Frequency Separation: How To Master Retouching In Photoshop

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• by Aaron Nace December 12, 2018
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• Review 4.95 out of 5 172 Reviews
• Difficulty Advanced
• Length 6.75 hours
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Perfect skin. Beautiful portraits. Natural results. Frequency Separation is the go-to technique for professional retouchers. Learn the ins and outs of the powerful method as we show you how to remove blemishes, smooth out skin tones, and help your subjects look their absolute best!

• 7 Sample Images
• 2 Photoshop Actions
• 1 Photoshop Brush

Chapter 1 | What is Frequency Separation?

• 01 - Introduction 2:42m
• 02 - Working with Iulia David 2:18m

Chapter 2 | Tools & Techniques

• 01 - Manual Frequency Separation 9:57m
• 02 - The Frequency Separation Action 11:38m
• 03 - Brush Tool 20:40m
• 04 - Healing Brush Tool 7:23m
• 05 - Blur Technique 13:04m
• 06 - Clone Stamp Tool 9:32m
• 07 - Small Scale & Large Scale Retouching 36:25m

Chapter 3 | Beauty Portrait 1

• 01 - Small Details 21:48m
• 02 - Large Details 33:20m
• 03 - Dodge & Burn 18:16m
• 04 - Color Correction 24:50m
• 05 - Sharpening & Saving Out Multiple Versions 11:03m

Chapter 4 | Beauty Portrait 2

• 01 - Small Details 15:42m
• 02 - Large Details 11:26m
• 03 - Additional Retouch & Clean Up 17:57m
• 04 - Dodge & Burn 15:34m
• 05 - Color Correction & Enhancement 13:51m
• 06 - Finishing Touches & Sharpening 10:32m

Chapter 5 | Beauty Portrait 3

• 01 - Small Details 9:29m
• 02 - Large Details 22:15m
• 03 - Additional Retouch & Cleanup 14:16m
• 04 - Dodge & Burn 19:37m
• 05 - Color Correction 26:29m
• 06 - Finishing Touches & Sharpening 4:39m

Sample Images, Actions & Brush 157MB

Beautiful Color, Perfect Detail

IMPROVE YOUR ENTIRE PHOTO

ORIGINAL

What is Frequency Separation?

Frequency separation in Photoshop is a modern process that gives you complete control over the delicate textures and color in your images. Retouching has come a long way in the digital age. Using the power of Photoshop, we can separate the fine details from the color information and then edit them independently.

Without the frequency separation technique in Photoshop, it is easy to reduce the quality of the subject’s skin tone. If you can master the frequency separation technique, though, you’ll be able to flawlessly soften skin tones and still preserve other skin tones. In other words, mastering this retouching practice in Photoshop will give your photos an instant boost of beauty and professionalism.

Step-by-step Guide to Frequency Separation:

Not only do we take you through the process of frequency separation step-by-step, you can follow along as we go through several examples of complete portrait retouching using 16-bit RAW images.

Frequency Separation Photoshop Action

Your time is valuable. The faster you can finish an edit, the faster you can get on to your next project or photoshoot. Our included Frequency Separation Photoshop action will automatically separate the high and low frequencies in any image, saving you time and getting you right into retouching.

ADD SHAPE & DEFINITION

ORIGINAL

High Frequency vs. Low Frequency

High frequencies are the smaller details in your images. Think skin texture, hair, or the stitching in fabric. Low frequencies include all of the color information in a photo like the transitions from highlight to shadow. Frequency separation is the process of dividing these two elements into separate layers which can each be adjusted without affecting the other.

Remove Blemishes

We all have them; small wrinkles, pimples, stray hairs–the tiny blemishes that easily show up on today’s high resolution cameras. Learn the proper methods for removing and reducing little distractions while keeping all the important details that make a person unique.

Smooth Skin in Photoshop

Dark shadows, uneven highlights, and skin redness will never be a problem again. Learn how to analyze and edit low frequency layers to smooth out color and areas of light and dark, creating perfect skin tone to highlight your subject’s natural beauty.

