Neural Filters: Skin Smoothing body parts other than face

[traciling]

I recently updated to the latest version of Photoshop 2023. For years for skin smoothing I used Portraiture Imagenomic plug-in and it was magical. Now, I can tell it is no longer supported with Adobe as Photoshop crashes everytime I attempt to use it. Now, I do not know what to do and photoshop doesn't seem to have a skin smoothing tool. Now, I know everyone is going to mention the Neural Filters. Yes, I'm aware of it. It will ONLY WORK on faces. I need to be able to smooth legs, armpits, etc. Is there a solution for this that doesn't require me using the healing brush on thousands of hair folicles while editing thousands of photos? I've shelled out hundreds on my previous plug-in that worked great but now no longer works. Any sucessful suggestions would be appreciated!

[Kevin Stohlmeyer]

Im not aware of any automated add-on/plugin that could give consistent results.

There are a number of tutorails for Frequency Separation for retouching images.

Some of it can be automated for the setup, but it would still require some manual intervention on your part.

https://www.lisacarney.com/basic-frequency-sep

[PECourtejoie]

Excellent.

On the topic of Freq Sep, I'd like to add the excellent Adobe Max Masterclasses by Photoshop Expert @Earth Oliver 

https://www.adobe.com/max/2020/sessions/frequency-separation-20-part-1-photoshop-fs20-reto-l6153a.ht...

https://www.adobe.com/max/2020/sessions/frequency-separation-20-part-2-taking-images-to-th-l6153b.ht...

and @DBarranca (THE expert on UXP and Scripting) writeup: https://www.davidebarranca.com/retouching/frequency-separation-2021 

I hope this helps!

[holdingcophoto]

Yeah it's kinda silly that you can't use this amazing filter on other parts of the body. Would be something great to address in a later version. 

[PECourtejoie]

Hi, look for a feature request, or use the feedback ability of the neural filters to state that the workflow is lacking in that matter.

[garymak]

You really have to dig for that... I can't find it... where is it buried?  thanks!

[PECourtejoie]

On this very forum, you can post a feature request: Below the header, select "ideas" 

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem/ct-p/ct-photoshop?page=1&sort=latest_replies&filt...

To give feedback in the neural filters, click on the up/down thumbs: seen in the last image there: https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/neural-filters.html

[Conrad_C]

Now, I can tell it is no longer supported with Adobe as Photoshop crashes everytime I attempt to use it. Now, I do not know what to do…

By @traciling

Have you looked on the Imagenomic website to see if there are any support documents on their website about incompatibilities or updates, or talked to their customer support? If there was a serious problem, it seems like they would want to fix it because as a plug-in for Photoshop, so much of their business depends on their plug-in staying compatible with every Photoshop update. They probably can’t afford for every paying user to be unable to work with Photoshop, so if there is a crashing problem it’s probably not affecting all Imagenomics users and simply needs troubleshooting to figure out the cause.

I took a quick look on their website, and it looks like they still fully support Photoshop.

[traciling]

I will reach out to them. It may be the version I have is no longer able to be updated and they might want me to spend more money on a different version. I'll see what they have to say!

[PECourtejoie]

Hi, If your issue is that you have a Mac with an Apple Silicon andImagenomics only has a CEP panel, I suggest to install Photoshop 2022 alongside 2023: Install a previous version from the Creative Cloud application: https://helpx.adobe.com/download-install/using/install-previous-version.html

and run Portraiture in 2022, set to rosetta mode, and copy/paste the results to 2023 where you'd have the native version running at full speed.

[traciling]

I'll give it a try!

[traciling]

After a long conversation with Imagenomic, I upgraded my plug-in (more money dished out) but got it working again. I'm glad to have figured this out!

[garymak]

I agree completely!  What's the difference between skin on any part of the body?  It's skin!  And the filer is then mis-named, as it isn't "skin smoothing" it's "facial imperfection removal" or "facial pimple remover" or something... it isn't "skin smoothing" since it only works on the face.

[PECourtejoie]

FYI, it is listed as know issue: https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/neural-filters-feedback.html

Skin Smoothing

Skin Smoothing may not work for body skin, such as neck and shoulders, as well as for skin behind glasses.