What is brushing on skin and how do you do it?

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Question from Coletta: “What does it mean to use “Brush on skin”… Is this cloning? Are there special brushes needed aside from the preset ones available in photoshop?

Ashley: the brush tool in photoshop. If you’re brushing ON the skin, whatever action (assuming you’re using an action here) you’ve done should probably have a black layer mask. Then you use a white brush to brush that action on to the skin. (Black mask hides the action, white mask reveals the action). And remember that you can reduce the opacity on the brush up at the top OR reduce the opacity on the whole layer over on the right side

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