IMPROVE LIGHTING

ORIGINAL

Tools & Techniques

Using a combination of layers, brushes, blurs, and our powerful Photoshop Action, by the end of this tutorial, you’ll be fully equipped with every tool and technique you’ll need to master frequency separation. We start with the basics and then show you in-depth application using high-end, professional images from photographer Iulia David.

Professional Skin Retouching

We don’t just show you the power of Frequency Separation. We take you through a complete professional retouching workflow, including steps like dodging and burning, color correction, and sharpening.

Manual Frequency Separation

Learn how to separate the high and low frequencies of any image from scratch to soften skin, remove wrinkles, and professionally retouch beauty portraits. Once you’ve mastered all of the steps for Frequency Separation, load up our custom action to save valuable time with impressive results.

Learn Professional Retouching

AFTER

BEFORE

Unbelievable Results

From the smallest details like pores and hairs, to the large details like colors and tone, learn how to retouch every part of an image.

SMOOTH SKIN

ORIGINAL

Small Scale Retouching

Follow along as we dive in to the details of an image, focusing on the high frequencies and retouching tiny blemishes and distractions. The small scale elements in a photo can make a huge difference to an image overall, at any scale, and are essential for creating larger prints.

Large Scale Details

Seeing large scale details means you can identify how and where light falls on a surface and how it affects the overall color and tone. We zoom way out, demonstrating how you can smooth out shapes and color, creating flawless transitions between light, shadow, and color while preserving all of the original texture.

RAW & JPEG

Whether you’re working with RAW or JPEGs, you can utilize the power of frequency separation to improve your photos. We show you proper workflow with both file-types using our custom frequency separation action.

ADD HIGHLIGHTS & SHADOWS

ORIGINAL

The Brush Tool

Like most techniques in Photoshop, the Brush Tool will do most of the heavy lifting. Learn to adjust color, fix exposure, and take care of blemishes with some professional techniques and a few brushstrokes.

Blur Technique

Blurs may seem like one of the last tools you would turn to when doing detailed photo retouching, but they are a key tool in frequency separation. Learn how to use Gaussian blurs in Photoshop to isolate the color information of an image so you can smooth out skin and easily adjust highlights and shadows.

The Clone Stamp Tool

When retouching the fine details and textures in a photo, the Clone Stamp Tool should be your go-to. Learn how to use it to make changes to only the high frequency layer, sampling areas of texture you want and painting over textures you want to remove.

Course Instructor & Featured Artist

Aaron Nace

PHLEARN Founder – Class Instructor

Aaron Nace is a photographer, Photoshop artist and founder of PHLEARN. He is the #1 Photoshop instructor in the world with millions of YouTube subscribers.

Iulia David

Beauty Photographer & Retoucher – Featured Artist

I am a London based photographer specializing in editorial, commercial and beauty portrait photography. Born in a family of artists I have always been surrounded by art and curious in knowing the latest trends. My style is simple and clean with an edge. I think it is all about a collaborative synergy, bringing the most out of my team to create beautiful, compelling photographs.

View Iulia’s Portfolio

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1. carlosoxenford Rated 5 out of 5 August 29, 2025

   Thanks a lot Aaron, I love your tutorials, and this one especially is a great tool to learn; I’m trying to develop a skill to clean up old color negatives and slides for myself and for future customers so it is so helpfull! I have a question: I find that working in the HF with the clone stamp, and only on the current layer, I also bring up a lot of colour and not only texture. Is this possible and should I look at a given setup that might be wrong? thanks a million

2. elmiraflag Rated 5 out of 5 July 16, 2025

   Love your tutorials and your puppy:) My question is if you mess up on texture layer and went far, besides endlessly pressing Cntrl+Z, what can you do? Like create duplicate layer of it before editing?

   • PHLEARN July 17, 2025

     Hey there! If you mess up on a texture layer in Photoshop and went too far, beyond endlessly pressing Ctrl+Z, the best solutions involve non-destructive editing. You should duplicate the layer before editing, convert it to a Smart Object for flexible transformations, or use layer masks to hide portions non-destructively.Thanks for phlearning with us!

