Operating Mode
Selects the Beauty processing mode or quality profile.
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Cleanup & RestorationIntermediate
Beauty
Skin smoothing with detail and texture recovery
Smooths skin and local texture while recovering controlled detail so faces remain natural instead of becoming uniformly blurred.
Beauty
DaVinci Resolve · Fusion
Smooths skin and local texture while recovering controlled detail so faces remain natural instead of becoming uniformly blurred.
Overview
What Beauty does
Smooths skin and local texture while recovering controlled detail so faces remain natural instead of becoming uniformly blurred.
Beauty works best as a controlled retouching pass: use smoothing to remove small skin irregularities, then bring back pores and facial texture with Detail Recovery and Texture Recovery so the face does not become plastic.
Automatic, Advanced and Ultra Beauty trade simplicity for control and processing cost. Whichever mode you use, judge the balance between smoothing and recovered detail on moving footage, not just on a single flattering frame.
Mental model
Imagine separating broad skin tone from fine texture: smooth the uneven base, then add back the amount of detail and grain that makes the face believable.
Common uses
Subtle skin cleanup
Reduce small blemishes
Balance portrait texture
Prepare beauty shots
Soften harsh digital detail while retaining pores
Flow anatomy
Inputs & outputs
The port structure shows how this node fits into a Fusion graph.
Input
Source image for the operation.
Effect Mask
Optional mask that limits the effect to selected areas.
Beauty
Fusion node
Output
The processed result from this node.
Inspector
Important parameters
Start with these controls before reaching for more complicated workarounds.
Smoothing / Method
Chooses the smoothing algorithm.
Smoothing / Strength
Sets how strongly texture and tonal variation are smoothed.
Smoothing / Levels
Controls the scale or number of smoothing levels.
Smoothing / Quality
Trades processing speed for refinement.
Detail Recovery / Strength
Restores high-frequency detail after smoothing.
Detail Recovery / Width
Controls the detail scale being recovered.
Detail Recovery / Gamma
Adjusts the midtone response without moving the black and white points equally.
Detail Recovery / Blur
Sets the amount of blur.
Preview Edges / Details
Previews the edge/detail map that Beauty is using for recovery.
Preview Recovery
Shows Preview Recovery as a diagnostic preview.
Texture Recovery / Texture
Controls how much surface texture is reintroduced.
Texture Recovery / Scale
Sets the overall scale.
Detail / Edge Balance
Balances texture recovery against edge preservation.
Preview Texture
Shows Preview Texture as a diagnostic preview.
Grain / Strength
Adds controlled grain after smoothing to avoid a plastic result.
Grain / Size
Sets the overall size.
Grain / Softness
Softens the transition at the edge of the mask, matte or effect.
Grain / Saturation
Adjusts color saturation.
Practical setup
A reliable workflow
- 1
Mask or isolate the face when possible.
- 2
Start with low smoothing strength.
- 3
Recover detail before adding extra grain.
- 4
Check eyes, eyebrows, lips and hair for edge loss.
- 5
Review at normal viewing size and 100% before finalizing.
Typical node chain
Input→
Beauty→
Output
Examples
Where this node fits in real work
Portrait cleanup
Smooth skin while keeping facial features crisp.
MediaInBeautyColorCorrectorMediaOut
Interview polish
Apply restrained beauty correction only inside a tracked face mask.
MediaInTracker / MaskBeautyMerge
Troubleshooting
Common mistakes
Using strong smoothing across the whole frame
Destroying facial detail around eyes and hair
Adding grain before the smoothing balance is correct
Ignoring motion and mask tracking
Production notes
Practical tips
Beauty work should usually be less visible than you think.
Track a face mask when the background contains important texture.
Compare bypass frequently to prevent over-processing.
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