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LEARNING               Frequency
         Portrait Retouching








                              Separation                                                            Natalia Arantseva









                                Natalia Arantseva


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           Model: Anastasia Cheporukha












                 requency Separation is a      skin texture. With Frequency       workshops on portraiture in and
                 technique used in portraiture to   Separation, we divide the image in   around Mumbai and worldwide.
            Fgive the skin pleasing softness   to Frequency (texture) and Tones/  Here is one of her methods for FS.
            without actually blurring out the skin   Colours and edit mainly the tones/
            texture.                           colours while leaving the texture   Note to readers: You might get the
                                               untouched (overdoing the process can   impression that the procedure is
            In the days of film photography, we   reduce the texture!)            too lengthy or difficult. It is not! It
            often used skin-softening filters   We requested professional portrait   is assumed that the reader is fairly
       Smart Photography  February 2018  reduced the overall sharpness   who is known for her excellent   if you are not, you can follow, because
                                                                                  accustomed with Photoshop but even
            for portraits. These filters actually
                                               photographer Natalia Arantseva,
            provided by the lens in order to hide
                                                                                  we have broken down the procedure
                                               portraits, to share her secrets on
                                                                                  in 15 easy-to-understand steps.
            facial defects such as pimples and
                                               Frequency Separation. Natalia is
            scars. Most methods that soften the
      98    skin also tend to soften the underlying   based in Mumbai. She conducts   1. Open the image in Photoshop.
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