Correct exposure, white balance, and lens distortions in Adobe Lightroom or Capture One, then export to Photoshop.
The panel provides specialized layers for dodging and burning, crucial for sculpting facial features and refining skin tone without destroying the texture. 3. Skin Smoothing & Texture Enhancement
The is the centerpiece of the Retouching Academy ecosystem. Designed for photographers and retouchers who want to deliver professional, high-quality results faster, it focuses on the key stages of the beauty and portrait retouching workflow: skin work, color correction, finishing touches, and export with proper settings. retouch academy panel
The Retouch Academy Panel creates dedicated Dodge & Burn curve layers accompanied by a temporary visual aid—a high-contrast black-and-white visual helper layer. This helper layer strips away color distractions, making it incredibly easy to spot skin irregularities. 3. Skin Tone and Color Correction
To achieve magazine-quality skin texture without plastic-looking blur. Correct exposure, white balance, and lens distortions in
The panel offers automated scripts for both 8-bit and 16-bit images, ensuring maximum color depth integrity. It sets up the target layers instantly, allowing you to smooth out blotchy skin tones on the low layer without destroying the natural skin pores on the high layer. 2. Precision Dodge & Burn (D&B)
The Retouch Academy (RA) Panel is an action-based plugin for Adobe Photoshop. It is designed to streamline the high-end retouching process—such as Frequency Separation, Dodge & Burn, and skin correction—by organizing essential tools into a single, user-friendly interface. Skin Smoothing & Texture Enhancement The is the
Beyond the heavy lifting, the panel contains a suite of utility buttons designed to polish your image:
Detail the using the panel.
Forgetting to change your Frequency Separation blending mode to Linear Light, or applying an 8-bit math formula to a 16-bit image, can ruin your workflow. The panel uses hard-coded, mathematically precise scripts that eliminate human error, ensuring your layers blend flawlessly every single time. Lowering the Barrier to Entry
Replaces multi-step Photoshop actions with instant scripting.