With the darkening and sharpening pass, apply a broader more global enhancement to the skin retouch. Create global contrast and a sharpening to the image using layering, high pass blending, and opacity adjustments. With each pass, move closer to finishing touches for the gelled key and fill look.
For the final stage of retouching, push the image onto another level. After multiple passes that removed local blemishes and distractions, more global even skin tone, smooth but natural skin texture, dimension and depth, contrast and sharpening, finally apply the finishing layer of color toning. ...
Move through an uninterrupted edit of the second gelled key and fill hero image. Use a layered and staged approach to retouch blemishes, create beautiful, glowing skin tone, natural skin texture for a dynamic and dimensional image. Create a powerful and vibrant image through enhancing the colors ...