Frequency Separation MADE EASY for Skin Retouching in Photoshop 

Thanks for sharing. Awesome.

Great! Thanks Joel. Much appreciated!

I've watched other tutorials that didn't use the healing brush and couldn't understand why not. I'm glad you are showing that technique, it makes best sense to me. Great job! Maybe one day I'll be able to attend another workshop!

Fantastic workflow and technique! Thanks, Joel.

I studied Photoshop for 3 years, I've always known how to clone etc but this is the most valuable lesson I have ever learned. Thanks Joel. You're the best.

Precision.. amazing

Thanks a lot Joel! God bless you!

As far as I know, protect tones on the dodge and burn tools only protect the tones on the 50% gray layer itself. The overlay mode will apply the offset to the colour layer, and there the tones will not be protected. Maybe you can copy the original image once more, set the blend mode to colour, and blur it a little to actually protect the tones. Good explanation of the freq separation. That's really valuable.

Perfect! Thank you so much!

É um bom resultado, obrigado.

Nice, straight to the point video. Thanks!

Joel this exceptional.

I watched a LOT of FS techniques/video's trying to figure out what works best. I'm not sure yet, but this might be the best/ easiest one.. result-effort wise.

Genius!!!! thanks

Thanks for the video!!!

Excellent work

amazing

Excellent

hi joel,another very good video,thank you.just a small point.when you set the apply image option,your off set is at 2 and 128.there are 2 different setting for 8-bit and 16-bit images in using this method,which would require the invert option in the dialog box.might be an option to mention which bit depth you are using,and stating which the alternative will be?

omgg I used to do the entire face with low frequency, just all the skin... this is great, thank you!!!! and sooo much faster too

Excellent work as usual sir.

Best technique I found so far...cheers Joel..

Many Thanks from Barcelona (Spain). Awesome

thank you!!!👍 awesome

Thanks for the Video I learned new things again.

Great video nice job thanks you for sharing

Thanks so much Joel! I have struggled with this A LOT. Your method is so simple. Can I ask when would you perform hair clean up and other small tasks where you'd need the spot healing brush. For example after fixing the skin on a headshot, I may want to remove lights from a background or remove hair flyaways etc. In both cases I need to work on a copy layer. In the past I have been frustrated because (obviously) once you create a merge stamp visible layer, you can't go back to do any final D&B or skin fixes. And, also I'd like to know when you do any liquify if required. Again this needs a copy layer. I get confused to know the best/correct/simplest order for my retouching process. I hope this all makes sense and look forward to your comments. Thanks SO SO Much!

You are a artist bro 😎

this is amazing💫

Legend...thank you...

Beautiful. Perhaps the most useful tutorial I've ever seen. God bless you, Joel.

Joel the Best like usually

I plan to use this technique to retouch surfaces in my product shots. Skin retouching... it's not just for skin. 😁

Your the man

Great job a real time saver from frequency sep I've been using - do you have an action for this that's downloadable?

Great explanation, thanks Joel!

Thanks!

Man, this is simple and great! I was struggeling with other techniques and definitely, your is the best! Thanks my friend!

Hi Joel! I really liked the method you use! Thank you. very much appreciated. All the best.

I was following your tutorial on an exercise and had trouble with the healing brush. Then I noticed you had yours set to current layer. Worked fine then. Just a little info.

Great tutorial. Thank you.

thanks you sharing connent MADE EASY for Skin Retouching in Photoshop so coollll i like ittt

I saw you worked so great in colorimetry... could you show us how to achieve any collor harmony we want following any pallete?

Excellent!

found your video today. just great. I love the idea of using dust &scratches for the low frequency.. i am under the (first) impression that the picture remains more precise that way..

I know from some landscape photographer that with dodge and burn they enhance brighter areas and make them brighter and darken dark areas. Here you make it different and flatten out the look. Maybe this is how you do it in portraits, I don't know..

thank you 👍😊😊

joe, i was looking for an easy tutorial do learn that technique - found yours - watched it over and over again and applied it to my Image in Photoshop - works awesome - Thank you very much !!!

Thanks Joe ! This is what I was waiting for years :-)

Thank you sir...this was a very good beginners tutorial

Thank you :)

Beautiful

Very good mate your so great to listen too and learn….

Thank you!

wow

Love your videos. Do you have a video on helping with getting correct skin tones?

