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Batch Frequency Separation

Frequency separation plugin for Photoshop retouchers that builds the complete 3-band rig in one click, or batches an entire folder into layered PSDs.

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Description

Stop building the same layer stack for every single photo.

One click builds the complete pro retouching rig: High, Mid, and Low frequency layers, plus Dodge & Burn and Frequency Retouch layers ready to paint. Your original stays untouched at the bottom of the stack.

Point it at a folder and every photo comes out a layered PSD, rig built, named, saved. No other frequency separation plugin does batch.

Shoot the wedding. Batch the selects. Start retouching.

Built for wedding, school, studio, and e-commerce photographers, anyone who retouches dozens of frames at a time.

One click, whole rig

Hit Separate and the full 3-band stack appears: mathematically exact, so Blend view is identical to your original until you start retouching.

Batch: folder in, PSDs out

Pick an input and output folder and every photo gets the full rig — layered, named, saved. Originals never modified, no cap on file count.

Preview before you commit

Live Split View compares any band against the finished image. Drag the divider, switch High / Low / Blend, tune intensity, nothing is final until you say so, and Cancel restores your file exactly.

Consistent across a whole shoot

Auto radius scales to each image's resolution. Or measure once, drag a ruler across an eye, and reproduce the identical look on any photo at any size.

Features

  • True 3-band separation — mathematically exact
    • Batch mode — folder in, layered PSDs out; originals never touched
      • Live Preview with Split View
        • Auto radius per image, intensity slider, full manual control
          • Measure once, match the look on any photo
            • Gaussian, Median, or Surface Blur — correct 8- and 16-bit math
              • One undo removes the rig; Cancel restores your file exactly
                • Remove Tool friendly — heal directly on a frequency layer

                  Requirements

                  Adobe Photoshop 24.2 or newer · Windows & macOS
                  Median and Surface Blur need an 8- or 16-bit RGB image. No 32-bit.
                  UXP plugin: installs and licenses through the aescripts + aeplugins manager app (ZXP/UXP Installer also supported).

                  • 00:00 What you'll build
                  • 00:13 Preview and Split View — seeing each band
                  • 00:38 Choosing the filter and radius (Auto, Intensity, manual)
                  • 00:56 Separate — the 3-band rig shown
                  • 01:16 Retouching on the High layer (Remove Tool)
                  • 01:30 Dodge & Burn
                  • 01:41 Measure once, match any photo
                  • 02:03 Batch mode — folder in, PSDs out
                  • 02:30 Wrap up

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                  Version History

                  1.1.0 -

                  Sep 22, 2026

                  first release

                  Compatibility

                  Photoshop

                  2027, 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023

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