Skin Retouching In Lightroom Classic - Easily Soften and Smooth Skin Tutorial

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Portrait Retouching and Skin Softening in Lightroom Classic! This is the easiest way - leveraging the new tools we have in the latest version of Lightroom. Smooth out skin with the texture slider and subject selection.
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[@StephaanBOSS56]

Very useful. I'm 66 and started with photography 3 years ago. I tried Ps. I watched video for 2 months and got fed up. A month later, I wanted to pick it up again and forgot most of it. I now make a portrait, export to Ps and use the Neural filter for softening, then to Luminar AI for teeth, eyes; lips,... and back to Lr. Lol, don't laugh...;-). I find this new version of Lr super and you did a great job explaining. Thanks Mitch.

[@Bediaki]

Follow your passions ♥️

[@SwissFairy]

Thank you , so useful! Yes, I’d love to see more of this type of content and behind the scenes 🤩

[@SenorGancho]

Thanks Mitch I appreciated your detailed and clear explanations, not taking anything for granted, i.e. assumed knowledge of LR stuff. Very helpful and I enjoyed following along with you one your work flow, Well done.

[@InvincibleViolinist]

Clear, concise and so helpful! Kudos and thank you!

[@tehilaalakija3634]

Thanks for the tutorial . One of the best I've seen so far on Lightroom

[@kiatayana]

Thank you so much for this tutorial ! So helpful

[@Avstinali]

I always love your content ❤ great tutorial!

[@johnpaultougan5241]

cant wait to use these tools my next editing sesh. Also that Burleigh preset looks super clean Mitch👌

[@amandaowens2742]

This tutorial helped me immensely! Thank you!

[@markieemarkieemark]

Thank you so much for this, skin retouching can be really daunting sometimes

[@jordantribble7989]

This is one of the best and most helpful tutorial videos I have seen in a LONG TIME!

[@MitchLally]

Thanks mate!

[@RobinSpencer]

Thank you, a great video. I use Lightroom every day and I still learned so much from your video. Keep it up.

[@shanabaker768]

Thank you so much for this! It is so helpful

[@paigedooling]

I absolutely love this video! Super easy follow along tutorial! 🥰 I’m self teaching myself photography and this is so helpful. Thank you

[@brenozaki]

Great stuff! Thanks!

[@taffyapples]

love your presentations. clear concise. big fan cheers

[@charityfeb3461]

Oh wow. Super helpful for me, thank you!!

[@danc3746]

Thanks so much! Great job!

[@grandsonstudios]

Great tutorial! Thank you so much, Mitch! Best to you, Lucio

[@tmobilemobile]

Thanks! I went searching for information that would help me determine if I could use LR for my photos and this vid sold me. Great information!

[@hsalbego]

Congrats! Very good video and explanation!

[@dmitriflorez]

Appreciate the tutorial mate!

[@kevindavid45]

Appreciate it this homie! Finally know how to give images that smooth effect!💯

[@MitchLally]

You’re welcome! Glad you enjoyed it

[@itwasme2435]

An easy and quick tuto, thank

[@Carrillophotography]

This alone was very helpful!! Thank yoh

[@strassen-affe]

Thank you! This is very useful :)

[@skukdestiny]

thx mate!

[@agonzlz7145]

So helpful!

[@rorto002]

Step by step to success, easy to understand thanks

[@jamesgjurovich7893]

awesome tips for the non-pro, appreciate your teachings.

[@nataliecal3565]

Very useful, Thank you so much

[@anushka0000]

thanks man

[@ziggys_insight]

You earned another sub, great vid

[@henrikschdt6613]

Excellent tutorial 👌🙏🙏

[@jimthomson9044]

Thanks Mitch - crisp, clean presentation full of great ideas with NO useless "promotional" BS at the front end. :)

[@ko300zx]

That's how a lot of creators are able to make a living. Fast-forward if sponsors and promotional "BS" bothers you, but we would have far fewer creators making good content without them.

[@jimthomson9044]

@@ko300zx I get your point but some creators handle this better than others. For example, I see vids with "intros" that are 30% of the entire vid. No point in taking that much time if the viewer quits viewing before the creator's message before they get to it.

[@fredlyw1990]

Thank you !

[@bytecode5834]

Many many thanks for the video

[@em-oh-ji3853]

Thank you so much. this is very useful :) Could you please show us what is the setting for saving the picture you edit in Lightroom for jpeg web and for prints? Thank you

[@topportret]

super thanks

[@BenSussmanpro]

Thanks for this tutorial, vert helpful. Just 1 question- did you apply that final preset to the entire photo or just the mask?

[@adamwestphoto]

Good job! 👍

[@bds7874]

Simple, easy to follow and straight to the point - great vid mate.

[@MrPhillipsTheChangeAgent]

Well done.

[@ebinstechroom]

Instant sub and preset purchase!

