Uploaded April 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Platform supported: Windows (64 bit) and Mac (64 bit)
Download Retouch4me plugins Demo and try: retouch4.me/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=en_r4me3dlc&utm_content=r4me_dark_skin_retouching
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I'll make a copy of the layer and run Retouch4me Heal plugin. If a person is photographed in full length, you should use the plugins in High Resolution mode. This is a close up portrait, so you don't have to use High Resolution mode here. You will spend much more time retouching it manually. I'll make another copy and run Retouch4me Dodge & Burn plugin. You don't need to tick High Resolution checkbox here either. This is what the original looks like. I will increase the effect a little. Here is a photo before, here is after. Now I’m going to use Retouch4me Portrait Volumes plugin to increase the visual volume in the photo. Here is the original, here is the after version. That's where I started. There were a lot of pimples on the face and Retouch4me Heal did a great job with them. Then Retouch4me Dodge & Burn smoothed out the skin, and Retouch4me Portrait Volumes added more volume. Just compare the final result with the original! This is what the original looked like and here is the final version! It looks awesome!
Let's move on to the next photo. There are also lots of minor imperfections here. I will select the face with Marquee Tool and launch Retouch4me Heal. Since I have selected the face in the photo, the plugin can be launched in normal mode. This also speeds up the processing time. Here is a photo before, here is one after. Let's take a closer look. Before / after. The plugin coped with everything, there is only a small spot left here. I’m going to remove it with a healing brush. I’m going to launch the next plugin Retouch4me Dodge & Burn. Notice how greatly the skin on the face and hands has smoothed out! Imagine how much time you would spend on such retouching! I’m going to launch Retouch4me Portrait Volumes. Before / after. Let's go back to where we started. Here is a photo I had. Retouch4me Heal removed minor imperfections on the face, then Retouch4me Dodge & Burn smoothed out the skin, and Retouch4me Portrait Volumes added more volume to the face. It looks awesome! Pay attention how the plugins save the original texture! Nothing is blurred or smeared anywhere. It looks as if a professional retoucher has worked on it!
Let's move on to male portraits. We see here a large number of small defects on the skin. The face here takes a small part of the frame so I check High Resolution checkbox so that the plugin will process high-resolution photo. I click Apply. Now let's see the photo in Photoshop. I will make a copy of the layer and run Retouch4me Dodge & Burn plugin. Let's see how it works with this photo. Here I will also check High resolution checkbox. All Retouch4me plugins can be used for batch processing so you can retouch a lot of photos while doing other things. There is a separate video about this on the channel. RAW photos can also be batch processed with the plugins. The channel also has a video on how to do this.
I click Appy. Let's see before and after. It only remains to add more visual volume with Retouch4me Portrait Volumes. Let's see how the plugin will cope with the muscles. I will increase the effect. It got better! So I will increase the effect a little more! I click Apply. Notice how the muscles began to stand out! Here is the original photo, Retouch4me Heal edit, Retouch4me Dodge & Burn edit and Retouch4me Portrait Volumes final touch. Let's see the whole photo. Here is the original and here is the final version!
I'll move on to the last photo. I will launch Retouch4me Heal on a new layer. The portrait is large, so the plug-in will cope with it in low resolution mode. The skin defects disappeared from the forehead. I will make a copy of the layer and run Retouch4me Dodge & Burn. Here is a photo before and here is a photo after. I’m going to launch the last plugin Retouch4me Portrait Volumes. Here is a photo before, this is a photo after Portrait Volumes plugin. This is the original photo, this is how Retouch4me Heal worked with it, then Retouch4me Dodge & Burn is applied and Retouch4me Portrait Volumes completed the image! Here is the original and this is the final version!
As you can see, Retouch4me retouching plugins have done an excellent job with dark skin. The retouching looks very natural. The plugins did a great job. Doing such work manually will take a very long time and you probably won’t even be able to do it better than plugins can do it automatically!
Thanks to Karl Lee and Vladimir Vasiliev for the photos!
