Boutique Retouching: Recent Episodes
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How To Set Up Your Wacom Tablet For Efficient Retouching
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Tablet and Pen are a retoucher's most used physical tools, bridging the connection from our world into the bits and digits. Spending so many hours handling the pen and scratching tablet surfaces makes us think twice about how we set things up to reduce fatigue and at the same time increase efficiency. After all, time is money and our health is our most precious asset.
This guide will help you set up your Wacom Tablet to achieve both of these important key features. You might have developed other habits by now but consider giving these a try. Expect to get used to any structural change over one or two weeks of time for your muscle memory to be re-trained
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LTR!036 – Natalia Fadejeva Retoucher – Part II
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Natalia Fadejeva who is retouching for magazines like Vogue, ELLE and known Makeup Brands like Anastasia Beverly Hills talks about her journey of becoming a retoucher, the struggles of studying arts at university, and gives valuable insights into real-world retouching scenarios.
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LTR!035 – Natalia Fadejeva Retoucher
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Listen in when world renowned retoucher Natalia Fadejeva talks about her love of Photoshop and the struggles going through a formal arts education.
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LTR!034 – Greg Benz the creator of Lumenzia
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Greg Benz is a photographer and software engineer who created the Photoshop add-on panel LUMENZIA. The panel is providing a unique way for photographers to select and adjust different tonalities within images.
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LTR!033 – Joseph Parry Retoucher
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Retouching is only done by boring people hiding behind their screens? Wrong! Join in into todays hilarious conversation with Joseph Parry who is delighted to bring more fun to retouching, and, at the same time educates us on pitfalls on the path of becoming a more than solid retoucher. Joseph Parry is a freelance Fashion and Commercial retoucher based in the UK. He's worked for the likes of Superdry, Ted Baker, Fairfax & Favour, Danskin, Scholl, Gaviscon, Canon Deutschland and more. He likes music, video games, and the odd pint at the local pub.
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LTR!032 – Joseph Parry Retoucher
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Retouching is only done by boring people hiding behind their screens? Wrong! Join in into todays hilarious conversation with Joseph Parry who is delighted to bring more fun to retouching, and, at the same time educates us on pitfalls on the path of becoming a more than solid retoucher. Joseph Parry is a freelance Fashion and Commercial retoucher based in the UK. He's worked for the likes of Superdry, Ted Baker, Fairfax & Favour, Danskin, Scholl, Gaviscon, Canon Deutschland and more. He likes music, video games, and the odd pint at the local pub.
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LTR!031 – Daniel Meadows of DMD Retouching
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Professional retoucher Daniel Meadows talks about all things retouching tools and workflow. Get industry insights from working professionals.
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LTR!030 – Daniel Meadows Retoucher
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Professional retoucher Daniel Meadows shares insights in professional retouching, how he learned retouching with the help of browsing forums, and how to work with advertising agencies.
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LTR!029 – Joel Grimes Photography, Gear, Workshops and Creativity
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Joel Grimes shares his passion for creating images with us and why he is an artist with merely a set of tools to help his vision come to life.
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LTR!028 – Important Questions And Excuses We Make
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Sometimes we all need time to make plans. A business can only strive and maintain stable flow if we are headed in the right direction. I am asking some existential questions in this episode.
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LTR!027 – Scott Kelby On Photoshop, Lightroom, And A World Without Bridge
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Scott Kelby is one of the heavyweights in the photo industry, and for good reasons!
We talk about his start in the industry, how he grew his business and the ethics of retouching.
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LTR!026 – Susan Rockstraw Retouching
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High-End retoucher Susan from California talks about her way to becoming a full-time retoucher in the beauty and fashion industry.
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How To Retouch Eyelashes Like A Pro | Retouching Eyelashes Tutorial
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When retouching beauty pictures, the more delicate details matter. Skin retouching is usually the main focus throughout post-production, thought of one among the foremost vital aspects of quality retouching. However, the distinction between amateur retouching and genuinely skilled work are details that typically get overlooked: hair. Whether or not it's eyelashes, eyebrows, or facial hair, in a real beauty image, these will create all the distinction.
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LTR!025 – Gerry Kingsley
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In this episode, we talk with Canadian epic photographer and former staff writer of retouching Academy, Gerry Kingsley on everything postproduction and retouching.
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LTR!024 – How To Run A Successful Retouching Business
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After asking other retouchers what they struggle with, the topics of marketing, sales and making a stable income were top of the list of answers. In this episode, I will talk about what it takes to run a successful retouching business.
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LTR!023 – Should You Be Working for Exposure?
