Compare RA Panels: Beauty Retouch 6.0 and MUA Retouch
// 01 — Flagship Panel · 6.0
Beauty Retouch 6.0 Panel
The Beauty Retouch 6.0 panel is a Photoshop plugin for photographers and retouchers who want a faster professional retouching workflow, a convenient interface, improved consistency of skin and tonal work, and a decluttered workspace.
Installs on Photoshop® 2025 (v26.0+). Requires PS v27.9+ for all features to work as intended. Mac / Win · M-Series
// 02 — Companion Panel · v2.1
MUA Retouch Panel
The *MUA Retouch panel is a Photoshop plugin created for photographers and retouchers who work with beauty, fashion, and portrait images. It is programmed to mimic the effects of real makeup and color correctors, so it makes immediate sense to creatives in these fields.
Designed to be used independently, or paired with Beauty Retouch for a complete beauty retouching workflow.
* MUA = Makeup Artist
PS 2024+ · Mac / Win · M-Series · New UI Engine 27.9+
Photography & retouching by Julia Kuzmenko McKim using RA Panels
What Each Panel Does
Two panels that complete each other
Used together, the Beauty Retouch and MUA Retouch panels give you the full beauty retouching workflow, plus a dedicated makeup toolset: digital makeup palettes, color correctors, and more. Built for photographers, retouchers, and makeup artists working with beauty, fashion, and portrait images.
| Feature | Beauty RetouchFull workflow | MUA RetouchMakeup-focused |
|---|---|---|
| Key Photoshop tools for the professional beauty retouching workflow | ✓ | ✓ |
| Dodge & Burn (“Foundation Stick PRO” on MUA Retouch) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Custom D&B and Hair brushes | ✓ | ✓ |
| Lash & Brow custom brushes for precision work suitable for ecomm and campaign-level macro beauty images. | ✓ | ✓ |
| Frequency Separation (“Resurface” on MUA Retouch) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Skin tone & Color corrections scripts | ✓ | ✓ |
| Quality Control, Visual Aid & Export scripts | ✓ | ✓ |
| Detailed video tutorials | ✓ | ✓ |
| Photoshop Essentials for Beauty Retouching course (included with both panels) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Our proprietary Luminosity Masking feature for precision color grading and luminosity adjustment work | ✓ | |
| AI-augmented tools & scripts | ✓ | |
| Link six of your own actions to use them from the panel’s interface | ✓ | |
| Digital makeup palettes (blush, lipstick, eyeshadow) | ✓ | |
| Makeup-inspired Color Correctors with Orange Corrector palette for a range of skin tones | ✓ | |
| Add your own Watermark or Text before exporting | ✓ | |
| New in Beauty Retouch 6.0 | ||
| New Skin script fully re-designed, adjust results with sliders | ✓ | |
| Auto-selections for Face and Upper Body, Lips, Teeth, Eyes, and Hair (require PS v27.9+) | ✓ | |
| Skin Tone, Glow, Anti-Pink, Eyes, Teeth, and Hair Highlights scripts automatically mask the relevant parts of the image, so you don’t have to | ✓ | |
| Auto Skin Mask: a group masking the skin on the face, with the eyes and mouth excluded | ✓ | |
| 13 custom Beauty Brushes baked into the panel, including D&B, Hair, Skin, Freckles, Iris, Lashes, and more | ✓ | |
| 4 custom Clone Stamp tool brush tips, specifically for beauty and portrait work | ✓ | |
| Live Help Screen for errors, with troubleshooting links and new panel update notifications from RA | ✓ | |
| Light & Dark UI options with a toggle | ✓ | |
Built in real-world commercial post-production
Incredibly useful, even though I am biased.
Over a decade ago, as I got busier with beauty photography and retouching work, I gradually built and refined a set of actions for myself to save time on the repetitive tasks I was doing in every image. A Retouching Academy colleague suggested we turn them into a Photoshop panel to keep them organized, and because other artists might want them too. We did, and the rest is history.
In 2026, we took the development fully in-house and released our best-ever version, Beauty Retouch 6.0. The MUA Retouch panel upgrade is next.
Refined over a decade of commercial beauty and wellness work, and the day-to-day production at our Avenue visual production studio. These are the tools we use.
Loved by photographers and retouchers worldwide
I retouch skin texture and makeup with both RA Panels. In my work, I can’t do without the Beauty Retouch panel!
Roy Lin, In-house Photographer and Retoucher at Sisley Paris, the French luxury cosmetic company. Paris, France
What our users are saying
Photographers, retouchers and makeup artists who use the RA retouching panels in their day-to-day work
// Both panels at your service
The full beauty retouching workflow SuperPack.
The Beauty Retouch panel assists with all key phases of the typical retouching workflow, while the MUA Retouch is built specifically for makeup retouching. Together they help get you to the finish line faster, while your taste and standards stay in control.
Photography & retouching by Julia Kuzmenko McKim using RA Panels
// Pricing
Pick your RA Panel or get both
Every purchase is covered by a 30-day money-back guarantee.
Beauty Retouch panel
For photographers and retouchers who want a faster retouching workflow, improved consistency of skin and tonal work, and less workspace clutter.
- 1 license · use on 2 computers
- Free updates in active account
- Updated for new UI Engine for PS v27.9+
- Activations reset in account
- New Skin script fully re-designed, adjust results with sliders.
- 13 custom Beauty Brushes baked into the panel, including D&B, Hair, Skin, Freckles, Iris, Lashes, and more
- Live Help Screen for errors, with troubleshooting links and new panel update notifications from RA.
- Auto-selections for Face and Upper Body, Lips, Teeth, Eyes, and Hair (require PS v27.9+).
