I teach the Frequency Separation technique in the Portrait Retouching Crash Course, and in the longer course for pros Creative Retouching for Portrait Photographers I teach my other favorite – Local Dodge & Burn (I don’t know if it actually has a name, so I came up with my own). I use them both in my retouching jobs, but I never tried to actually compare them and see which one is better, faster or leads to higher quality results. I always assumed the Local Dodge & Burn is more time-consuming, thus can help you achieve better results, but let’s experiment and figure out advantages and disadvantages of both techniques.
Here’s a short recording of a quick beauty retouch using Frequency Separation technique. I allowed myself only 25 minutes to see how far I can take it within such short period of time. Notice, I start on the Low Pass layer, which contains tones & colors, and work while zoomed out to see the overall picture. When the skin tones are mostly evened out, I move on to the High Pass layer, to fix stubborn blemishes and fine lines.
NOTE: I am not performing a perfect beauty retouch in this video, I am trying to see what’s possible with Frequency Separation technique within 25 minutes. My next video will be on the Local Dodge & Burn technique, so we can compare the results together.
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