Lets start!
Head down and create a new layer.
I will rename this layer to > Touch-Ups.
Head over and select the Healing Brush Tool.
Make sure Current & Below is selected.
Hold ALT + Click to sample an area.
Then click over the blemish/acne to heal.
Hold ALT + Click to sample an area.
Then click over the blemish/acne to heal.
Make sure it looks natural.
Since this part is very time consuming. I will speed it up.
If you make a mistake. CTRL + Z to undo.
Lets check out the before and after.
Have the top layer selected.
CTRL + SHIFT + ALT + E (Merge all visible layers.)
I will rename this layer to > Blur.
Duplicate it - CTRL + J.
I will rename this layer to Sharpen.
Hide the top layer. Click on the eye icon.
Select our blur layer.
Right click - Convert to Smart Object.
Head up to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur.
I'm going to set the radius to about 30 Pixels.
Make sure there's no detail left on your image.
Then hit OK.
Turn back on the top layer. (Eye Icon)
Select it > Right Click > Convert to Smart Object.
Head up to Filter > Other > Highpass.
I will set the radius to about 3.2 Pixels.
Then hit OK.
Change the Blending Mode > Linear Light.
Don't worry, it will look better!
Lets drop the opacity of the top Highpass Filter.
This will unsharpen the image.
Drop the opacity to about 50%.
Select the Blur layer and do the same.
I will set the opacity to about 90%.
Hold CTRL and select the Sharpen layer and the Blur layer.
Then head down and create a group.
I will rename this to mask in areas.
Head back down. Hold ALT + Mask.
Now we'll be able to manually do our touch-ups.
Make sure our foreground color is white.
Select the Brush Tool. (B)
Paint in the desired areas. (Entire Face Recommended)
Make sure you're on the mask as well.
Make sure you take your time on this part.
Try avoiding the edges.
CTRL + Z to undo.
I'm going to reduce some of the reds on the image.
This part is optional.
Head down and create a new adjustment layer.
Select Hue/Saturation.
Click on the Master tab > Select Reds.
Reduce the Saturation to about -25.
Hue: + 3.
Then hit close.
That looks much better.
Here's a preview of the before and after.
I'm going to add some color. This part is optional.
Head down and create a new adjustment layer.
Color lookup.
I'm going to select FoggyNight.
Drop the opacity as needed. I will set mine to 15%.
That's it! I hope you learned something in this tutorial.