Photoshop's Bidirectional Gradient Masks Finally Make Skin Blending Feel Natural

Photoshop's Bidirectional Gradient Masks Finally Make Skin Blending Feel Natural

I was mid-project last month, working on a set of beauty shots for a skincare client, and I ran into that same old frustration. You know the one. You’ve done your frequency separation, your dodge and burn looks clean, and then you need to blend two adjustments together across a transition zone on the face. You reach for the gradient mask tool and immediately realize the gradient is going to blow out one end or the other.