Switch on the visibility of the High Frequency Layer, and click on it to make it active. Select the Clone Stamp Tool by pressing S. Use the default settings but make sure the brush edge is set to hard, and Sample to Current Layer. If you make a mistake use the History panel to go back. Hold down Alt and left mouse click close to the offending area and then paint over it as many times as necessary. Now look for any areas of skin that are too light or too dark. Make sure it’s a soft-edged brush, Mode is Normal and Opacity is set to 15%. Press B on the keyboard to activate the Brush Tool. Expand the folder by clicking on the arrow, then turn off the visibility of High Frequency and make Low Frequency active. With the High Frequency Layer already active, hold down Shift on the keyboard and left mouse click on the Low Frequency Layer so both are highlighted. Now press Ctrl+G to group the Layers, double-click on the group name and rename it ‘Frequency Separation’. Now change the Layer Blending mode from Normal to Linear Light. When the dialogue box opens set Layer to Low Frequency, make sure Invert is checked, set Blending to Add, make sure Scale is set to 2 and Offset to 0 before hitting OK. Switch on the visibility of the High Frequency Layer, and click on it to make it active. Switch off the visibility of the High Frequency Layer by clicking on the eye icon next to it on the Layers panel. Left mouse click on the Low Frequency Layer to highlight it and make it active. Now go to Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur. You need to add a blur Radius between 5-10 Pixels – enough to blur out fine detail like skin texture. Do the same with the middle Layer and call this ‘Low Frequency’. Double click on the name of the Layer at the top of the stack and rename it ‘High Frequency’. Next, open the 16-bit TIFF in Photoshop and press Ctrl+J twice to make two copies of the Background Layer. Before & after imagesĮxport your processed Raw file as a 16-bit TIFF – this is extremely important. This occurs when you spend too long cloning out blemishes and imperfections, so to keep things looking natural and realistic it’s best to only remove the most noticeable blemishes and tonal imbalances. Like many Photoshop techniques, this is one that can be taken too far and in the case of frequency separation, that means fake looking ‘porcelain’ skin. By working on these areas individually we can achieve the most realistic retouching possible. The technique you need to know is frequency separation, and here’s how to set up the Layers you need, and how to use them.Īt a basic level, frequency separation is about splitting different aspects of a portrait into two frequencies: low frequency covers colour and tone, while high frequency is all about fine detail such as skin. If you’ve always wanted to be able to retouch your images like a professional retoucher, that dream is about to come true. Check out the video and written tutorials below… The photos from this tutorial are for learning purposes only and you may not share it anywhere online.įeel free to DM me on Instagram for any questions.There’s always more than one way to achieve an effect in Photoshop, but why use anything but the best? And for portrait and fashion retouching, that’s frequency separation retouching to maintain skin texture. You will need the following softwares: Lightoom Classic CC 2020 and Photoshop CC 2020. You will receive a downloadable link available for 24 hours. If for some reason you didn’t get the link or you wrote the wrong email, please send me a DM on instagram at right away to help you out. ![]() When you purchase, make sure to double check and write the correct email to receive your files. Sharpening and export - Enhance the details of the image and final export settingsĮxtra techniques - You will learn more tools and techniques to play around with colors, enhance details, etc that you can use to build your own style ![]() Lightroom - Achieve my base colors and balance highlights and shadows on a difficult underexposed picture, and a well balanced picture.ĭistraction removal - Fix elements on the picture and clean up face from blemishes.įace Retouch - Make skin smoother and balance tones using Frequency Separationĭepth and dimension - Learn my global dodge and burn techniqueĬolor Grading - Learn how to put your own style and colors to the image I explain my techniques on 2 different pictures: One taken WITH flash, and another one WITHOUT flash, this is what we will cover in both: ![]() You will learn my current style that I have been using in the past year. Welcome to my full portrait editing tutorial. Tutorial based on Frequency Separation skin retouching.
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