Does Video Face Retouch process an uploaded video?

No. This photo-effects route accepts one still image and provides no decoding, face tracking, or temporal smoothing across frames. It previews a restrained retouch treatment honestly instead of pretending separate generated frames would stay consistent.

Why not apply Video Face Retouch the same way virtual staging edits a room?

Virtual staging intentionally synthesizes large replaceable room regions. A face carries identity at pixel scale, and independent generation would also flicker between frames. This still-image effect therefore verifies three local skin zones, caps corrections, preserves the rest exactly, and refuses uncertain inputs instead of regenerating the person.

Video Face Retouch applied to the same source image — The same source image before and after applying Video Face Retouch.

Original source image before Video Face Retouch — The same source image before and after applying Video Face Retouch.

Video Face Retouch — Polish One Still Frame Without Regenerating It

Preview a conservative face-retouch treatment on one uploaded still image—without regenerating the frame or implying temporal video tracking.

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Supported formats include JPG, PNG, GIF, WebP, SVG, HEIC, AVIF, TIFF, RAW, PSD. Maximum file size: 20 MB.

What you can do with the Video Face Retouch effect

Review the available effect capabilities before you begin.

Apply the Video Face Retouch effect to any photo
Fine-tune the effect strength to taste
Preview your photo live as you edit
Download your edited photo in high quality
Apply Video Face Retouch to many photos at once

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About the Video Face Retouch effect

Video Face Retouch applies a gentle, conservative polish to a still frame you have pulled out of a video. To be clear about what this is: it works on one uploaded image. It does not open video files and it does not follow a face from frame to frame. Each face is checked on its own, skin is separated from hair, beard, clothing and background, and the eyes, brows, nose and lips are protected before anything changes. Only three bounded areas on the forehead and both cheeks are touched, at a deliberately reduced strength, so a frame still cuts together with the ones around it. Pores, fine detail and age are kept, and everything else is copied straight into a lossless PNG. In a group shot every face is handled separately.

How to use Video Face Retouch

Upload a photo, adjust the Video Face Retouch intensity, compare its processed preview with the source, and download the finished result.

Why use the Video Face Retouch effect?

Video Face Retouch, tuned to your photo

Use the intensity control to balance the Video Face Retouch treatment with the detail and character of your original photo.

A fast Video Face Retouch workflow

A reduced Video Face Retouch preview keeps adjustments responsive. Free downloads are clean and web-size; Premium or a credit unlocks the original resolution.

Secure Video Face Retouch processing

Video Face Retouch uploads are processed on secure servers and automatically removed under the normal Pixoate retention policy.

How it works

Processing

Video Face Retouch uses an AI action. Any separate allowance is shown before this effect starts processing.

Best for

sharp, evenly lit still frames with a complete near-front face and an uncovered forehead, eyebrows, eyes, cheeks, nose, lips, jaw and chin — one person or a whole group.

Less suited to: video files, which are not accepted, plus side profiles, tilted or cropped faces, glasses, hair or hands covering features, very small faces in a wide shot, motion-blurred frames, and skin that is already even.

Ways to use Video Face Retouch

Preview a conservative video-inspired retouch look on one representative still frame before choosing settings elsewhere.
Balance small forehead and cheek variations without changing identity, expression, age cues, hair, clothing, or surroundings.
Export a lossless retouched still while every non-skin feature and every pixel outside the three verified zones remains exact.

Video Face Retouch questions

Does Video Face Retouch process an uploaded video?: No. This photo-effects route accepts one still image and provides no decoding, face tracking, or temporal smoothing across frames. It previews a restrained retouch treatment honestly instead of pretending separate generated frames would stay consistent.
Why not apply Video Face Retouch the same way virtual staging edits a room?: Virtual staging intentionally synthesizes large replaceable room regions. A face carries identity at pixel scale, and independent generation would also flicker between frames. This still-image effect therefore verifies three local skin zones, caps corrections, preserves the rest exactly, and refuses uncertain inputs instead of regenerating the person.