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In this tutorial I’ll show you how to make a skin like the the ones you see in magazines like Playboy.
step 1
The source

step 2
CTRL + J

step 3
Filter > other > High Pass…

step 4
High Pass setting… here I have used 3.5

step 5
Image > adjustments > desaturate

step 6
Change the blending mode to OVERLAY at the layer High Pass….

step 7
CTRL + I

step 8
Add a layer mask

step 9
CTRL + I

step 10
Paint the skin with a soft brush with the set foreground color white.
HERE YOU MUST TAKE CARE TO PAINT ALL THE SKIN !!!!

step 11
If do you want a skin like a peach you can stop here….

step 12
Making a Playboy skin………
Press the CTRL key and click at the high Pass mask … Will appear the selection…
OBS: here is possible to see if you made a good job at step 10(painting the skin)…..

step 13
Return to the background layer ….. CTRL + J

step 14
At the layer: skin selection, use FILTER > TEXTURIZER

step 15
Choose Sandstone as showed here
Scaling 50% / relief 2 / light TOP
You can use other setting if do you like

step 16
If will be necessary, you can use:
- change the opacity at the skin selection layer;
- work with a layer mask;
- to take out spots/stains/pimples - use patch tool(J)
- to improve the skin color - hue/saturation…
After all, here is the RESULT
Observation : due the PST image compression it is not possible to see a perfect result…….

