Reducing the Opacity of Frequency Seperation Layers ?

[augustya]

Hi Guys,

I have a quick question when you do Frequency Seperation for Portrait Touch ups and let's say you have worked on the High frequency Layer and Low Frequency Layer to also address the Under Eye Dark Circles and Bags or even Facial Scars of the subject, and to keep it realistic if you wanna reduce the opacity of the eye touch up area layer only there is no way that I can only do it for the eye area meaning if I reduce the opacity of both the layers it affects the entire image. So how to restrict it only to the eye area.

I mean I can think of using a low flow, low hardness and low opacity but wouldn't it be nicer if I can also reduce the opacity of that layer itself. But how do it only for the eye area ?

[augustya]

Looks like there is no solution available for this? as nobody seems to have an answer for this? Is that indeed the case?

[NotMyFault]

Add a mask layer to the HF layer, and use a black soft brush with an opacity setting of 15% to reduce op opacity in the chosen region.

[augustya]

3 minutes ago, NotMyFault said:

Add a mask layer to the HF layer, and use a black soft brush with an opacity setting of 15% to reduce op opacity in the chosen region.

Ok, So does this not work for the Low Frequency Layer ?

[NotMyFault]

You will get a semitransparent result if the LF layers is the bottom layer.

if you have an unmodified background layer, put that at bottom of the layer stack. Then you can use a mask on LF.

btw: the best way to use frequency separation is adding 2 empty pixel layer, 1 above LF and one above HF. Then do any edits in those separate layers. 
you can then just reduce the opacity of those layers (by masking).

[augustya]

31 minutes ago, NotMyFault said:

btw: the best way to use frequency separation is adding 2 empty pixel layer, 1 above LF and one above HF. Then do any edits in those separate layers. 
you can then just reduce the opacity of those layers (by masking).

That sounds good.

[augustya]

3 hours ago, NotMyFault said:

You will get a semitransparent result if the LF layers is the bottom layer.

if you have an unmodified background layer, put that at bottom of the layer stack. Then you can use a mask on LF.

btw: the best way to use frequency separation is adding 2 empty pixel layer, 1 above LF and one above HF. Then do any edits in those separate layers. 
you can then just reduce the opacity of those layers (by masking).

One more question with unmodified background layer do you mean if I have a duplicate later copy of the photo I can place that beneath all the layers or which one ?

[NotMyFault]

Beneath, bottom most position.

[augustya]

On 1/23/2025 at 4:51 PM, NotMyFault said:

You will get a semitransparent result if the LF layers is the bottom layer.

if you have an unmodified background layer, put that at bottom of the layer stack. Then you can use a mask on LF.

btw: the best way to use frequency separation is adding 2 empty pixel layer, 1 above LF and one above HF. Then do any edits in those separate layers. 
you can then just reduce the opacity of those layers (by masking).

Facing an issue somedays back you suggested this method of if someone wants to reduce the opacity of the changes made in Low Frequency and High Frequency Layer by adding a mask above both the layers and then reducing the opacity of those makes layers. But when I am trying to do that it is not happening. can you please have a look and tell me what is going wrong here? why is not happening this time ?

It happens on the actual Low Frequency and High Frequency Layer. But not on the mask layer which I place on top of it.