Rochas
Three crops at native resolution, 4.5× the frames above. Nothing enlarged.
Brow and under-eye. Marks on the forehead resolved one by one. The frown line was eased with light and shade, not erased. The under-eye was lifted keeping its fold.
Nose and mouth. Redness around the nose and the smile line neutralised by tone. Marks on the cheek and chin resolved. Loose hairs and the shine on the lip are kept.
Forehead and temple. Marks resolved one by one. The horizontal lines were eased by volume, not by blur. The hairline is cut against the background with no halo.
Two frames from the same campaign, with the tattoos removed. Here the work is not cleaning but rebuilding: skin with its hair and its volume where there was ink. The green marks on the before are the client’s own corrections on the file.
Two tattoos on his arm and one on her hip.
The arm at 2×. The skin keeps its hair and the fall of the light, and the edge against the blue holds with no halo.
Two tattoos on the crossed arms, and her waist.
Both arms at 2×. Forearm and bicep rebuilt over muscle under tension, each with its own direction of hair.
Happy to walk you through any of these images, layer by layer.
3840 × 5760 px · Frequency separation and dodge & burn
Gonzalo M. Gómez · Retouching and colour, in stills and motion · Buenos Aires