The 3 Steps to High-End Skin Retouching in Photoshop!

Discover the 3 Steps to High-End Skin Retouching in Photoshop! From a simple way to remove blemishes to Frequency Separation and getting the skin tones right, in this video, we’ll learn everything from start to finish. As a bonus, we’ll also learn how to sharpen the skin using a unique Frequency Separation method and enhance the lips. I hope this video helps. Thank you so much for watching :)
► TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Intro
00:44 Step 1 - Removing Blemishes the Right Way
01:53 Why I Love the Remove Tool
02:58 Major Announcement
03:40 Step 2 - Frequency Separation - Paint Method
06:42 The Big Picture Trick
08:06 Manual Method vs. Plug-ins
09:39 Skin Sharpening Trick
11:09 Step 3 - Fix Skin Tones
14:20 Bonus Tip - Enhancing the Lips
14:58 PLEASE! Dim it down!
15:29 Quick Recap
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[@PiXimperfect]

► Tickets to "Photoshop A to Z" Workshop in Colorado Springs: pix.live/workshop. Where should I visit next?

[@sangio_davese]

Santa Clara CA

[@TheNewMexicoMan]

Albuquerque!

[@truenite]

Texas! Dallas, Houston, San antonio, Austin... either of them!

[@user-rx8hx4xh2c]

Dallas Texas plzzzzz🙏🙏

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Will you record it and make it available somewhere? Even if it's a bit more expensive than the ticket

[@panagiotispatsiotis]

Naturalness was the "key" world. Thank you for all the amazing videos Mr Unmesh!

[@photoray002]

Whew! Will definitely be having to re-watch this tutorial a few times. Thanks for your amazing efforts.

[@lschiz-photography1765]

Again…absolutely incredible, your training, teaching. Style and information. But more than that is your incredible spirit of spirit and humility unmatched by any others!! Thank you again!!! I have learned so very much from you. The Best to you!

[@PompeySomerstown]

Superb. The subtle differences worked wonders on a photo that I didn't think the blemishes were particularly noticeable on. Skin is all blended nicely now and still looks natural. Now I just need to remember the steps for the future!

[@marklutnes935]

Fantastic!!! Your lessons and explanations are always top notch, and then some!!!

[@cheska9999]

There is no doubt in my mind that you’re the best PS teacher ever. I can’t wait to get off my exercise bike and study these techniques further!

[@hugohteixeira]

Perfect! Thank you so much for your retouching videos!

[@felchore]

Following this kind of process myself for few years, but it's awesomely explained and I learned a few tips on the way ! Thanks !

[@acestudioscouk-Ace-G0ACE]

Thanks for this! I use frequency separation and this gives a much better workflow.

[@theresiamwongeli]

Wow such a good teacher ,thank you

[@is92173]

Another great video. You always make everything seem so simple and doable yet your results always look so high end. Love to watch and you’ve taught me almost everything I know about PS!

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You are the best!! Thank you for sharing your knowledge!

[@imbatmanireallyam9122]

I don't even edit. I just love your voice and the personality that shows in your videos.

[@CiroPerez]

Awesomw as always!! I loved the gradient map trick for skin tones!

[@josephinerocha8751]

You are the best! I have learned with you more than what I learned at the workshop! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge to the world! ❤

[@luv2ranen]

You are my one and only Photoshop Guru....thank you so much for everything

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thank you so much for always teaching and guiding us. From Philippines

[@mdnaimulislam]

Thank you so much for your useful tutorial ❤❤❤

[@MarkAKathurima]

Hands down, best PS teacher ever!

[@asowadamin54]

Awesome very helpful video ❤ Thanks

[@djalex4uu]

Sir you always rock with amazing tricks❤

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That was ridiculously good! Thank you. 💯

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You see the man above! He is my only Photoshop Teacher & I'll admire him for lifetime.

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Thank you for your amazing videos. Your the man...

[@nicholassantrucek1241]

Excellent tutorial. probs the best I've watched!

[@killerxz93]

Amazing video thanks so much!!

