrote:

Using light room can someone tell me how to get rid of wrinkles on peoples face and arms
Thanks in advance Dale

The goal in portrait editing is finesse. You want to remove some - not all - flaws, and keep texture to avoid the plastic "Gumby" look. A parametric editor like Lightroom is the sledge hammer, what you need is a little tiny hammer like one you might use to tap a chisel while repairing an expensive violin.

Here is a full retouch on a male face.

https://fstoppers.com/post-production/awesome-video-how-retouch-shiny-skin-1523

and one on a woman's face using a different technique.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3_u3JdB1Wo

The key in each is to preserve the natural texture.

You can't and shouldn't waste your time using Lightroom for this.

berchman Loc: South Central PA

Gene51 wrote:

The goal in portrait editing is finesse. You want ... (show quote)

I watched the first video. It lost me when he subtracted the yellow from the magenta and then, when he created texture and smooth layers, it lost me completely. If my life depended on it, I could not learn to do what he did from watching the video. Obviously, to be able to do what Varis did in the video, one would have to master one lesson at a time, like what does "soft light" do, etc. and one would have to spend a couple of hours each day, practicing just one step until that step was understood. So, yes, a masterful job of retouching and interesting to see what a real pro would do, but essentially useless for noobs like me who use Photoshop to eliminate telephone wires or to substitute skies.

Kmgw9v Loc: Miami, Florida

berchman wrote:

I watched the first video. It lost me when he subt... (show quote)

You are not alone. The learning curve is steep and daunting. I often watch the same video many times and still feel lost This one is especially confusing.
One can only hope that over time, with repeated exposure; an understanding slowly, cumulatively, begins to fall into place.

dsmeltz Loc: Philadelphia

Kmgw9v wrote:

You are not alone. The learning curve is steep and daunting. I often watch the same video many times and still feel lost This one is especially confusing.
One can only hope that over time, with repeated exposure; an understanding slowly, cumulatively, begins to fall into place.

I know what you mean. I keep hoping as well. After many years of watching and listening, I still do not understand my wife and... Oh, this is about post processing. Oops.

Notorious T.O.D. Loc: Harrisburg, North Carolina

There are tools out there for specifically editing portraits. I don't recall the names but have seen them advertised on the web nd in photography mags. I am sure a web search will turn them up. I don't have any specific use or knowledge of them but if you do a lot of portrait work they may be worth looking into. I hate the many photos that women post on FB where they have smoothed their faces to the point that they look like china dolls.

Best,
Todd Ferguson

berchman Loc: South Central PA

Notorious T.O.D. wrote:

There are tools out there for specifically editing portraits. I don't recall the names but have seen them advertised on the web nd in photography mags. I am sure a web search will turn them up. I don't have any specific use or knowledge of them but if you do a lot of portrait work they may be worth looking into. I hate the many photos that women post on FB where they have smoothed their faces to the point that they look like china dolls.

Those software tools like Portrait Pro can never attain the subtle results illustrated in the video of the man's face retouch.

Notorious T.O.D. Loc: Harrisburg, North Carolina

berchman wrote:

Those software tools like Portrait Pro can never attain the subtle results illustrated in the video of the man's face retouch.

Never said that they were the best tool, just another option the OP may or may not be aware is available.
I think his issue was in some respects related to ease of use.

Best,
Todd Ferguson