How to Eliminate Wrinkles with Photoshop Elements

Remove wrinkles from your subject's face to make her look younger.

Adobe Photoshop Elements is the cheaper version of Adobe Photoshop editing software and is designed for people who primarily use Photoshop as a hobby. With Elements, you can perform a wide variety of basic editing tasks on your photographs, including removing wrinkles from a subject's face. The Healing Brush and Patch tools are designed to do just that. Note that you may require administrative rights to modify changes to a photograph you don't own.

Instructions

1. Launch Adobe Photoshop Elements from the "Start" menu or desktop shortcut.

2. Click "Open" and browse to navigate to the photograph that you wish to edit.

3. Click the "Background" layer in the "Layers" palette. Press "Ctrl"+"J" to create a duplicate layer. Double-click "Layer 1" and rename it something identifiable. Single-click to make sure this layer is selected.

4. Click the "Healing Brush Tool" from the toolbox. This will open the tool options bar.

5. Click to open the Brush pop-up palette. Set the diameter of the brush to a size that is large enough to cover the wrinkles. Check "Aligned" and leave the rest of the settings at their default values.

6. Press and hold the "Alt" key, and click a smooth area on the subject's face. This will set the sample point.

7. Drag the "Healing Brush Tool" over the areas on your subject's face that have wrinkles. Continue to do this until you have touched up all of the wrinkles you wish to remove.

8. Click "Save" to end the task.

References

• Photoshop Support: Use Photoshop's Healing Brush and Patch Tool to Remove Wrinkles