How to Retouch Skin in Photoshop - Eternals Movie Poster Creation

A Photoshop tutorial on retouching skin while recreating an Eternals movie poster. It demonstrates frequency separation, selections, highlights, blur, color grading, poster lettering, and layered visual effects.

Syllabus

Review of the reference poster
Getting started on the poster
Setting up the guides
Frequency Separation
Creating a gaussian blur brush mix brush
Using quick selection
The healing brush tool
The pen tool, my favorite tool for making nice, curved selections
The iris blur effect
Adding a very strong white highlight
Adding the dust and the embers
Bringing in the green color
Color grading with the curve adjustment layer
Adding the movie poster titling
Using layer styles for the lettering
Working with flares in Photoshop
Film credits—a little cheat
A final touch—making her eye sharper
Using a pattern overlay to add film grain
Summary and ending