- Light & Dark UI options with a toggle
- Add six of your own actions to use right from the panel’s interface
- Onboarding video tutorials
- Free Photoshop Essentials course
- Email support · 24 h max
- Lifetime license option available
SuperPack
Both panels, Beauty Retouch + MUA Retouch, one non-destructive professional retouching workflow.
- Use both panels on 2 computers
- Free updates in active account
- Updated for new UI Engine for PS v27.9+
- Activations reset in account
- New Skin script fully re-designed, adjust results with sliders.
- 13 custom Beauty Brushes baked into the panel, including D&B, Hair, Skin, Freckles, Iris, Lashes, and more
- Live Help Screen for errors, with troubleshooting links and new panel update notifications from RA.
- Auto-selections for Face and Upper Body, Lips, Teeth, Eyes, and Hair (require PS v27.9+).
- Light & Dark UI options with a toggle
- Add six of your own actions
- Digital makeup palettes
- Lash & brow custom brushes
- Onboarding video tutorials
- Free Photoshop Essentials course
- Priority email support · 12 h
MUA Retouch panel
For beauty, fashion, and portrait photographers, retouchers, featuring a dedicated makeup toolset: digital makeup palettes, color correctors, and more.
- 1 license · use on 2 computers
- Free updates in active account
- Updated for new UI Engine for PS v27.9+
- Activations reset in account
- Digital makeup palettes
- Lash & brow, D&B custom brushes
- Onboarding video tutorials
- Free Photoshop Essentials course
- Email support · 24 h max
- Lifetime license option available
// 30-day money-back guarantee
Frequently asked
Common questions we hear the most.
Professional retouching panels for Photoshop. They’re modern UXP plugins that speed up beauty, fashion, and portrait retouching: skin and facial features, hair and makeup, Luminosity Masking, selections, color, finishing, Smart Liquify, sharpening, export, and more. The new Beauty Retouch 6.0 features 13 custom beauty brushes, such as D&B, skin, lash, hair, iris, and others, baked into the panel. You can also add six of your own custom actions to the panel’s interface.
Built by working beauty photographers and retouchers, and a makeup artist who shoots and retouches his own work, Jordan Liberty. The Beauty Retouch panel has been in professional use since 2013; the MUA Retouch panel since 2020.
Even if you begin each retouch with a first pass on an AI platform, professional work always needs a detailed finish in Photoshop, especially if you work (or are looking to work) with commercial clients.
The panels help you get to the finish line faster while your taste and standards stay in control, saving you hours in the long run.
The Beauty Retouch handles your full beauty and portrait workflow, now with a rebuilt New Skin script, built-in automatic selections and masking, 13 Beauty Brushes baked into the panel, and a Live Help Screen.
The MUA Retouch focuses on makeup and color corrections for beauty, fashion, and portrait photography, but has a few key retouching scripts so it can be used on its own, too. The SuperPack bundles both.
Yes. Our retouching panels are Photoshop plugins, fully updated for the new UI Engine for Photoshop® v27.9+. Compatible with macOS and Windows, including Apple silicon (M-series).
Beauty Retouch 6.0 can be installed on Adobe® Photoshop® 2025 (v26.0) or later. However, to ensure all tools and scripts on the panels work as intended, Photoshop® 2026 (v27.9+) is required.
MUA Retouch and Pixel Juggler install on Adobe® Photoshop® 2024 (v25.3) or later.
Yes. All Photoshop plugins are installed via the desktop Creative Cloud app.
Install and use each panel on 2 computers, Mac or Windows, Apple silicon (M-series) included. When you need to move, reset your License Activations from your Member Account, no support ticket required.
Learn more: Software Product License.
Yes. Every license allows two simultaneous activations. When you need to use the panel on another computer, reset one license activation from your Member Account (no ticket required), then activate the panel on that other computer.
Learn more: Reset your Panel Activations in Photoshop.
The RA Panels are subscription-based, the industry standard for professional software, and it’s what keeps our Support and Development teams behind them. Most of our users are working photographers and retouchers who rely on the panels nearly every day, so when a regular Photoshop update breaks something, we fix it quickly.
Fixes are only half of the reason: we keep improving the panels, and new versions and features land in your Member Account at no extra cost while your subscription is active.
In 2026, we took the development fully in-house and released our best-ever version, Beauty Retouch 6.0. The MUA Retouch panel upgrade is next. This ongoing work is only possible with a subscription-based model.
That’s what $39.99 a year (roughly $0.10 a day) covers: the panels staying updated, compatible, and growing as Photoshop changes, with our Support and Development teams ready to help every single day. Your first year of Maintenance & Support subscription is included in your purchase. If your subscription lapses or is cancelled, you have 30 days to renew; after that, you will need to purchase a new license.
Prefer to pay once? The Beauty Retouch lifetime license and MUA Retouch lifetime license options are there for that.
Absolutely. We created the MUA Retouch panel as a makeup companion for the Beauty Retouch panel, which carries the core of the beauty, fashion and portrait workflow. Each panel can be used independently, and together they are most helpful for professionals who do beauty, fashion and female portrait work: compare the panels.
We offer $50+ off the MUA Retouch panel when you buy both.
No. Instead, every purchase is covered by a 30-day money-back guarantee. If it’s not for you, reach out within 30 days and we’ll make things right.
You’ll get two emails: one to create your account and set a password, and a second with your order confirmation, download link and invoice.
Immediately after, you will receive a short sequence of emails to help you get familiar with your panel faster.
More details here: Right after your RA Panel purchase.
Need help? Submit a Support Ticket, we’re in Los Angeles, CA and Dallas, TX, and we reply to every support ticket within 24 hours (priority tickets sooner).