I recommend creating a new layer for each plugin you plan to run, that way you can mask and apply as lightly or heavily as you like after the fact. The first thing worth noting is that the Retouch4Me plugins work on whatever the current layer you have selected in Photoshop, so if you start using multiple plugins or prefer to keep things organized in your layers, you will have to pay close attention to click the tools as they do not label themselves or create new layers. While the plugins can get expensive (they range from $124 to $149 per plugin), once you start adding them together, their value in the time saved will be beyond measure.įor the purpose of my review, I tested the plugins through Adobe Photoshop as a “filter/plugin” applying masks and opacity changes as they were needed. Overall, the plugins are designed to take the stress and pressure out of portrait retouching, while saving you time behind the computer. This can lead to some hiccups and crashes (from my experience) depending on the images and what is in them, so while you can do this, I’d personally recommend just running things manually. In their current state, each plugin has to be run individually on a particular image (meaning there isn’t a bulk-edit option), however, you can make your own Action in Photoshop that can automate the process of running multiple plugins one after the other.

Retouch4Me currently have nine individual plugins for a variety of tasks that can be used as a stand-alone app or launched through Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom Classic, or Capture One Pro. Unlike most software suites where everything is baked into one application as a big all-encompassing platform, Retouch4Me is offered as individual plugins that, while not cheap, allow potential users to pick and choose exactly what steps in their workflow they would like to have sped up and automated. Luckily enough, I was actually very pleasantly surprised with just how powerful these plugins actually are. Naturally then, I was both excited to see if the Retouch4Me plugins worked and skeptical given how tools to this point have not come close to the performance expectations of a professional retoucher.

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