I was practising using Photoshop when I came across this photo and decided try my hand at removing acne.
I altered the colour channels to reduce redness. Then used the spot healing and clone tool to remove the spots and imperfections. Finally I used a Gaussian blur and then applied a mask so I could use the blur on desired parts of the face. This smoothed the skin that I had removed the acne from and made the skin more even looking.
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After:
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