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How to Fix Unwanted Hotspots on Portraits

Bright light can sometimes cause unwanted glare on the skin. This tutorial shows how to compensate and fix those unseemly highlights.
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Bright light can sometimes cause unwanted glare on the skin, especially on men like me who are folically challenged! In this brief video we will combine a couple of retouching techniques that will smooth out and apply some digital foundation that will tone down distracting highlights.

In a previous tutorial, Using Frequency Separation to Retouch Skin, I show how to use frequency separation layers in your retouching. This tutorial takes the technique a little bit further.

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