3. dieter2 Rated 5 out of 5 June 13, 2024

   HI Aaron again a great tutorial well explained with all detail knowlegde I need for my own work. Thanks a lot. Dieter

4. colin.mcilwaine Rated 5 out of 5 March 26, 2024

   Excellent tutorial, very informative, clearly explained and easy to follow.

5. Gustavo Souza Rated 5 out of 5 December 10, 2023

   Aron is a gem! His passion for photography makes him explain things in a very simple and engaging way.

6. Nicholas Johnson Rated 5 out of 5 December 8, 2023

   Duuuudeeee this is one of the best decisions I have made! Aaron was my first Photoshop tutorial expert for over a decade and I wish I joined this master class sooner. I’m mind blown by the teaching and it’s not rushed. The Frequency Separation: How to Master Retouching in Photoshop is taking my work to a whole new level!!😃🔥🔥🔥🔥

7. Ludovico Nardi Rated 5 out of 5 July 6, 2023

   Ottimo corso.

   • PHLEARN July 7, 2023

     grazie mille!

8. seanballacchino Rated 5 out of 5 April 18, 2023

   I have grown leaps and bounds over the last few months thanks to Aaron and the Phlearn team. This frequency separation tutorial is so great and I’ve learned to ton. Can’t wait to try the other retouching courses. I’m gonna be an amazing photographer and retoucher because of all of the awesome information in all of these courses. Thank you!!!

9. Ashwini Pareek Rated 5 out of 5 March 20, 2023

   Wow, I appreciate the author. Very detailed and easy-to-understand article. Keep it up phlearn.com Also visit: In 1 minute Remove Background in Photoshop: https://howphotoshop.com/how-to-remove-background-in-photoshop/

10. Pim Aerts Rated 5 out of 5 December 16, 2022

    This was just….very…very great stuff…everything you need to know, front to back, with iterations just where you need it. 100% recommend this one!

11. Vasile Nani Rated 5 out of 5 November 10, 2022

    Very, very good.

12. Tamir Israeli Rated 5 out of 5 May 10, 2022

    Honestly, such a good tutorial. I had some experience with FS but this solidified my understanding and workflow. By the third example, I was really moving along quickly with it. Thank you, Aaron.

13. batman3x Rated 5 out of 5 March 4, 2022

    This was a great a thorough class. Even though I looked for and tried different frequency separation tutorials from YouTube, none of them even came close to showing me what was possible like this course was able to do. I feel a lot more confident with my retouching and I’m really happy that I took the time to go through this course of the past couple of weeks. I will say, the last chapter to edit got really confusing towards the end in the color adjustment section. It was a lot of information to absorb and I’m still not sure what the main reason was for doing those color adjustments especially with the eye shadow. Maybe I’ll revisit it again in the future and I’ll understand it then. Aside from that, everything was great. I highly recommend this course.

14. Dave Jackson Rated 5 out of 5 January 1, 2022

    Fantastic course, cracked it at last. Thanks for providing such an informative course with quality images. 6 Stars Phlearn

15. Bernadett Grega Rated 5 out of 5 October 2, 2021

    I was amazed really. I spent already a lot of money on individual beauty retouching courses, but they were never been direct and honest in my opinion, it just felt like they really want to keep their secret. Oke they were not useless for couple hundred$ BUT this course was the missing link for me that would really elevate my beauty works. I never knew how much should I blur and it turned out I never did enough. This course is full of useful tips – example the clone source window was a revelation 😀 Another plus for me was that we did 3 practice pictures after his demonstration and that really sticked. And lastly Aaron`s delivery style is just great love that guy, I think he is one of the best online educator. 🤍

16. slawomir.lusar Rated 5 out of 5 September 5, 2021

    Absolutely the best platform to learn Photoshop and related content. Top quality and really pleasing to watch

17. carly jenna Rated 1 out of 5 June 11, 2021

    not bad

18. ABDUL JAWAD Galib Rated 5 out of 5 May 17, 2021

    Best tutorial ever !!! Aaron is great Instructor !!! You should try this !!!

