Standardize Portrait Retouch

Standardize Portrait Retouch in Adobe Photoshop — with a ready prompt for the moment it comes up. 1 real situation leads here.

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standardizing portrait retouch to reduce rework and preserve brand tone

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Different retouchers keep delivering inconsistent portraits — some airbrushed, some too raw — and…
Different retouchers keep delivering inconsistent portraits — some airbrushed, some too raw — and art direction keeps sending them back. Looking at [N=25] recent portrait retouches, where is the drift happening: strength of skin smoothing, dodging/burning, or frequency separation misuse? Give me one rule set I can bake into a preset and train the team on so retouches match our 'natural' brand voice every time.

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