Tutorial: Adding Beards and Stubble in a Photo using Photoshop

Before and After adding Beards.

In this photoshop tutorial I am going to show you how you can easily add beards and stubble in a photo using simple photoshop tools.

Step 1: Create new layer, and paint the beard area using a midtone gray using a soft-edged brush.

Create new Layer and Paint the Beard Area.

Step 2: Apply gaussian noise filter ( filter >> noise >> add noise) to your the gray you’ve just painted on the new layer. The amount of noise used will depend on the size of the image you’re working on.

Apply Gaussian Noise Filter.

Step 3: Now apply the Radial Blur to make the stubble. First, we must set the midpoint for the blur by hold on ‘alt’ as you draw an elliptical marquee from the center out. Starting from the bridge of the nose and enclosing the whole beard area.

Apply the Radial Blur to make the stubble.

Step 4: Chose radial blur (filter > blur > radial blur: zoom, best).

Chose radial blur.

Step 5: Now change the layer mode to hard light to make the stubble transparent.

Hard light to make the stubble transparent.

Step 6: To make the beard darker, you can lower the brightness by using the Curves Adjustment (Image > Adjustment > Curves)

Make the Beard Darker.

Done !

Here is our final photo:

Final photo.

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-Credits: Dphotojournal