19. Yogi Rated 5 out of 5 March 18, 2021

    Super Tutorial. Es hat mich in einigen Dingen sehr erleuchtet ;0)

20. mick-2685 Rated 5 out of 5 March 11, 2021

    Finally, I understand Frequently Separation! I bought two courses, I am not mentioning any names, but they just added layers and pushed buttons and started to paint. I just copied that but had no idea why. Now I know why and what I am doing. I don’t feel dumb anymore 🙂

21. jrajid777 Rated 5 out of 5 March 5, 2021

    Amazing tutorial. I have learned a lot of things from this tutorial. Aaron you are the coolest tutor on the internet!!!

22. dorabiloux Rated 5 out of 5 February 13, 2021

    After enjoying the “30 days of photoshop” free tutorials, I found myself wanting more so I just bought a full year of the “pro” videos. I’m an old hand at photoshop but felt I was lagging behind, not having updated my photoshop in years, and repeating silly, old habits learned twenty years ago. Instead of the refresher course I was after, it seems I got myself a full blown re-education!

23. Jamie R. Green Rated 5 out of 5 February 11, 2021

    I discovered Aaron Nace via a Frequency Separation tutorial on YouTube… and man, am I glad it lead me to PHLEARN.com Aaron makes every tutorial fun, engaging and simple and I am blown away that learning these techniques in Photoshop could be such an exhilarting experience. PHLEARN is everything. Thank you Aaron.

24. shima_rash Rated 5 out of 5 January 14, 2021

    Aaron I have learned a lot from you, At first I started with all your Youtube tutorials and I had to move it here to the Pro tutorials and I am amazed ..I just cannot miss a tutorial of yours …Thanks for being such a great mentor and sharing your knowledge with us ….You are a true Professional .

25. abegalan-9130 Rated 5 out of 5 November 25, 2020

    I am learning this technique for the first time. Honestly, I’ve never heard of it, but I am so glad that I checked it out! I wouldn’t have known how professional photo editors can accomplish this level of imagery. I wouldn’t have known what to ask for. I have to admit, this is a major game changer. THANK YOU for taking the time to reinforce all the tiny repetitive actions that you do, including all of the basic short cuts (verbal and with the visible icon). Although I am new, and I can do light editing, this class will elevate my skill level to professional looking results.

26. rolf faber Rated 5 out of 5 November 16, 2020

    I LOVE YOU DUDE !!!

27. herbertmoller Rated 5 out of 5 October 21, 2020

    Thank you very much.A great tutorial.

28. gaurav Dagdelwar Rated 5 out of 5 September 26, 2020

    Aaron you are best mentor, I have subscribed your pro tutorials in the lockdown and since then I found its a game changer for me. Highly recommend.

29. csitecomsn Rated 5 out of 5 September 18, 2020

    awesome

30. ELEONORA BARNA Rated 5 out of 5 September 8, 2020

    For so long I was avoiding learning this technique thinking it would be too challenging and time consuming. Turns out Aaron made it incredibly simple to understand yet again and I am never looking back. It has already changed how I work and saved me a ton of time.

31. unixbaig Rated 5 out of 5 August 23, 2020

    Amaaazing course. I love that course because it have explained very well. Aaron Nace is my favorite teacher to improve my skills level in Photoshop. Highly recommended! Thank you Aaron sir and your team for providing nice videos lectures!

32. visvirtusphotography Rated 5 out of 5 July 30, 2020

    I like your tutorials! Don’t take my comment wrong way please ! Just one thing. I think there is too many repetitions in explaining simple things which were explained in previous chapter or previous video from the same chapter. And a second maybe ? I would also like to see separation for tutorials for advanced/intermediate Photoshop users where we are taken trough the tutorial in possibly quicker manner with straight information on example considering person already knows basics about using Photoshop brushes/actions/blend modes/blend if etc. I think we need to see how they are used in such and such environment to give us and edge. But this is just me and it can be only me with such silly comment. Still A BIG FAN OF YOU ARON ! ! ! ! ! ! !