[@asiftanzeem2740]

Thanks a lot Unmesh❤❤

[@losangeleslovesyou]

Great skin care routine tutorial.

[@ABoyCalledRic]

lifesaver, thank you!

[@csiguszfoxoup]

awesome video! thanks Unmesh!

[@Febrilola]

Thanks, this good tutorial

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It help a lot and we love you bro

[@chacha5497]

Thanks Sir 🤩

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“And of course, don’t show it to the model.” 😅

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Haha I thought the same! 😅

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😂

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Thanks for another great video. Do you happen to have an updated video on your Wacom setup?

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Thank You!

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Thanks for educating people and learned alot. Also help us by making video editing series.

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beautiful

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Your eyebrowns look much better now 😉 Glad to see you fixed this.

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Please come to Bay Area as well for the workshop!!!

[@veselinvasilev9362]

Thanks!

[@CountryHouseIdea]

This is perfect skin retouching.

[@alirax4058]

Thanks very much

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A Genius!!!

[@mahera_4921]

Hard working ❤️

[@nkaujhnub86]

Do you have a video on how you are using your drawing tablet with photoshop? I find it so hard to use the pen to click like a mouse and drag stuff around. Tips and tricks on how you zoom in and out and pan around with the pen too. Please please please. I love your contents! You explain everything so well!

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Super bro. 🤩🤍🔥Bro. Please do a tutorial on how to edit & retouch wedding photos professionally. 😁

[@ShivamSingh-zz9ou]

Thanks

[@mannlk]

Thank you

[@rodtapia]

Genius!

[@AbstractVisionMedia]

Peace and thank you for your eminence contribution to free knowledge. I wonder if you could provide me some tips for using the blemish check action for dark skin? Thank you!

[@BigInfoShorts12000]

nice technique

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thanks boss, i love you

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I like how you're wise and intelligent 👌

[@rahmanbahrampour6646]

thanks

[@dpcaptures-th4mf]

Thank you for another great tutorial and actions. You're a great teacher. I'm still concerned about the area of removed blemishes. Its blurry parts stand out especially when you duplicated High Frequency layer to add sharpness. Would a different tool for removing blemishes be a better option? You mention Patch Tool and I remember you once used Healing Brush Tool.

[@kevinneilson3946]

Hello, sir. Long-time follower and observer. First comment. This approach to frequency separation-using a blank layer, eye dropper, and paint brush-appears to yield better results than the mixer brush. Do you agree? Do you still use the mixer brush for blending uneven patches? Thank you.

[@santiagocardenas4188]

Amazing explanation!! Could not being more detailed and simple... Btw, i downloaded the Actions but didnt open as the format is not the correct, how do i solve this? I downloaded a .exe and it ask me for a .atn? Really appreciate it if you could tell me thanks :) Great videos you have a new subscriber...

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❤❤love from nepal

[@desireneilson2168]

Thank you for this video!! I would love to know how to edit older persons skin so as to give them a clearer look without making them look like teenagers. Please do a video on that!! Embracing wrinkles. And even tattoos.

[@BigInfoShorts12000]

Good video

[@benfoster5752]

Is there ever a reason to edit the high frequency layer? For example, what would you recommend doing in order to remove wrinkles from the skin?

[@rajinikanthrokz6291]

Hello! Can we remove plastic cover wrap of any product in Photoshop?

[@mdnayan2356]

Hi Unmesh .Please make hand over face effect tutorial .

[@nickibursaephotography]

I watched a tutorial where the retoucher applied dodging and burning to the low frequency layer after retouching with the mixing brush. Thoughts on this order or workflow?

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This guy is super smart.

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Love from india

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Unmesh is a legend

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How did you learn all this...?? amazing stuff to watch...you can make any woman model with these tehniq. ..well almost any

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nice:)

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Needed this video and turns out you uploaded it 14 hours ago. Also you're da fuckiing best!!!

