Editorial Speed Retouch

I just now realized the whites are a bit blown out on the ’s what happens when you retouch at 3 am. lol Anyway here’s a 2 hour retouch that I compressed down to 15 minutes. I used my panel a bit, but because I wanted the more natural look, I stuck with a lot of dodge and burn, so not so much frequency separation apart from the skin healing. There’s a bit of banding from the video, but also with this gradated background, the slightest adjustments actually did start creating some banding, and no