Aleks Mind wrote:
hi all!
can anybody tell me how to create skin texture like this?

this photo made by Dean Bradshaw

It looks maybe like noise overall photography
+ maybe he playing with channels or with red and yellow colors
+ maybe low contrast
+ maybe cool sharpening like Calvin Hollywood FAD

i try different ways to get this look, but i didn't get this one

You mean skin texture not skin color, right?

Well, I would say that first of all - there is more than one way to skin the cat, but with proper lighting that is very important and proper photography along with the model or at least retouch model, you would probably need to apply some kind of sharpening technique. There are various plugins that do a good job at enhancing the details like that, Topaz, Nik Software maybe, and you can do it also with sharpening tools in Ps but it's probably easier to do with a plug-in.

Mostly it seems like a very good photography with the rest of it being mostly about setting the mood of the image and than for the skin texture you asked, there is probably some detail sharpening enhancement and maybe a little bit of skin clean up with standard tools like clone and heal to get rid of any obvious problems. But that is pretty much it as far as I can tell.

Krunoslav-Stifter wrote:
You mean skin texture not skin color, right?

Right, but when you playing with red color
for example in "Black&White adjustments layer"
you can turn luminosity red to black and skin texture become more readable

thanks for the answer, i will try topaz

i know that i can get great result when i make photo
but i want more than great)) and here retouching comes)

Aleks Mind wrote:

Right, but when you playing with red color
for example in "Black&White adjustments layer"
you can turn luminosity red to black and skin texture become more readable

thanks for the answer, i will try topaz

i know that i can get great result when i make photo
but i want more than great)) and here retouching comes)

Yes, that is true what you say and in B&W conversions I use it sometimes but here is just good lighting it would seem. A lot of it is in the image you start with, so with the right image it should not be a problem.

Zack Zoll wrote:
It's the opposite of low contrast.  It's high contrast, but only in the midtones.  If you're using Lightroom 4 or Photoshop CS 4, 5, or 6, jack the Clarity up.  Also, most of that 'texture' comes from freckles that he actually has.

yes, you're right about freckles

Orcatek Photography wrote:
Trying pushing the clarity in raw up a quite a bit.

I don't like make some sharp or clarity enhance on this step of raw conversion
to prevent difficulties in healing and another steps of retouching

Orcatek Photography wrote:
Trying pushing the clarity in raw up a quite a bit.

Two things to watch out for.

1.) Before process version 2012 in ACR 7 and Lr 4 clarity slider when pushed a lot would regularly introduce a lot of o halos in the edges and that is something to be avoided. Either by using masking or simply another method.

2.) There is no control over what frequency of detail is effected so it works on some image but not on others, it simply lacks precise control that some of the other plugins can offer.

...other than that I love clarity for certain situations, especially new version.

Aleks Mind wrote:
thanks for the answer, i will try topaz

Topaz Detail is excellent for enhancing skin texture because it allows you to sharpen small details without affecting medium and large details.

I overdid this a little just to illustrate ...

Peano wrote:
Playing with Topaz Detail. If the lighting (and original skin texture) are right, that's about all you need. The rest is just color and luminance adjustments.