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Frequency Separation
Is it destructive? Like, if You are doing with 10px brush high and low pass both, is it really destructive? Is D&B better or there isn't really big difference? I'm quite new to this technique.
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Splitting the file into low and high frequency layers is non-destructive. Modifying either layer after that is destructive. -
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So high end retouch is not really possible wit this technique?Comment
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Why would you think that? Retouching is always destructive. Doesn't mean it's bad. Depends on what you're destroying.Originally posted by SimonG View Post
Do a site search for "Split Frequency."Comment
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I mean for skin texture, will it be damaged more after FS retouching then D&B?
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Everything is up to your workflow and how precisely you work. If I need to be fast, I would use FS, if I wish to work realy precisely, I would choose D&B. You can also combine both techniques together ...Originally posted by SimonG View PostI mean for skin texture, will it be damaged more after FS retouching then D&B?
Thanks very much, searching now
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Oh thanks for this postOriginally posted by creativeretouch View Post I agree, because I worked quite a long time on an image with super-small brush on FS technique, that's why I asked as well as I used colour gels, so light is colourful and I tried to get rid of some things but that just was not that good-looking as I wanted, even if I tried really carefully 
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With the FS you can still work in layers and edit it non-destructively. You can dodge and burn with a layer on top as you are used to if you want.
The FS just gives you the extra option to edit low/high frequencies separately (I usually find it useful when I need to quickly smooth skin tones).
With a regular FS there will be some colour information on the high frequency layer, and it sounds like that is what you had trouble with in your colourful image? If this is a problem, make sure you move the colour information out of the high frequency layer (I believe this is sometimes referred to as asymmetric split?).Comment
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This is my FS technique with non D&B at 5-10px healing brush. Also, added some contrast to high pass to make it a bit sharper. Actually, does not look like destructive. Just some really minor things.
Oh yeah, thanks a lot, completely forgot that it can have some colour!
What do you think about this? My screenshot attached.Comment
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Looks great from what I can tell. Cleaned up that rather nasty skin really well.
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Here the images before and after
I was trying to achieve that dolly and vivid Mert&Marcus look but can't really say, what do you think< retouchpro-ers?Comment
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While I'm no expert on the technique, I use frequency separation regularly bu I have no clue what asymmetric frequency separation is or how I might make use of it.
Could anyone explain it to me or point me to a reference? Google and a local search here didn't turn up much that helped....12-23-2011, 07:37 AM -
Here is how to do a Frequency Separation on iPhone.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/zxbxzzo4ss...Phone.pdf?dl=0...10-03-2014, 12:17 PM -
I have been playing around with frequency separation using a couple of methods;
1. Using surface blur to create a low frequency layer and using high pass to create a high frequncy layer and blending the two with linear light
2. Using the Model Mayhem technique of creating...12-30-2010, 08:42 AM -
show me the way to it
j/k, I was wondering if there is an ultimate tutorial on this tech, so far I only found some really poor elaborated ones on youtube.
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I've made no secret of my opinion of frequency separation during the RetouchPRO LIVE shows and here in the forums. I think it's a shortcut, and therefore a compromise. Good for assembly-line retouching of senior portraits maybe, but not so much if you're aiming for the cover of Vogue.
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