Adobe Photoshop CS6 Top 100 Simplified Tips and Tricks by Lynette Kent

The image shows only the
layer mask in black and
white.
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$ Click the Brush tool.
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Note: Make sure that black
is the foreground color.
Press X if necessary to
change it.
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% Paint with black over the
white areas in the image
that are not faces to
remove them from the
selection.
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^ Option+click (Alt+click)
the layer mask thumbnail
on the adjustment layer.
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The image returns to the normal
view.
& Click the Levels button in the
Properties panel.
* Click and drag the slider to the
left until the skin tones are
lightened or to the base of the
curve.
The adjustments are applied to
the selected skin tones only.
TIPS
Did You Know?
You can click Invert ( changes
to ) in the Color Range dialog
box to invert the selected area. You
can also click Select ➪ Inverse after
the selection has been applied.
More Options!
Try clicking the Auto button in the
Properties panel of the Levels
adjustment layer. You can also click
RGB in the Properties panel and
adjust the levels for each channel
individually.
Important!
The number of pixels required for
the Feather Radius depends on the
overall dimensions of the
photograph. The larger the image,
the larger the pixel radius needed
to soften the selection edge.
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