Yearbook Portrait Retouching

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

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A parent asked if I could brighten their child's yearbook portrait for better eyes and skin tone, but I don't want to make the student look older or airbrushed.

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This yearbook portrait needs brighter eyes and a more even skin tone but must stay natural and…
This yearbook portrait needs brighter eyes and a more even skin tone but must stay natural and age-appropriate. Diagnose whether minor dodge/burn and selective color correction will do, or whether frequency separation would risk losing skin texture. Give me the conservative sequence that improves brightness and reduces blemish distraction without making the student look retouched, and name one visual cue I should stop at so it stays believable.

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