HOLY SMOKES! That was fast and GOOD! How the heck did that work so quickly?! thank you!! Love your teaching style!

this was way over my head, I will have to save it and Look at it a few ten times . Thanks

Joel, can you tell me why I am not able on the high image, under Image, open the the Apply image option? In other words, it is not highlighted. Thank you!

Hey im having a problem and i followed all the steps except the command shift to create a new layer because i dont have that option on my photoshop. When im doing the healing brush its making dark blotches. and i was on the high layer when editing im very confused but i really like this technique

love this and all your creative live tutorials. You are my fav... this is a great one, thanks. how do you flip from the dodge to the burn. not working for me so must be a custom function. :)

I Love ALL your videos. I have learned much from you. FYI: Your website link above isn't working for me...

Hey Joel! I often use your FS action and I love it. I have a question about freckles. What is your thought process of removing or leaving freckles so not to make the subject look unnatural, but keeping the skin clean. Thanks for all you do for educating photographers and editors! Much love!

It's Bella!

Joel - Will that technique work for both 8-bit and 16-bit images?

Thanks.

very good

No BULLSHIT blah blah blah, this was simple fast and informative. Thank you sir :-))

Why use Dust and Scratches as opposed to Gaussian Blur? Is there a benefit?

Best tutorial I have watched on frequency separation, you made it very easy and straight to the point .. I used it to edit my sister’s wedding picture and it came out lovely .. you are a star Joel ❤️

How to avoid the color shift? That is a problem as you know. Great video Joel

GOOD

Thanks for this information. My question is, if I want to make an action for this, where do I start it?

Hi Joel (or anyone else who can help) - I followed all the steps to the tee. Like Luca, when I get to the step where I'm supposed to paint with the "Healing Brush Tool" to smooth the skin, I get a colored circle for the brush. Once I hit the "alt/opton key" I get the bullseye as shown in the video. But when I paint with the healing brush and the color set to black, I get a white transparency looking finish where I paint, not the blended image shown in the video? It ruins the image. Can anyone explain what I need to do to fix this? Thank you!

Thank you for the information. Can you make a video on the AI-powered photo editing platform autoRetouch? The work of skin retouching is so easy on this platform. Furthermore, it is offering a one month free trial.

Any chance you can share your actions from this video for download

What I still don't understand about Frequency Separation is, What do I when I'm all done blurring/blending my top and bottoms layers? Where is my Final Image? Do I save the top layer? the Bottom? Or do I merge or recombine the two before Saving? Do I "Save As" to keep the image I want, my final product?

thanks so much! but i am doing something wrong, and can't figure it out! When i use the Healing brush on the High Frequency image, the result on the blemish is a black mark.... Can you please help?

how do you create an "action button"?

set the B&W layer to color blend mode! 👍😁

are you using a wacom tablet?

Why dust and scratches instead of gausian blur or median? Is it better?

Hi Joel you picture look beautiful I need more help. I take picture family ,but is ok I need look more.like you picture . I had canon Eso79D ,but went take photo look ok I'm not sure if I buy other camara or no.I want look more professional.

A little problem, i followed all the points but after using healing brush there are black points that appear on the skin. I can't understand why :(

Thanks.. (Y)

you do the same for an 8bit image?

Having a problem on the texture layer with the healing brush. It is not working on the texture layer but works on a normal layer... any suggestions

I’m not against this, I just find it amazing how much fixation we have on perfecting beauty. I find nothing wrong with the original shot. Thanks for demoing this technique.

If you have a photoshoot with 20 photos to give the client, do you do all this for all?

Is there a differece betweeb 8bjt an 16bit?

Thanks Sir VVVVVVVVV GGGGGGGGGGood Classssssssssssss

i am lost at "shift command" 3:20. it is not doing anything when i do that on mac

Please share image download link.

How we can get advance retouching ?

10 K U

When I enter " common F" it brings up a search bar inside of Photoshop .

Couldn't get good results, back to Kelby One

How can you dodge and burn an empty layer? I also don't agree with using gausian blur on skin cos you lose the texture of skin.

You're showing steps and adding layers but I don't know why you're doing it. Should start out with the how and why and then go to details on how to do it. First 3 minutes was spent wondering why you're doing what you're doing.

I'm sorry but I lost you. Can you make a video where you can explain this a bit slower?