Discover how Photoshop’s new AI-powered Neural Filter enhances portraits for you

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►► The Skin Smoothing Filter is part of Adobe’s Neural Filters command: a range of new filters that employ artificial intelligence to analyze image content and determine which areas to affect. Skin Smoothing can automatically recognise people and faces in your photos, isolate the skin and let you apply a softening effect. Pimples, spots, wrinkles, eye bags and rough skin can all be de-emphasized within a few clicks.

Even a model with great skin like this can benefit from some subtle smoothing. Skin Smoothing gives better results than many other techniques: you can smooth out tones while retaining texture in the pores, which is essential for keeping the portrait looking natural. Neural Filters are part of a bold new direction for Photoshop, as Adobe embraces the power of artificial intelligence. They won’t be perfect every time, but they usually get you most of the way there. In the case of Skin Smoothing, you may need to finish off by adjusting which parts of the face are covered in order to keep the important areas sharp.