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Photoshop retouching plugins you can try for free (2026)
20 of the 30 plugins we score fit this filter, in the same order as the full ranking.
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RetouchLab Skin Pro
RetouchLab Skin Pro is a Photoshop plugin that turns one brush stroke over the skin into frequency separation plus dodge and burn on editable layers.
Retouch4me Retouch Plugins (suite and subscription)
A family of single-task AI retouching plugins (healing, dodge and burn, skin tone, eyes, teeth and more) sold one by one as perpetual licenses or together through yearly credit-based plans.
Retouch4me Apex
A cloud-based all-in-one app that combines the Retouch4me skin, eye, teeth, hair and clothing tools with adjustable strength and a real-time preview.
FSX Plugin
A UXP Photoshop plugin for building and working on frequency separation layers, with a setup tab, live preview and a control workspace.
Retouch4me Dodge & Burn
Applies automatic dodge and burn to even out skin texture, nasolabial folds, eye bags and uneven light and shadow on skin.
Retouch4me Frequency Separation (free)
A free plugin that splits a photo into 2 or 3 frequency layers (fine texture, medium spots, low-frequency tone) for manual skin retouching.
Beauty Pilot
A Windows face editor and Photoshop-compatible plugin for smoothing skin and removing spots such as moles and pimples by dragging a circle over them.
Beauty Box Photo
An automatic skin-smoothing plugin that detects skin tone, reduces blemishes, wrinkles and shine, and evens skin while trying to keep texture.
ON1 Portrait AI 2023.5
An AI portrait retoucher that finds each face and applies skin smoothing, blemish removal, eye and mouth enhancement and face sculpting, as an app or plugin.
Retouch4me Portrait Volumes
Adds depth to portraits by brightening eyes and emphasising lips, nose and facial contours.
Retouch4me Skin Tone
Finds exposed skin, calculates its average tone and evens out colour differences, including on ears, hands and elbows.
PortraitPro 27 (Studio / Studio Max)
Portrait editing software that detects faces and adjusts skin, face shape, eyes, mouth, hair and makeup; the Studio editions also work from Photoshop and Lightroom.
Retouch4me Mattifier
Finds shiny areas on skin and reduces the highlights to give a matte look.
Retouch4me Fabric
Detects clothing in a photo and smooths creases and wrinkles in the fabric.
Imagenomic Portraiture 5 (Photo)
A skin-smoothing plugin that softens skin while keeping texture, using AI masks for skin, hair and eyes plus settings for consistent results across a shoot.
Retouch4me Heal
Automatically finds and removes small skin defects such as blemishes, pimples, post-acne marks and enlarged pores while keeping skin texture.
Retouch4me Color Match
Copies the colour scheme of a reference image onto your photo and can save the result as a LUT.
Retouch4me White Teeth
Automatically detects teeth and whitens them without manual selection.
Retouch4me Clean Backdrop
Removes dirt, small folds and sensor dust from evenly coloured studio backdrops while keeping shadows.
Retouch4me Eyes Bundle (Eye Vessels + Eye Brilliance)
Two eye plugins in one purchase: Eye Vessels removes visible blood vessels and redness from the whites of the eyes, and Eye Brilliance uses dodge and burn to make eyes stand out.