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Download my Photoshop action for the setup HERE (the file is zipped, just unzip and load into Photoshop) Once you get the hang of this setup, it’s easy to make a Photoshop action to take care of these steps with one click.

Create a layer group, and drag the color and detail layers into the new layer group.

Change the blending mode of the detail layer to Linear Light.

For 16 bit images set the Blending to Add, Scale to 2, Offset to 0 and check the Invert box. For 8 bit images set the Blending to Subtract, Scale to 2 and Offset. Label the first layer “color” as this will be your low frequency layer, then name the second layer “detail” to become your high frequency layer. In Photoshop, open your image, then make two copies of the background layer. If you have a working knowledge of Photoshop, here’s how to get started: Setup #1 Make two copies of the background layer Sure, some people will prefer the usual retouching methods, including airbrushing, but Frequency Separation Retouching gives you another option to use for enhancing your portraits.

By separating the colors and the details you can work on one aspect without affecting the other. However, the neat thing with Frequency Separation Retouching is that it allows you to make these corrections and retain the natural textures of the skin. By dividing your image into two separate frequency layers, one layer being high frequency digital data, which contains the information of detail in the image, and a low frequency layer which contains the tonal and color information of the image. What if the detail and color of a portrait could be separated for retouching? Frequency Separation Retouching will allow you to do just that! It will allow you to fix all the usual facial issues like removing wrinkles, bags under eyes, and blemishes. Still, how often have you seen a portrait image that has been retouched to the point that the subject’s face looks unnatural? Even many of the software packages available for portrait retouching result in an airbrushed effect to skin tones. Portrait retouching may be accomplished using many different methods. This image is the finished result of Frequency Separation Retouching in Photoshop. The goal of portrait retouching is to bring out the most naturally pleasing image of the subject.