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[ 065 ]Step Five: Turn the Texture layer back on by
clicking where its Eye icon used to be, click on it
in the Layers panel to make it active, and go to
Image>Apply Image. In the Apply Image dialog,
make sure the Layer selected is the Color layer
and set the Blending mode to Subtract. The
Scale should be 2 with the Offset at 128. Click
OK. The image will turn gray, but we’ll fix that
in the next step.Step Six: Change the blend mode of the
Texture layer to Linear Light near the top left of
the Layers panel. This will allow us to work in
the two individual layers. Group the layers
together by Shift-clicking both frequency sepa-
ration layers (Texture and Color) in the Layers
panel to select them and pressing Command-G
(PC: Ctrl-G).Step Seven: Look over the image and identify
areas that require immediate attention. There are
several tools that can be used to get the job done.
The Healing Brush, Clone Stamp, and Patch tools
are all great options, depending on what works
best for your workflow. Also, it’s great to have a
variety of tools, as some work better for certain
areas. While working in the Color layer, we can
use the Patch tool to begin the process of eve-
ning out the skin tone. Select the area you’d like
to even out and drag it over an area of skin that
you’re trying to match. Repeat this as necessary
until the skin is more uniform in toning. This will
get rid of the most glaring differences.Step Seven: Before Step Seven: After