A while ago I did an exhaustive series at Toolfarm on fixing skin and digital makeup. Well, there are always new tools and tutorials coming out. There’s a “name your own price” tool, (which is a freebie if you’re not feeling generous) from Mamoworld Tools. I’ll have info at the end of the article if you’d like to check it out. 😉
In Depth: Skin Retouching Series from Toolfarm
In Depth: Skin Retouching: Part 1: Digital Makeup
Read Part 1: Digital Makeup HERE.
This is not an article about creating unachievable perfection. Do you need to make some small fixes to the skin of your actor, like fixing a blemish or blotchiness? This article covers
- Isolating skin tones
- Color Correction and skin tone
- Smoothing Skin
- Photoshop Skin Retouching
In Depth: Skin Retouching Part 2: The Plug-ins

Check out Part 2: In Depth: Skin Retouching Part 2: The Plug-ins, covering plug-ins for general skin improvement, including:
In Depth: Skin Retouching Part 3: More Plug-ins + Tutorials

Check out Part 3: In Depth: Skin Retouching Part 2: More Plug-ins + Tutorials, covering nine plug-ins for general skin improvement, including:
In Depth: Skin Retouching Part 4: DaVinci Resolve

Making skin tones appear natural, yet attractive, in color graded footage can be intimidating to the inexperienced. Here are some tutorials and articles focused on working with skin tones with Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve, including smoothing and cosmetic color grading.
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Skin Retouch – A freebie from Mamoworld
Remember that freebie I mentioned earlier? Well, Mamoworld Tools has a “Name your Price” or “100% Free” (depending on where you look on the page).
Mamoworld has great tools like Auto Lip-Sync, BeatEdit for Premiere Pro, iExpressions, Masktracker+, mochaImport+, and more, so check them out. They are super useful workflow tools!
Download Mamoworld Tools Skin Retouch