33. Patrick Rated 5 out of 5 June 19, 2020

    Another A+++ tutorial. Not every lady is a fashion model to begin with. For family photos, by using these actions , and the training Aaron provides, one can easily take 10-20 years off the lives of grandmothers, and great grandmothers who, like everyone else, want to look a little younger in their faces. It makes them feel very good about themselves which makes the time spent editing their photos worth every second. Thanks Aaron. Patrick O’Bryan

34. rolf faber Rated 5 out of 5 June 18, 2020

    I am absolutely shocked, I´m blown away by the the amount, dept and the quality of all of the PHLEARN tutorials. I decided to learn photoshop during these lockdown times and had expended a small fortune in other online tutorial and courses. Wish I had found PHLEARN before. No doubt the best and most comprehensive collection of photoshop you can find anywhere online.

35. Jose Colon Rated 5 out of 5 June 12, 2020

    Amazing tutorial but a very knowledgeable educator! This tutorial not only gives you the necessary tools but it also motivates the viewer to learn more. It empowers the viewer by feeding confidence via knowledge. The best tutorial to Phlearn 😉 Frequency and Separation! One more thing, his voice calms , the aura of this site is very positive, as I combat PTSD Army Veteran I attest to that! Thank you Phlearn!!!!!!!

36. mrjplatt Rated 5 out of 5 May 29, 2020

    Another great tutorial. Really did a great job of explaining FS. Thank you!

37. Juho Kolehmainen Rated 5 out of 5 May 23, 2020

    I’m loving this and I’ve learned to retouch portraits so much better thanks to this technique. I do however find it’s really easy to overdo and get an unnatural look. I also find it that you kind of have to know how to paint pretty well and see through painters eyes what parts need enhancing and what parts needs to be smoothened out. Sometimes if I try to run the action again the new group changes the image, is this because of different blur radius setting or something else? I haven’t yet understood when you can run it again and when not. Somebody also mentioned that it would be nice to know how to edit older skin and I’d be very interested in that as well. I suppose using clone stamp with a lower than 100% flow would help with this as you can still show the wrinkles but to a lesser degree? Would you do this kind of work on a copy of the high frequency layer? In an older free tuturial Aaron was using the gaussian blur technique for smoothing out color gradients on the low frequency and I still seem to get better results like that than working on a new layer with just the brush tool. Matter of practice I guess? Loving everything on Phlearn, really glad that I got the subscription!

38. Stamos Photography Rated 5 out of 5 May 18, 2020

    Awsome stuff “MUST WATCH” Thanks Aaron

39. keith-0169 Rated 5 out of 5 May 11, 2020

    I learned so much watching this tutorial. Aaron made it very easy to understand. Can wait to learn more. Thanks!!!!!!!!

40. cynthrod1 Rated 5 out of 5 May 1, 2020

    the sample images are not the ones he’s working on!!!

41. mwhetston Rated 5 out of 5 April 27, 2020

    Always avoided learning about frequency separation because it sounded pretty complicated, but Aaron breaks it down into bite-sized chunks that are easily digestible. I think the hardest part is just setting up the image for editing and the action takes care of that, so then you have room to experiment on your own to see what suits your personal taste. And if you screw something up you can just start all over. If you think Aaron is funny at normal speed, you should try 2.5x or 0.5x…fan-tastic!

42. wyrmmm Rated 5 out of 5 April 22, 2020

    Awesome tutorials, i primarily edit on my iPad Pro, but every once in awhile i need the desktop for heavier editing like this.

43. Michael Bazergan Rated 5 out of 5 April 21, 2020

    Excellent tutorial. Very informative, and covers not only frequency separation, but also has sections on dodging and burning and color correction, amongst other topics.

