Name: RetouchLab Skin Pro
Price: 79 EUR
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.9 (12 reviews)
Author: Skaistė Gulbinaitė

Question 1

What is RetouchLab Skin Pro?

Accepted Answer

RetouchLab Skin Pro is a brush-based skin retouching plugin for Adobe Photoshop. It combines frequency separation, dodge & burn, and tone evening into one interactive brush tool with 7 adjustable parameters and real-time preview. Unlike fully-automatic AI retouching tools, users paint exactly where they want to retouch and adjust settings in real time. Built by working portrait photographer Skaistė Gulbinaitė for professional photographers who want speed without losing creative control.

Question 2

What version of Photoshop do I need for RetouchLab?

Accepted Answer

RetouchLab works with Adobe Photoshop 2022 (v23.3) or later, including Photoshop 2023, 2024, and 2025. It requires 8-bit RGB mode, which the plugin handles automatically.

Question 3

Does RetouchLab work with RAW files?

Accepted Answer

Yes. RetouchLab works with any file format Photoshop supports - RAW files (CR2, NEF, ARW, DNG), JPG, TIFF, PNG, PSD, and more.

Question 4

Will my photos look airbrushed or fake?

Accepted Answer

No. RetouchLab recreates realistic skin texture automatically. The result preserves visible pores and natural skin detail - not the plastic, over-smoothed look of AI filters or basic blurring. This is the plugin's core design principle: natural results, not automated fakeness.

Question 5

Do I need retouching experience to use RetouchLab?

Accepted Answer

No. If you can use the brush tool in Photoshop, you can use RetouchLab. The 3-step workflow is: run the plugin, paint white on skin areas where you want retouching, flatten the image. Most users are productive within 5 minutes.

Question 6

How is RetouchLab different from Retouch4me?

Accepted Answer

RetouchLab is brush-based, meaning you paint exactly where you want to retouch and control the intensity. Retouch4me is fully automatic AI - it decides for you. Also, RetouchLab is one tool that combines frequency separation, dodge & burn, and tone evening. Retouch4me requires buying separate plugins: Heal, Skin Tone, Dodge & Burn, Frequency Separation - costing $500+ for equivalent functionality. RetouchLab is €79 lifetime, 6x cheaper.

Question 7

How is RetouchLab different from PortraitPro?

Accepted Answer

PortraitPro is designed for heavy beauty retouching - reshaping features, adding digital makeup, smoothing skin with AI sliders. It often produces a plastic or edited look. RetouchLab is designed for natural, subtle portrait retouching that preserves real skin texture. RetouchLab is better for wedding and portrait photographers; PortraitPro is better for beauty and fashion work where heavy editing is expected.

Question 8

How fast is RetouchLab compared to manual retouching?

Accepted Answer

Manual frequency separation plus dodge & burn retouching takes 20-45 minutes per photo for a skilled retoucher. RetouchLab reduces this to 30 seconds to 1 minute per photo, a 20-40x speed improvement. For a wedding photographer retouching 200 photos, that's a reduction from 8-12 hours to 1-2 hours total.

Question 9

Is RetouchLab a subscription?

Accepted Answer

No subscription - RetouchLab is a one-time payment: €39 for 6 months, or €79 lifetime (recommended - yours forever with all future updates included).

Question 10

Where can I buy RetouchLab?

Accepted Answer

RetouchLab Skin Pro is available exclusively on Adobe Exchange, Adobe's official plugin marketplace. This ensures verified, secure installation directly inside Photoshop.

Question 11

Who built RetouchLab?

Accepted Answer

RetouchLab was built by Skaistė Gulbinaitė, a Lithuanian portrait and wedding photographer. After burning out from manual retouching during the 2025 wedding season (spending 6+ hours daily on client galleries), she spent 6 months learning to code with AI assistance and built the plugin herself. It launched in March 2026.

Question 12

Does RetouchLab work on different skin tones?

Accepted Answer

Yes. RetouchLab is designed to work on all skin tones, from fair to deep. It preserves the natural color and texture of any skin type without lightening, darkening, or altering tone.

Question 13

Is RetouchLab good for wedding photographers?

Accepted Answer

Yes, RetouchLab is specifically built for wedding photographers. A typical wedding requires retouching 200+ photos, which takes 8-12 hours manually. With RetouchLab, the same gallery can be retouched in 1-2 hours. This is one of the main use cases the plugin was designed for.

Question 14

Is RetouchLab safe to install?

Accepted Answer

Yes. RetouchLab is distributed through Adobe Exchange, Adobe's official verified plugin marketplace. It is non-destructive (cannot damage your photos) and runs entirely offline with no cloud processing or telemetry.

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