Skin softening using Elements 6

[tomhansonphotography]

I just purchased Elements 6 and am looking for a good tutorial on skin

softening. I saw a great one on Layers Magazine for CS3 using smart filters but

seem to be having trouble finding anything for Elements 6. As I have been

playing with E6 I am becoming more and more frustrated that the program is not

deep enough to take care of my needs.

 

I do realize that I just bought it and I have a learning curve to work through.

I am wondering if I should have purchased CS3. Any ideas?

 

Thanks for your help!

[rene gm]

If you had the money, CS3 was better. But PSE6 will do for quite a while. And you have the organizer, which is missing in CS3.

 

But I admit that I do things like skin softening with layer masks missing in PSE6. You soften a layer, then paint the mask for the layer on the necessary places. In PSE6, you will have to use a soft selection on the new layer, deleting everything outside.

[dorothy_beriss]

Tom -

 

I will be getting Elements 6 for the Mac in a few weeks. Never having used Photoshop or

Elements before I've been exploring all over on the web to see if I can find tutorials. Here's

one that you might find helpful.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y1H8z8wHew

[mark45831]

Scott Kelby has a elements 6.0 book out very soon, I have the 4.0 book now and has the softing technic's thats very helpfull

[ronald_moravec1]

Retouch Pros.com have three or four ways to do it.

[tomhansonphotography]

Thanks to all of you for the timely response. It is so cool to be able to through out a question and get so many helpful ideas. I will keep working with PSE6. You know,give it a chance.

 

Thanks again.