44. gaetanmodele Rated 5 out of 5 April 19, 2020

    Great ! I’ve learnt many things ! Your work is very progressive. And well explained ! Amazing job. Greetings from France (sorry for my English if there are mistakes 🙂 )

45. selmah7 Rated 5 out of 5 April 18, 2020

    The best!

46. Carmine Cuccuru Rated 5 out of 5 April 14, 2020

    Wow…great!!

47. n.hoangvu0901 Rated 5 out of 5 April 13, 2020

    when i learn from PHLEARN very easy

48. tbluff32 Rated 5 out of 5 April 10, 2020

    Great in depth tutorial. I have been watching Aaron’s videos for 3 years now and I am never disappointed in what I am able to learn from him. Even tho he does have a tendency to move a little fast at times, there is always the option to stop the video pause and rewind as many times as necessary, I love it. Superb way to learn Photoshop. Thank you Aaron.

49. studio-5706 Rated 5 out of 5 April 7, 2020

    Absolutely fantastic tutorial, what a pleasure to watch, I learn something new in every section!!!!Appreciate the repetition to reinforce the knowledge! I only had one question, could you kindly mention the zoom value you do when you’re working on the High frequency level when working on the detailed retouch work. Thank you again

50. mqconcep Rated 5 out of 5 April 7, 2020

    A really complete and thorough tutorial. This is the most detailed FS course out there, including on YouTube, and helped me understand the different sections of FS. I kept going back and forth watching various tutorials but it was this course that gave me that “aha” moment. All that’s left is to practice what I’ve learned with these FS tutorials on Phlearn.com.

51. socialguy Rated 3 out of 5 April 5, 2020

    Seeing Aaron work is a learning in itself, as he not only has the PS skills but also artistic sense of light and composition. That said, boy, does he belabor and regurgitate? He explained Frequency Separation and the usages of Brush and Clone Stamp tools so many times, I’m like “I got it, can we please move on”? Also, 10 minutes of deliberation “I think it’s too yellow”, “Nope, I think it’s not enough yellow” is enough to put anyone to sleep. His teaching style is great, and so is the content material, but the videos could really use tighter editing. Also, having a discussion forum for students to interact with each other and the teacher will be a good addition. I’ve questions, but no good way to get them answered.

52. jitendrajbt11 Rated 5 out of 5 April 2, 2020

    Just wow… You make it very easy and enjoying

53. harmeet.0206 Rated 5 out of 5 March 24, 2020

    Excellent tutorial, video by video I am becoming more comfortable with skin retouching in Photoshop, Quick Question after making the blur layer I was not able to edit the other layer created above low frequency layer. How can i solve that?

    • mike57 March 24, 2020

      Glad to hear that you’re feeling more comfortable with retouching!

      As far as the issue you’re having, we’ll need a little more information to help you troubleshoot. Would you mind sending an e-mail to [email protected] with a description of the problem? We have a Photoshop expert standing by to help!

      Thanks!

54. Paul Laramee Rated 5 out of 5 March 22, 2020

    Highway to master retouching….. Wow. Tried it on black and white portrait and it’s awesome results. Thank you bAaron! Cheers!!!

55. Evelyn Sisk Rated 5 out of 5 March 21, 2020

    I’ve only gone through chapters 1-3 so far and feel comfortable doing a frequency separation retouch start to finish. I especially appreciated learning the technique of using an inverted layer mask and going back to brush in the desired edit to specific areas. That alone will help me refine my editing in the future for so many other things –not just frequency separation. The color correction section of chapter 3 was also very helpful, I feel like I learned another detail of Photoshop I never knew existed. I look forward to completing chapters 4 and 5 for even more practice using these new skills.

56. Gianluca Gasparini Rated 5 out of 5 March 21, 2020

    Amazing teacher. Amazing tutorial. Amazing skill. Nothing to say, i’m learning a lot, i’m improving my skill a lot with you. So really, thank you. Congrats.

57. mandheer.singh1 Rated 5 out of 5 March 10, 2020

    Many thanks for such an elaborated view that cover every single aspect in frequency separation.

