Must-Know Photoshop Retouching Hacks with Unmesh Dinda

Photoshop skin retouching: dodge & burn, frequency separation, Remove tool, and one-click AI plugin workflow.

Created byRetouch4me Academy

Last updated 3/2026

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What you'll learn

Remove stray hairs and tattoos in Photoshop using the new Remove function — faster and cleaner than any manual method.
Execute high-end dodge and burn on portraits using a blank soft light layer — evening out skin without losing a single pixel of texture.
Apply frequency separation with the Remove tool to even out skin tone on the low frequency layer while keeping all natural texture intact.
Automate portrait retouching with Retouch4me plugins and Photoshop actions — and batch process an entire folder of photos with one click.

Course content

1 section • 5 lectures • 34m total length

Remove Stray Hairs and Tattoos in Photoshop Using the New Remove Function9:21
After completing this lecture, you'll be able to remove stray hairs, complex hair areas, and unwanted elements like tattoos using Photoshop's generative AI Remove function — faster and more accurately than any manual method. You'll know how to make the right selection, when to use the Remove tool vs. the Remove function, and how to fix any areas it doesn't get perfectly on the first pass.
High-End Dodge and Burn: The Fastest Way to Even Skin Without Losing Texture8:41
After completing this lecture, you'll be able to perform professional dodge and burn retouching using a blank layer in soft light blend mode with flow at 1% — removing eye bags, evening out skin, and shaping facial features without blurring or flattening texture. You'll also know how to use a solid color adjustment layer as a luminosity check so color never misleads your judgment while you work.
Frequency Separation with the Remove Tool: Faster Skin Retouching in Photoshop5:10
After completing this lecture, you'll be able to apply frequency separation using the Remove tool on the low frequency layer — evening out skin tone and smoothing problem areas by simply looping a selection, without touching the high frequency texture layer. You'll know how to set up the two-layer separation using an action, when this method is faster than painting with a brush, and how the finished result compares to traditional frequency separation techniques.
Fast Portrait Retouching with Retouch4me Plugins and Photoshop Actions7:26
After completing this lecture, you'll be able to retouch a full portrait automatically using Retouch4me Heal, Dodge & Burn, and Portrait Volumes — triggered through a single Photoshop action. You'll know how to build and run that action on one image and scale it into a batch process that retouches an entire folder of photos without manual intervention, including how to fine-tune the result by adjusting individual layer opacity.
Fix Uneven Skin Tones Fast Using Hue/Saturation in Photoshop4:13
After completing this lecture, you'll be able to correct uneven skin tone, green casts, and color inconsistencies using the Hue/Saturation adjustment layer and the on-image hand tool — targeting only the affected color range without touching the rest of the image. You'll know how to narrow the selection for precise control, how to adjust hue and saturation independently to fix the problem, and when to reduce layer opacity to keep the result looking natural

Requirements

Basic Photoshop knowledge required — you should know how to work with layers and use common tools. No advanced retouching experience needed. A Creative Cloud subscription gives access to the latest Photoshop features covered in this course.

Description

Unmesh Dinda — creator of Piximperfect, the world's largest Photoshop education channel — doesn't teach theory. He teaches what actually works in production. This course is a distillation of his seven most important retouching discoveries, compiled into one focused, practical session.

Every technique is demonstrated live, on real images, with no editing tricks. What you see is what you get — and what you'll be able to do the moment the lesson ends.

What we will cover:

The new Remove function in Photoshop — not just the Remove tool, but the generative AI-powered remove that handles stray hairs, tattoos, and complex problem areas in seconds. The technique that used to take careful clone-stamping now takes a single selection.

High-end dodge and burn — the simplest method that works: a blank layer, soft light blend mode, flow at 1%. No complex setups. Sculpts skin, removes eye bags, and keeps every pore intact.

Frequency separation with the Remove tool — a newer approach that makes evening out skin tone on the low frequency layer dramatically faster than painting with a brush. Loop around an area. It's gone.

AI retouching with Retouch4me plugins — how Unmesh integrates Heal, Dodge & Burn, and Portrait Volumes into a single Photoshop action that retouches an entire portrait automatically. Including how to scale it to batch process hundreds of images.

Hue/Saturation for skin tone correction — the underused adjustment layer that fixes uneven skin tone, green casts, and color inconsistency faster than curves or color palettes.

This is not a beginner's introduction to Photoshop. These are practical lifehacks that save real time on real client work, taught by someone who has spent years refining exactly this.

Retouch4me plugins used in this course are free to try. All other techniques use standard Photoshop tools available in any Creative Cloud plan.

Who this course is for:

Portrait and beauty photographers and retouchers who want to work faster in Photoshop without sacrificing quality.
Ideal for anyone who does skin retouching manually and wants to learn smarter techniques — combining new Photoshop AI tools like the Remove function and Flux with Retouch4me plugins for a faster, more professional result.