The RA Beauty Retouch Panel v3.0 and Pixel Juggler are essential workflow accelerators designed by the Retouching Academy
to streamline high-end beauty, fashion, and portrait retouching. While the Beauty Retouch panel
handles complex tasks like skin texture preservation and color correction, the Pixel Juggler acts as a companion tool for quick utility access. Key Features & Workflow Tools
The panels are built to replace repetitive manual actions with one-click scripts that maintain professional quality. RA Panels Archives - Retouching Academy The RA Beauty Retouch Panel v3
The panel is divided into rows/buttons. Main sections:
| Section | Purpose | |---------|---------| | Setup | Creates new retouching layers (Frequency Separation, Dodge & Burn, etc.) | | Skin Retouch | Quick skin cleaning, healing brush actions | | Dodge & Burn | Soft/hard dodge & burn layer creation | | Color | Hue/Sat, color balance, selective color actions | | Finish | Sharpening, grain, vignette, grading | | Pixel Juggler | Custom macros for pixel-level edits (cloning, stamping, healing) |
Locate the Extension Folder:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\CEP\extensions\/Library/Application Support/Adobe/CEP/extensions/
If folders don't exist, create them.Copy the Panel Folder:
Extract the downloaded RA Beauty Retouch v3.0 folder and paste it into the extensions directory.
Enable Unverified Extensions (Critical for CS6/CC 2015):
Edit > Preferences > Plug-ins.defaults write com.adobe.CSXS PlayerDebug -bool trueLaunch Photoshop:
Navigate to Window > Extensions > RA Beauty Retouch Panel v3.0. Installation Steps:
First-Time Calibration: Click the "Reset Panel" icon (gear symbol). This ensures all script paths point correctly to your Photoshop version.
Before the days of Lightroom-heavy export presets, the RA Panel offered a quick way to add copyright watermarks and flatten images for web export directly within the Photoshop interface.