58. Sam pradeep Rated 5 out of 5 March 5, 2020

    Should we blur the entire face for frequency separation or at the black and white intersection of image

59. kristina.ciric92 Rated 5 out of 5 February 28, 2020

    One of the reasons these are all great is the way Aaron explains stuff. Very useful.

60. allynneclark Rated 5 out of 5 February 27, 2020

    Well certainly learned a lot on this tutorial, thanks for taking the time to share this with us

61. buithanhbinh85 Rated 5 out of 5 February 27, 2020

    Love you Aaron

62. husain_a Rated 5 out of 5 February 24, 2020

    Absolutely incredible! I’ve learned so much in this course. The hardest technique for me was the “brush technique” to smooth transitions. If I turn off the HF layer, I get a headache because the image is too blurry. I would love to learn more about this technique as I still don’t know how to use it effectively.

63. vslavings Rated 5 out of 5 February 23, 2020

    Excellent tutorial!! Frequency separation has taken my retouching to a whole new level!!

64. kristina.ciric92 Rated 5 out of 5 February 20, 2020

    Loved it !

65. d.gyftopoulou Rated 5 out of 5 February 8, 2020

    as always another great tutorial, thank you very much for this !

66. vacd Rated 5 out of 5 February 5, 2020

    It’s a very good quality tutorial, I just wish my teacher didn’t force us to watch so many of these and take tons of notes and practically write a whole paper per chapter. I wish I could actually enjoy it instead of doing this as an awful assignment.

67. Robert Morse Rated 5 out of 5 January 25, 2020

    Aaron doesn’t charge nearly enough for his Pro tutorials. I’ve been using Photoshop since day one, and I continue to learn new techniques from Aaron.

68. Peter Wydmuch Rated 5 out of 5 December 12, 2019

    Very Good, I have used it on my own images and it has been fantastic. That is before Model No 1. I have a difficult subject that has a lot of natural beauty. She is a teenager as a result the face is very pocketed and has a little acne but most of all lots of what look like white heads. I am in the process of working on her face. One of the most important features to me is the amount of and what to fix is a problem to me. Your tutorials are fixing those for me. Thankyou

69. ecatalin Rated 5 out of 5 November 6, 2019

    Fantastic! Wonderful! In love

70. bobl2833 Rated 5 out of 5 November 1, 2019

    Been a fan for a long time. As a hobiest I find that I can learn at my current level and come back months later and pick up additional levels of knowledge. Your presentation style I find is easy to understand and straightforward. Keep up the good work.

71. Sarp Abdullah Rated 5 out of 5 October 7, 2019

    No matter how skillful you are in Photoshop! Education is education. I love information. Thank you Aaron

72. kobito610 Rated 5 out of 5 August 14, 2019

    Amazing tool and amazing tutorials, thanks Aaron for providing these. I have been learning a lot from you.

73. Teresa.trimm Rated 5 out of 5 August 9, 2019

    I have a tough time remembering things, but whenever I need to refresh my memory, this is my go-to, and I hope that eventually, I will ‘get’ it — a fantastic set of videos.

74. gdgerard Rated 5 out of 5 August 8, 2019

    FANTASTIC Tutorial!!! I’ve been using SF for a couple of years now and thought I had it down. You have sky rocketed me to the next level in retouching using SF. You are an awesome teacher, you explained things extremely well and throughly. Thank you so much!!!

75. clairearcher468 Rated 5 out of 5 July 26, 2019

    Aaron, thank you so much for all your YouTube videos and developing these Pro Tutorials. These Pro Tutorials finally pull together all my bits and pieces of knowledge about Photoshop. I watched your Beauty Retouching series first, then followed up with this Frequency Separation. Both have given me the knowledge to take my SOC photos to a professional level and given me the confidence to do so. I can’t wait to surprise my peers with my new editing skills. I can’t wait to explore more of your Pro Tutorials. Your style of teaching, explaining the “why” behind each of your moves, is VERY HELPFUL! I even enjoyed your self-talk chattering, it was entertaining.

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