Issue with jagged edges/artifacts after using soft brush and high pass

[Moon32542280ztea]

Hi everyone! I've been trying to do just a bit of touchup on a photo and I followed the "1-Minute Photoshop - Remove Dark Circles Naturally" tutorial by PiXimperfect and initially it seemed to work great. However, once I started paying closer attention and looking at it with higher brightness I started noticing that you can clearly see some kind of jagged edge/artifacts where the brush was, dividing the touchup and the original image. I'm 100% sure I followed all his settings like using a soft brush so I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.

The wierd thing is that even after I try to use all the different heal tools, blur brush or even content-aware fill it just doesn't seem to go away. Any idea what I could be doing wrong and how to fix it ? I've attached a screenshot where you can clearly see what I mean right in the middle but you'll probably need some brightness. This screenshot was taken and zoomed on a smartphone so it doesn't even require a whole lot of zoom for it to become noticeable.

Thanks!

[Myra Ferguson]

It could be the resolution of the original image. There could be a blend mode set on the brush or on the layer where you're applying the brush. It could be something else entirely.

Try taking a screenshot of the Photoshop application frame and adding it here so that we can see the Layers panel with the layer selected where you're applying the brush. It'd be great if we could see your brush settings too.

[c.pfaffenbichler]

https://www.take-a-screenshot.org/

Could you please post screenshots taken at View > 100% with the pertinent Panels (Toolbar, Layers, Options Bar, …) visible? 

Which Tools are recommended in the tutorial? 

[Trevor.Dennis]

I'm not going to ask what his process was because that site is a danger to people learning Photoshop.  Do yourself a favour and use sites like those below.  They are people who have a relationship with the Photoshop Development Team and create 'Original' content with some clever tips and tricks that use Photoshop tools in ways I suspect even the Adobe people had not anticipated.

The Photoshop Training Channel

PhotoshopCafe

PHLEARN

OK, back to your problem.  If you are using the most recent version of Photoshop, you have several options that will do a perfect job of removing things like the dark circle in your image.  One of the best is the recently added Remove Tool Paint over the artifact and Photoshop will do an amazing job of fixing it even with a complex background.

Before

After

If you really want to work out what went wrong with the tutorial you asked about, do as suggested and paste a screen shot of your workspace to this thread.   

[mglush]

Hi!

Along with the recommendations above, it would also be really helpful to see your brush and brushes panel. There may be a setting that is causing this problem.

Michelle