Retouching
Frequency Separation in Photoshop: Fix Skin Texture Without Destroying It
The Mistake I See in Almost Every Retouched Portrait A student sent me a headshot last year for feedback. The subject was a working actor, and the retouch job had clearly taken some effort. The blemishes were gone. The skin tone was even. But something was deeply wrong. The face looked like it had been upholstered. Every pore, every natural skin detail had been smoothed into this waxy, plastic surface that read as fake the moment your eyes landed on it.