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The best manual brush tools (2026)
2 of the 10 tools we score fit this filter, in the same order as the full ranking.
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Top pick 2026
RetouchLab Skin Pro
RetouchLab Skin Pro is a Photoshop plugin that turns one brush stroke over the skin into frequency separation plus dodge and burn on editable layers.
Highest score of 10Top marks in 4 of 6 criteria#1 in 8 categoriesRated 5.0 on Adobe Exchange
7.5Strong · /10
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Topaz Photo (formerly Topaz Photo AI)
Subscription desktop app that uses AI models to denoise, sharpen, upscale and recover faces in photos, as a standalone app or a plugin for common editors.
5.2Basic · /10