If you're familiar with the process of utilizing frequency separation in your retouching workflow, then you're probably aware – and frustrated by – the lack of total control and somewhat average results you get while using it. While the method remains a skin retouching staple, the core approach to setting it up in Photoshop has been more or less the same for a while now, and accepted as such.

NBP – PRO EDU – Workflow Suite

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A good image can become an incredible image with the right tools and eye in post-production. Our plugins were designed with a team of artists and mathematicians to create advanced and proprietary algorithms to match what creatives need in post-production, speed, and quality.

NBP Workflow Actions 1 & 2 

ATN https://ninobatista.zenfolio.com/actions The most useful portrait workflow-focused Actions for Photoshop on the market.

NBP ColourmapX 1.5 Plugin for Adobe Photoshop MacOS

The Most Versatile Colour Palette Exploration Tool For Photoshop

One of the hallmarks of Nino Batista's color work approach in Adobe Photoshop stems from his use of Gradient Maps and Blending Modes. After appropriate skin work and other clean up processes, Nino explores the colour of his images by starting with a "gradient map wash" of color, setting the basis for the palette he is trying to create or enhance in each shot or set.

If you're familiar with the process of utilizing frequency separation in your retouching workflow, then you're probably aware – and frustrated by – the lack of total control and somewhat average results you get while using it. While the method remains a skin retouching staple, the core approach to setting it up in Photoshop has been more or less the same for a while now, and accepted as such.