DNB PRO video tutorial

Welcome to Vendax D N B Pro for Photoshop. Let's create a natural portrait while preserving skin texture.

This tutorial walks through an editable portrait-retouching workflow.

Start with the original photograph.

Save a PSD to preserve layers and masks.

FACE MASK defines where skin processing can be applied and which areas are protected.

CLEANUP opens pore and manual cleanup tools.

AUTO DODGE & BURN runs the full retouching cycle.

It includes cleanup, tonal correction, color, eyes and teeth.

FREQUENCY SEPARATION opens tone and texture controls.

SKIN TONE reduces unwanted skin-color variations.

LIGHTEN & DARKEN opens direct light-and-shadow painting.

EYES & TEETH opens separate detail controls.

ADVANCED reveals masks, brushes and stage settings.

BEFORE shows the original DNB state.

AFTER restores the saved result settings.

CAMERA RAW opens the Camera Raw workflow.

Adjust result selects an existing processing stage.

Strength controls the selected result.

Creating a stage and adjusting a result are different actions.

Check view selects a diagnostic preview.

CHECK displays the selected preview.

Choose Clean view before judging the final result.

Create or reopen the skin mask.

The red overlay marks protected areas.

Clear areas can receive the effect.

WHITE BRUSH includes an area.

BLACK BRUSH protects an area.

Protect eyes, eyebrows, lips and hair.

Protect any distinctive moles and freckles that you want to preserve.

Review mask edges before processing.

PORE CLEANUP targets small dark skin spots.

FIND PORES previews detected candidates.

Review the detection before applying cleanup.

Max size limits the size of candidate spots.

AUTO PORE CLEANUP creates the correction.

Lower Strength for a more subtle result.

BEFORE / AFTER compares this cleanup pass.

CLONE selects the Clone Stamp on a separate layer.

Option-click to sample a clean source on Mac.

HEALING BRUSH blends sampled skin with its surroundings.

Keep the original texture visible.

BACK TO CLEANUP returns to the tool chooser.

Run the automatic retouching cycle.

Wait for all processing stages to finish.

Review the result before adding more passes.

Select an existing stage under Adjust result.

Reduce any effect that looks too strong.

HIGH, MID and LOW have independent strength controls.

Compare the complete result with BEFORE and AFTER.

Open TEETH and create the mask.

Include teeth; protect lips, gums and gaps.

WHITE BRUSH adds teeth to the mask.

BLACK BRUSH removes unwanted areas.

RUN PROCESSING applies the correction.

Strength controls the teeth result.

Keep natural shading between the teeth.

BEFORE / AFTER compares only this correction.

Open EYES & TEETH, then EYES.

Choose EYE WHITES under Eye adjustment.

EDIT EYE WHITES MASK opens the editable mask.

Red marks protected areas.

Include the whites without covering lashes or pupils.

WHITE BRUSH includes an area.

BLACK BRUSH protects an area.

APPLY EYE WHITES MASK returns to the portrait.

Eye whites controls the effect strength.

Keep natural shadows around the eyes.

BEFORE / AFTER compares the eye-whites correction.

Choose a section from the Advanced menu.

UNDO reverses the latest Photoshop history step.

REDO restores an undone step.

A new edit clears the redo history.

BACK TO MAIN returns to the main tools.

ALL SECTIONS displays the available sections together.

MICRO D&B targets fine tonal variations.

AUTO STRENGTH adjusts the automatic pass.

AUTO BEFORE / AFTER compares that pass.

Inspect fine skin detail at 100–200%.

SECOND PASS — MASKED adds a separate local correction.

Scale takes effect on the next processing run.

CREATE MASK prepares the working mask.

White includes skin; black adds protection.

RUN PROCESSING creates the masked pass.

MASKED STRENGTH affects only the second pass.

MASKED BEFORE / AFTER compares only that pass.

BACK TO AUTOMATIC D&B returns to automatic controls.

MACRO D&B adjusts broader tonal variations.

AUTO STRENGTH controls the automatic result.

Scale applies to the next run.

Compare the automatic pass first.

Create a mask for an additional local pass.

Use white to include and black to protect.

RUN PROCESSING adds the masked correction.

MASKED STRENGTH controls the added pass.

Compare automatic and masked results separately.

SKIN TONE reduces uneven skin-color variations.

AUTO STRENGTH adjusts the automatic pass.

Compare the result while preserving natural skin color.

Scale applies to the next processing run.

CREATE MASK prepares an additional local correction.