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FOLLOW US:
► facebook.com/3dlutcreator
► instagram.com/retouch4.me
Music: audionautix.com
Platform supported: Windows (64 bit) and Mac (64 bit)
Download Retouch4me plugins Demo and try: retouch4.me/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=en_r4me3dlc&utm_content=r4me_dark_skin_retouching
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I'll make a copy of the layer and run Retouch4me Heal plugin. If a person is photographed in full length, you should use the plugins in High Resolution mode. This is a close up portrait, so you don't have to use High Resolution mode here. You will spend much more time retouching it manually. I'll make another copy and run Retouch4me Dodge & Burn plugin. You don't need to tick High Resolution checkbox here either. This is what the original looks like. I will increase the effect a little. Here is a photo before, here is after. Now I’m going to use Retouch4me Portrait Volumes plugin to increase the visual volume in the photo. Here is the original, here is the after version. That's where I started. There were a lot of pimples on the face and Retouch4me Heal did a great job with them. Then Retouch4me Dodge & Burn smoothed out the skin, and Retouch4me Portrait Volumes added more volume. Just compare the final result with the original! This is what the original looked like and here is the final version! It looks awesome!
Let's move on to the next photo. There are also lots of minor imperfections here. I will select the face with Marquee Tool and launch Retouch4me Heal. Since I have selected the face in the photo, the plugin can be launched in normal mode. This also speeds up the processing time. Here is a photo before, here is one after. Let's take a closer look. Before / after. The plugin coped with everything, there is only a small spot left here. I’m going to remove it with a healing brush. I’m going to launch the next plugin Retouch4me Dodge & Burn. Notice how greatly the skin on the face and hands has smoothed out! Imagine how much time you would spend on such retouching! I’m going to launch Retouch4me Portrait Volumes. Before / after. Let's go back to where we started. Here is a photo I had. Retouch4me Heal removed minor imperfections on the face, then Retouch4me Dodge & Burn smoothed out the skin, and Retouch4me Portrait Volumes added more volume to the face. It looks awesome! Pay attention how the plugins save the original texture! Nothing is blurred or smeared anywhere. It looks as if a professional retoucher has worked on it!
Let's move on to male portraits. We see here a large number of small defects on the skin. The face here takes a small part of the frame so I check High Resolution checkbox so that the plugin will process high-resolution photo. I click Apply. Now let's see the photo in Photoshop. I will make a copy of the layer and run Retouch4me Dodge & Burn plugin. Let's see how it works with this photo. Here I will also check High resolution checkbox. All Retouch4me plugins can be used for batch processing so you can retouch a lot of photos while doing other things. There is a separate video about this on the channel. RAW photos can also be batch processed with the plugins. The channel also has a video on how to do this.
I click Appy. Let's see before and after. It only remains to add more visual volume with Retouch4me Portrait Volumes. Let's see how the plugin will cope with the muscles. I will increase the effect. It got better! So I will increase the effect a little more! I click Apply. Notice how the muscles began to stand out! Here is the original photo, Retouch4me Heal edit, Retouch4me Dodge & Burn edit and Retouch4me Portrait Volumes final touch. Let's see the whole photo. Here is the original and here is the final version!
I'll move on to the last photo. I will launch Retouch4me Heal on a new layer. The portrait is large, so the plug-in will cope with it in low resolution mode. The skin defects disappeared from the forehead. I will make a copy of the layer and run Retouch4me Dodge & Burn. Here is a photo before and here is a photo after. I’m going to launch the last plugin Retouch4me Portrait Volumes. Here is a photo before, this is a photo after Portrait Volumes plugin. This is the original photo, this is how Retouch4me Heal worked with it, then Retouch4me Dodge & Burn is applied and Retouch4me Portrait Volumes completed the image! Here is the original and this is the final version!
As you can see, Retouch4me retouching plugins have done an excellent job with dark skin. The retouching looks very natural. The plugins did a great job. Doing such work manually will take a very long time and you probably won’t even be able to do it better than plugins can do it automatically!
Thanks to Karl Lee and Vladimir Vasiliev for the photos!
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FOLLOW US:
► facebook.com/3dlutcreator
► instagram.com/retouch4.me
Music: audionautix.com
