The original image material feels very dark, and the characters and background feel a bit gray. When adjusting the color, adjust the hue and saturation values slightly, so that the color of the photo will be very bright, and then adjust the details slightly.
Original picture
final effect
1. Open the original image material, press Ctrl + J to copy the background layer, execute: Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur, the value is 4, after confirmation, set the foreground color to white, install the Alt key and add layer mask version, use a paintbrush to paint the variegated parts of the character's face to simply smoothen the character's skin.
<Figure 1>
2. Create a new layer, press Ctrl + Alt + Shift + E to stamp the layer, change the stamped layer blending mode to "Screen", and change the layer opacity to: 50%, the effect is as shown in Figure 2 .
<Figure 2>
3. Create a new layer, stamp the layer, and use the smear tool to smooth the character's hair slightly.
<Figure 3>
4. Create an optional color adjustment layer. The parameter settings are as shown in Figure 4-6, and the effect is as shown in Figure 7.
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<Figure 7>
5. Create a new layer, stamp the layer, then name this layer "Character Basemap", then create a hue/saturation adjustment layer, set the parameters as shown in Figure 8, and the effect is as shown in Figure 9. The character department looks very distorted, but don't worry about it for now, it will be fixed later.
<Figure 8>
<Figure 9>
6. Create a new layer, stamp the layer, and execute: Filter > Artistic Effect > Paint Smear. The parameter settings are as shown in Figure 10, and the effect is as shown in Figure 11.
<Figure 10>
<Figure 11>
7. Create a new layer, stamp the layer, and execute: Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur. The value is 5. After confirmation, change the layer blending mode to "Screen". The effect is as shown in Figure 12.
<Figure 12>
8. Create a hue/saturation adjustment layer and set the parameters as shown in Figure 13. After confirmation, create a curve adjustment layer and set the parameters as shown in Figure 14-16. The effect is shown in Figure 17.
<Figure 13>