Compositing

Retouching

Frequency Separation: The Essential Retouching Technique You Need to Master

Frequency Separation: The Essential Retouching Technique You Need to Master When I first learned frequency separation, it completely changed how I approach retouching. Instead of fighting to smooth skin while keeping texture, I suddenly had two separate layers to work with—one for color and one for detail. Today, I’m going to walk you through this technique step by step so you can add it to your retouching arsenal. What Is Frequency Separation?

March 9, 2026

Retouching

Frequency Separation in Photoshop: The Complete Guide to Professional Retouching

Frequency Separation in Photoshop: The Complete Guide to Professional Retouching When I first learned frequency separation, my retouching work transformed completely. This technique lets you separate texture from color, giving you surgical control over your edits. Instead of touching every aspect of an image at once, you work on two layers independently—one for detail, one for tone and color. It’s non-destructive, reversible, and produces results that look natural. I’ll walk you through exactly how I set this up and use it on every portrait I retouch.

March 7, 2026

Photo Editing

Background Removal in Photoshop: Your Complete Step-by-Step Guide

Background Removal in Photoshop: Your Complete Step-by-Step Guide Background removal is one of the most practical skills you’ll use in Photoshop, whether you’re preparing product shots for e-commerce, creating composite images, or isolating subjects for creative projects. I’m going to walk you through several methods—from basic to advanced—so you can choose the right approach for your specific image. Why Method Matters Before we dive into the tools, understand this: not every background removal technique works for every image.

March 3, 2026

Compositing

How to Create a Dune-style Movie Poster in Photoshop

In this Photoshop tutorial, I’m going to show you how to change a model’s eye color and recreate the character poster for the recent Dune movie. In the course of this tutorial, we’ll also dive into skin blemish correction, frequency separation, blending options and much more. If you want the files used in this tutorial to follow along step-by-step, click below. Download Tutorial Files This post has been adapted from the following YouTube tutorial.

November 30, 2022

Compositing

How to Create Depth in Photoshop

Hello, my name is Rikard and in this tutorial, I’m going to show you how to create depth in Photoshop. To follow along, download the images from here – you can also watch the video here. Download Tutorial Files How to Create Depth in Photoshop The common issue I see with composites are images posted in the Nucly Facebook group is that they lack three-dimensional depth. Creating three-dimensional depth in a two-dimensional image can be a challenge.

October 28, 2022

Compositing

How to Blend Two Images in Photoshop Creatively

In this Photoshop tutorial, I’ll teach you some basics of photo manipulation and compositing, and I’ll also show you my workflow to creatively blend two images in Photoshop to create dramatic composites in the style that’s popular on Instagram. If you want the files used in this tutorial to follow along step-by-step, click below. Download Tutorial Files This post has been adapted from the following YouTube tutorial. Watch the video or just follow the steps as outlined below.

October 28, 2022

Compositing

How To Make Colors Pop in Photoshop

In this Photoshop tutorial you’re going to learn how to make colors pop in Photoshop along with some really easy tricks on managing any Photoshop document. If you want the files used in this tutorial to follow along, click below. Download Tutorial Files You can also watch the video by clicking here or just follow the steps outlined below. Now let me show you how to make colors pop in Photoshop.

October 24, 2022