Frequency Separation for Portraits with Lisa Carney

Glad I bought this as it is the "one stop shop" for Ps FS IMHO! I'll need to watch it several more times for sure, but I never understood the depth of utility inherent in Ps FS until now. Thank you very much Lisa and Creative Live.

Another awesome class from Lisa Carney! Great explanation of frequency separation and as always funny and entertaining.

Made me realize things I have not thought of and gave me structure! I love her candid style and honesty as well. She is amazing!

Lisa really dropped some gems here. Information hundreds of YouTube videos won’t teach you. We love you Lisa… was an absolute pleasure🍾

This technic is awesome. I do not do portrait, but I use it to clean pave roads and trucks. It save me a lot of time and I can be so much more creative. Lisa is wonderful and I love her teaching. Congratulations Lisa, good job!

Great Course. Enjoyed everything. learned a bunch =) Thank you

Very expertly taught... this a fairly concise guide on how to use FS in your work. No recipe for 16bit though... google it.

I used to do most of my editing in Light Room and recently began pulling files into Photoshop to get a little deeper. I saw a few simple YouTube videos on Frequency Separation, and while they work, there's only so much you can do with it. I was amazed with Lisa's course at just how much you can add to a simple Frequency Separation, such as the color, the dust and scratch, the extra blur layers, the eye sharpening, adding volume to the skin, and so much more. She moves fast, but if you've got a decent knowledge of Photoshop you can keep up. If you've purchased the program, it's easy enough to pause ... do the work ... then continue. All in all I'd say it was a great class, I got a lot out of it, and I WILL be using it on a regular basis.

Lisa Carney demystifies the Frequency Separation technique for people images. First and foremost, she helps you not only understand the "formula" for the process, but she goes beyond just the formula to assist in helping one find their own creative use of the technique. Her style really makes the tutorial fun as she cracks wise about retouching herself while ate the same time showing learners the basics of use of the tool, Lisa is also a realist, letting learners know that Frequency Separation is a process that will take learners time to become totally fluent in using. It is a course you really should buy for reference. I'm a better retoucher (but still learning) thanks to Lisa Carney's Frequency Separation course.

Lisa Carney provides a very comprehensive course on frequency separation. The segments of the course could have been broken down further and given additional titles as Lisa offers so much more than what was described in the title headers. You will need to buy this course so to revisit the segments so to apply incrementally to your PS work. There is simply so much information that this is without doubt a buy and keep course. I would have liked to be taught about using 16 bit files which Lisa admitted was available. Also, I think Lisa was a bit anxious, understandably, presenting on the world wide web but she sure gives a lot of information. She was not overly concerned about promoting other companies or selling herself and at times I cringed at her lack of self-promotion but she seems such a genuine and honest person for which I very much warmed too. If you think she talks too fast simply slowdown the pace withe CL audio setting. Overall, a Highly recommended course for which you need to invest in as a reference for your library.

Love this - I found her easy to follow and energetic :) Would highly recommend!!

Excellent tutorial. Well explained, easy to understand, one more great tool to advance in retouching. Thank you.

This is really good information, however she is way too fast with her explanations (what's the hurry...???). Although she claims that this is an easy technique, it's very complicated (for most). She needs to slow down and go through her information at a slower pace. She needs to organize her process in to a teaching format/curriculum and present it with a step by step elementary presentation style. Wow! I'm glad I can go back and replay these videos.....

Love the course but cannot get the gradient tool to use the skin colours when blending tones. Only getting greyscale with gradient. Help would be appreciated with this. Love your tutorials.

A lot of very valuable knowledge and many interesting things to keep. For me, it is way a too messy process.

Great demystifier of frequency separation. I could see it being difficult to follow if you aren't already pretty comfortable in photoshop, but the concept is clearly presented here. As a retoucher with a few years' experience, this let me hit the ground running on FS – which I'd been avoiding because it seemed way too esoteric. It's not. Thanks, Lisa!

Awesome class. Complicated, but that's what replaying is for. Still, took out a lot of the mystery on FS and added many more tricks to my work flow. Lisa rocks!

As others have said, this is not a basic class and you have to watch it a few times and take notes, but I've learned so much about frequency separation and its such a powerful tool. I love the actions and bonus materials that Lisa provides. She is turning into one of my favorite instructors on CreativeLive.

Great informaiton explained perfectly, albeit a bit quick! lol Just rewatch and play while she's explaining. The only class I've watched that explains frequency separation in a way I get.

I'm giving this class a thumbs up only after watching it 3 times. Lisa talks and moves way fast. I know it's an advanced class, I consider myself pretty advanced, however you've almost have to read her mind as to what she's doing a lot of the time. She's right, once you've got it, it's not hard.

a class very well explained, very interesting! thank you

This tutorial is great. It's probably not great for someone new to photoshop but if you have tried frequency separation and/or understand photoshop this is so easy to follow.

Probably one of the best, top 2, FS related tutorials, and to think it was only 23 dollars, ... HOLY CRAP! I love that she does not get bogged down in dealing with the stuff people should already know when they fire this tutorial up like KEYBOARD shortcuts, ...... you can look that stuff up, .... but she does give a little insight into channel pulling, which is nice, but really that can be looked up. I love that she is quick and that there is no BS filler that a lot of tutorials have. People that are having trouble following this TUT should go out and learn the stuff she doesnt go over, and then come back to this one, BECAUSE you will get WAY more out of it after that. I WANT MORE LIST tutorials because I want more insight into what the top retouchers do in the business. I would have paid 4x what they charge for this, .... anyway, ... :)

After watching this many times, I am still finding it really hard to follow and enjoy, The presenter speaks so fast and clicks away at shortcuts like crazy. I found it quite stressful listening to it and am still trying to get my head around all the instructions, even following the additional materials is difficult. Disappointing.

I had an understanding of this process prior to purchasing the course, but there was room for improvement. Lisa shares her expertise and how to finesse each layer which opens possibilities to use frequency separation beyond the obvious or basic. I feel more confident I know what tool to use and where to execute the edits to achieve the look I need.