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Step Five
Step Four: Choose Filter>Distort>Diffuse Glow. If you don’t see
the Distort option in the menu, choose Filter>Filter Gallery instead
(Adobe shortened the Filter menu a few versions back, so you may
be viewing an abbreviated filter list). In the resulting dialog, use the
zoom buttons, beneath the lower left of the portrait preview, to
adjust the zoom level so you can see the model. To the right of the
portrait preview, click to expand the Distort section, and then click
Diffuse Glow. On the right side of the dialog, drag the Graininess
slider all the way to the left, set the Glow Amount to around 3, and
set the Clear Amount to around 14. You’ll need to experiment with
the Glow Amount and Clear Amount sliders on your own photos,
but these settings are a good starting point. Click OK.Tip: You can repopulate the Filter menu by going under the Photo-
shop (PC: Edit) menu and choosing Preferences>Plug-Ins and turning
on the Show All Filter Gallery Groups and Names checkbox.Step Five: In the Layers panel, double-click the tiny icon to the
right of the filter’s name (which will be Filter Gallery or Diffuse
Glow, depending on the menu item you picked to open the filter in
the first place). In the Blending Options dialog that opens, set the
Mode pop-up menu to Luminosity to keep the photo’s colors from
shifting. If you’d like, you can reduce the Opacity setting in this
dialog to tone down the strength of the filter. Click OK.