[@tarquinnostop]

thanks

[@mariolopez.photog]

Awesome video once again!! I am loving the new LR Classic updates!! On your presets, has there been an update since the release? My version only has 3 OG versions, reg, drama & flat. Yours here has 4 versions, green shift & 2019?? Please let me know if there is an updated version. Thank you :)

[@santaifizik1300]

thanks mate

[@lxnbgBACKPACKINGADVENTURE]

Hello Mitch! Thanks for your video! Another question more or less related to your work. What kind of laptop / computer are you using? Not too long ago Litghtroom started having a major slow down. Would be nice to know what you are using :)

[@seanneilson2]

great video--thanks so much. one question--how do you apply your edits of one photo among many in a shoot, to the rest of the images (batch edit). I find that when I copy and paste settings from one key image, to the others in a batch, I constantly have to "update" the ai masked settings. Is there a way, or an order, to do this to speed up my edit? The things that I am doing to my batches include: applying a preset i have created for contrast, dehaze, saturation, etc, then, healing out blemishes and acne, then applying a mask that does three things at once--eye brightening, skin smoothing and teeth whitening. I also apply a vignette and then crop a little. I'm thinking there must be a way to do this work to one image, then apply it to many, WITHOUT having to constantly update my masks. I keep getting a message in LRC that reads, "adjustment that may affect... changed" and I am then prompted to update the mask. Thanks again for your help.

[@sarahpointer4123]

Can you apply this to mulitple images and fix the skin in all?

[@MdAbdullahAlMamun]

thanks.

[@kristoferreynoldsinc]

Hey there great video! I'm curious if there is a way to batch edit with this feature and the new AI features theyve added? It's probably already out there and I just haven't seen it yet, but I thought I would comment here in case I can't find it. I just wondered if AI would identify the same face and re-touching, even though it may be a different pose or background. Thanks for your awesome videos and any feedback.

[@sarahrodriguez7101]

I having problems bc when I click add mask it only is giving me the option of subject, sky and background. It’s not giving me face or anything like that.

[@natalija9413]

What if the people option isnt there? mine says my computer doesnt have enough graphic memory to support the feature, how do i fix this?

[@BrianOmunga]

am trying to get the lightroom app in my pc bt its not working .it downloads but cant login in please help mre out .thnk you

[@hellohero3680]

what a version u use in this video bro?

[@bhatianeetika]

Which preset did you use ?

[@MyTruckisabeast]

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[@jordantribble7989]

I love your outdoor presets. Do you have any for indoor portraits?

[@MitchLally]

I've got many many videos that show the presets being used for indoor photos!

[@Jimmy_Cavallo]

Damn... This got me soooo close to actually doing this. I am on LR Classic 23. When I slide texture it affects the whole image and not just what is in the face mask. Also when I slide it the mask does not go away. I don't know what I am missing...!! ALSO... my texture slider is not where it shows on your end. It is much farther down the panel in "effects"

[@Jimmy_Cavallo]

i "liked" and "subbed" bro BTW...

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good

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The best one ever ❤️

[@tjvisuals]

The video is literally 10 minutes long how can you determine this so fast lmao 😭

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Not doubting mitch btw lol

[@MitchLally]

@@tjvisuals hahaha homie watched it in 10x speed >.

[@hexa-tech]

I'm not taking about this video I'm taking about your content so I put it before watching

[@tjvisuals]

@@hexa-tech got it just kidding 😂

[@Jimmy_Cavallo]

Can anyone tell me how to switch between faces.?? I established two faces initially and clicked on one and worked on them. Now I want to go to the other face but don't know where to find them. I really wish that Mitch would reply to his subscribers.

[@wilfriedandrew1340]

R u using ur preset in this photo?

[@aubreyburman7661]

Mitch, what presets did you use for these? I loooove 😍 please tell me if they’re your own that you sell them 🥲

[@MitchLally]

Hey! I used Burleigh for this one :) I lifted the black point on the tone curve up a bit for that faded look

[@wcsdiaries]

@@MitchLally what version of lightroom has this? I can't find it on my version and I got lightroom classic 18

[@lexydurdegracia6931]

Kala q nagbago n ng career c idol tubid😅.. nway, this is the most understandable and accurate explanation about the triangle😊

[@alvarezjavi]

It would've been great to see more specific techniques on how to reduce common elements in faces, eg. lines, wrinkles, shade under eyes, etc. It's a nice discussion on how to refine Lightroom's people detection AI

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[@kennethkwakye-gyamfi4765]

The red mask scares me so much

[@Autumncomments]

You just left me hanging with a bunch of circles all over the face. How do I get them to work their magic???? I don’t understand what I missed that everyone else somehow just got. I’m so frustrated. There’s no “ok” or “done” button. Somebody please help!

[@Autumncomments]

Ohhh you just hit close??? No save?! That’s so weird. You should’ve added that in the video. Otherwise great video.

[@pub_lexx524]

sad there is no tool like color uniformity from Capture One, that tool works much better

[@KhoPhi]

"latest version of lightroom classic" which is? Would be great to indicate exactly the version you used for this tutorial, at least for posterity sake

[@KhoPhi]

For anyone curious, it's Lightroom Classic v12+

[@joshuajlewis1575]

That was not quick and easy.

[@mrsnewmoneyboss1004]

This is amazing. Thanks so much for making this easy! I would love more content like this. #newsub