Retouching Blueprint of a Beauty Portrait
The purpose of a beauty retouch is to enhance details that are already present as well as smooth skin tones and textures. Later a color grade is sometimes applied. This is different than an edit where generally the photog makes a few adjustments most likely in Lightroom, Raw or Capture One, then dropping a filter either created by the photog for batch editing multiple images or a purchased preset.
Below the final image is my Retouching Blueprint to show the pen strokes of the main layers to a retouch.
Model: Trista Hughes
Hair Stylist: Jack Johns
MUA/Wardrobe: Amy Weeks
Photographer/Retoucher: Dan Lubbers
Retouching Blueprint
Blue = Dodging
Red = Burning
Yellow = Cloning and or Healing
Green = Contouring
Magenta = Skin Color Correction