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You are the best Unmesh Dinda

[@dayanandkumar2084]

retouch 4 me not working in my pc can u tell me the system configration of your pc

[@itspeache]

Could you please reupload the frequency separation action you had up on your old site? You had it up on a video from 5 months ago but the site is down.

[@princesinghal7661]

Need tutorial on warp and camera Raw filter

[@DonswatchingtheTube]

QUESTION: How would you go about changing the ethnicity of someone in a photograph? I regularly get this scenario when I choose a stock image and the client wants more diversity in the image.

[@catb6583]

It is not a good idea to change the ethnicity of a person in an image with photoshop, just like, ethically speaking. (you shouldn't photoshop a white person to be black, or a black person to be white, or any one race or ethnicity into another etc. Though they are stock images, they are real people still and it's just kind of weird and messed up to change their skin color and stuff. It's not the same as changing their hair or clothes.) Best option in my opinion is to composite in someone from another stock image to add in diversity if requested by a client.

[@DonswatchingtheTube]

@@catb6583 I'm not sure it's any different from changing them by cloning, liquifing, composite, ageing them, or turning them into fantasy figures. It seems a bit arbitrary to single out race. 😊 It's a real scenario where you could ask why not have more socially mixed images in the original sessions.

[@catb6583]

@@DonswatchingtheTube I just don't think it's ethically sound to change someone's race in a photo. Race is singled out as it is more important than anything else you listed in terms of how it affects people. If a stock image model sees their images used to create fantasy scenarios or made old or made to look scarred etc. I'm sure they'd be fine with it, but if they saw a picture of them changed to be a different race, you should be able to understand why that would be upsetting. If it wouldn't be ethical to have a model wear makeup to change their race, I don't see how it's ethical to essentially do the same thing with photoshop. But hey, you do you, I'm not your dad and I have no moral obligation to stop you from creating whatever the hell you want xD (I don't have a problem with people doing The MostTM with photoshop, I just worry when professionalism is brought up. You don't want to be known as "the guy that did blackface on a white model in photoshop" when seeking potential clients- or at least I wouldn't want to be)

[@DonswatchingtheTube]

@@catb6583 Interesting, I'm aware of the points you're making. No worries. It's interesting when I looked at how both Leonardo and Adobe Firefly composed images, I could see the ethnic mix of the composed images.

[@marionascimento450]

​@@catb6583 Why would it be upsetting? Why is it negative to be represented in another race? All races are equally valued and it is a characteristic much like the structure of your face, your hair, clothes, position, material, robotic arms or fictional upgrades, etc. Kinda like changing gender or age. So if it's okay to create fictional characters and change all aspects of the person, why would it be any different with race? I certainly wouldn't mind.

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man you are brave l like you be countinue as a comment please post how to get online work within Adobe Photoshop and illustrator

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❤️❤️❤️

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how do I install plugins

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🙌

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>_ Awesome .. You're cool

[@thorstenpenz1400]

👍

[@yaarjuphotography]

How can we put the skin color in your video in photoshop? Make a video on it.

[@emeraldani5499]

Download link please?

[@nixone1941]

I've noticed that retouch4me dodge and burn doesn't work on a BW inages

[@tali4fr]

I tried retouch4me , but with black skin it's look like thaht is not relevant. you can't see any difference between without and with dogde and burn. Have you already tried the plugin for black skin ?

[@mdtahsinhossain9054]

action link not working

[@christopheranoemuaghan4972]

The third part, fixing skin tone, I am unable to pick a colour from the skin. I colour remains being white for me time on video 12:20

[@arfadd]

put a video for colourgrading

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Hi Bro how can I download full version photoshop for free

[@mindybluephotography]

hmmm. I can't find the blemish scan action. I signed up for the emails but I don't see this action.

[@PiXimperfect]

What? You don’t need to sign up for any emails. There’s a direct link in the description.

[@RAHUL-gj7ht]

I think you need to start photoshop mobile tutorial series

[@Autumninhiding]

There is no “retouch for me” on mine??? I just bought photoshop yesterday. I should have the latest version!

[@joshuajlewis1575]

Soft light layer at 9:03 was very scary.