White includes an area; black protects it.

RUN PROCESSING adds the masked pass.

MASKED STRENGTH controls this additional correction.

Compare the masked result separately.

LOW MAP shows broad color and light.

MID MAP shows intermediate detail.

HIGH MAP shows fine texture.

Selected band chooses the band to edit.

High / Mid radius separates finer detail.

Mid / Low radius separates broader detail.

Mid / Low must exceed High / Mid.

Adjust radii while inspecting the map.

APPLY processes the selected band.

Earlier passes remain enabled.

APPLY returns to the portrait.

LOW, MID and HIGH have separate strength controls.

Zero percent leaves the band unchanged.

One hundred percent shows full correction.

EDIT MASK opens the selected band mask.

WHITE BRUSH adds the effect.

BLACK BRUSH excludes an area.

BEFORE / AFTER compares the result.

BACK TO PORTRAIT closes the map view.

Paint light and shadow directly on the portrait.

WHITE BRUSH lightens.

BLACK BRUSH darkens.

Use a soft brush and restrained strokes.

Set brush size and flow in Photoshop.

Press X to swap white and black.

Repeated strokes build up the effect.

NEW PASS creates another editable brush pass.

White effect controls lightening independently.

Black effect controls darkening independently.

The panel shows the strength of the selected brush.

BEFORE / AFTER compares the shaping pass.

LUMINOSITY offers automatic or manual processing.

AUTOMATIC D&B opens the automatic shaping controls.

FACE SHAPING starts the automatic face-light process.

BACK TO D&B returns to the chooser.

MANUAL D&B provides separate light and shadow masks.

CREATE D&B prepares the manual layers.

LIGHT BRUSH selects the lightening mask.

SHADOW BRUSH selects the darkening mask.

Paint gradually with a soft brush.

ERASE EFFECT removes the last selected effect.

Overall controls the combined manual result.

Light and Shadow adjust each effect separately.

Release a slider to apply its strength.

BEFORE / AFTER compares the selected manual group.

Choose IRIS SETTINGS — LIGHT & COLOR.

CREATE / OPEN IRIS MASK prepares the iris mask.

Protect pupils, eyelids and catchlights.

WHITE BRUSH includes the iris.

BLACK BRUSH protects unwanted areas.

APPLY IRIS LIGHT uses the reviewed mask.

Iris light adjusts brightness.

Iris saturation adjusts color depth.

Adjust both while viewing the portrait.

BEFORE / AFTER compares the iris correction.

CHECK LUMINOSITY reveals uneven light in black and white.

CHECK COLOR reveals color variation at even brightness.

CHECK TEXTURE emphasizes pores and fine detail.

Inspect texture at 100–200%.

Turn diagnostic views off before final judgment.

Edit FINAL SKIN when additional protection is needed.

CHECK VISIBLE RESULTS inspects existing protection.

Select a result group or one of its layers.

SYNC SELECTED RESULT updates that result.

SYNC ALL VISIBLE updates visible results.

New black restrictions are transferred.

Existing manual black protection is preserved.

White areas do not expand.

Working masks for future runs are edited separately.

This section provides a separate mask-testing workflow.

CREATE / RESET MASK 0.5 creates or resets its test mask.

ADD includes an area.

PROTECT excludes an area.

REBUILD FINAL rebuilds the final mask.

OVERLAY ON / OFF toggles the mask preview.

Overlay changes preview opacity.

This optional utility is shown here without resetting the working mask.

CAMERA RAW creates an editable snapshot.

The Camera Raw dialog opens in Photoshop.

Review global light and color settings here.

For this portrait, the settings remain neutral.

Click OK to return to Photoshop.

EDIT CAMERA RAW reopens the existing snapshot.

NEW FROM CURRENT RESULT creates a fresh snapshot.

Previous Camera Raw settings are not copied.

RETURN TO RETOUCH hides snapshots for further editing.

Underlying layers remain editable.

BEFORE ALL compares all DNB retouching.

RESTORE AFTER restores visibility and strengths.

Avoid manual layer edits while viewing BEFORE.

CLEAN VIEW — HIDE CHECKS removes diagnostic previews.

100% shows pixel-level detail.

200% helps inspect mask edges and small artifacts.

FIT shows the full composition.

CHECK LAYERS & MASKS reviews the processing structure.

Check the eyes, nose, mouth and skin transitions.

Save the layered PSD.

This completes the VENDAX DNB PRO workflow for Photoshop.