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In today's episode, I will discuss when it is worth to work for free or for exposure and when you might be better of stepping away from these jobs to not hurt your own business.
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LTR!022 – Interview with Jan Wischermann – Part 2
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In today's episode, we talk shop with retoucher Jan from Germany. He tells us all his secrets, what tools he is using for retouching, his workflow, but also we learn more about his views on the industry and learning the skills of a retoucher.
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LTR!021 – Jan Wischermann Retouching
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Jan has been working as a freelance retoucher for many years and now has jumped into merging his business into a retouching agency. In this episode we talk about his start in retouching and how he made it into the world of commercial post-production.
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Complete Guide To Browser Color Management – Color Management Issues Explained
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Color management can be a mystery to some. When things just go slightly wrong with color, it can drive people crazy and into sheer frustration. But it does not have to be. We de-mystify how things work in browsers and what steps you can take to make sure your images display properly.
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LTR!020 – Virginia Y. – Part II
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LET'S TALK RETOUCHING Podcast with our Guest Virginia Y. We are talking about retouching, work-life balance and her best tips for creatives who are eager to get into this industry.
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Camera Calibration Profiles For Capture One – Public Beta | Camera Profiles | Capture One Profiles
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If you are into photography and post-production, you most likely know about the ability to create camera profiles and use custom color corrections to calibrate your camera's color output to a standard. Camera Calibration Profiles For Capture One Users.
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Color Harmonies And Color Of The Year 2019 – Living Coral
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What is the color of the year 2019? Every year Pantone presents you with their choice for the color of the year. We show you how to make use of it!
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LTR!019 – Virginia Y & TFPP
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We are kicking off the New Year with an interesting interview with Verginiya Yancheva who is also the host of the Fashion Photography Podcast. Hearing about Verginiya and how she got started with photography and retouching was an amazing story to follow!
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LTR!018 – What happened to Edgeworld Retouch?
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It's been a while since the last update. Here is why and what has happened behind the curtains!
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Why Is Hair Retouching Such A Tedious Process?
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Hair retouching is considered one of the hardest tasks to master for a retoucher. While the tools required are very basic, execution of retouching tasks with those tools, mainly clone tool and brush tool, need a lot of practice and eye-hand coordination.
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Interview For The Fashion Photography Podcast On Retouching
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After Working as a retoucher for quite some time now, I was given the opportunity to talk about getting into retouching, the craft and the future of retouching in an interview for The Fashion Photography Podcast. The 3 part series contains tons of information about the retouching industry and running a business.
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How Our Eyes Work – A Simple Biology Study
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Our eyes allow us to see color, shapes, recognize our friends and detect motion. In this article, we break down the complex topic of signal capture and processing.
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3 Reasons Why Color Corrections and Color Management Are Hard
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Color corrections and color theory are very important parts of today's photography. It can be quite a challenging and demanding task, but why? We will explore 3 Reasons why humans struggle with judging and correcting color related issues and what this means in terms of color management.
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Neon Beauty – Timlapse Speed Retouching Video Tutorial
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Join me in on my passion for beauty retouching. I am taking you on a retouching journey from start to finish with nothing censored or cut out.
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Learn From A High End Retoucher – Retouching Critique For Martin Beck
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Welcome to our first retouching critique. The intention of us doing these critiques is to help others grow as retouchers and to advance their skills. While giving feedback on a person by person basis is very time-consuming we will publish critiques for others to also benefit from the content.
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Color Trends – Pantone Ultra Violet – Color Of The Year 2018!
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2018 is knocking at the door and it comes with new trends. Presenting the color of the year 2018 and how to make use of it in your every-day work.
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21 Trending Posts On Retouching | Trends In Retouching | What Works On Social Media
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In today's times of content creation madness, it is hard to cut through the sheer overwhelming amount of social media posts. We gathered some of the most interesting posts on retouching across the most important social media platforms...
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Full Beauty Time-Lapse Retouch Compressed Into 8 Minutes | Speed Retouching
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In this time-lapse video, you can follow me retouching a beauty image from start to finish! Starting off with healing blemishes and stray hairs, going through the process of dodging and burning and finally do local and global color corrections, all within just 8 minutes.
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Select Subject Feature Promises One-Click Masking | A New Photoshop CC 2018 Feature You Might Have Missed!
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There is a new Magic Button in Photoshop. With a recent update, Adobe introduced the “Select Subject” Feature. Let’s discover this new tool, where you can find it and how it works…
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Complete Guide To Monitor Calibration And Accurate Color – How To Calibrate Your Monitor
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We sat down to write a full and in-depth article on calibrating your monitors. There is so much misinformation out there, leaving many people confused. We wanted to change that and guide you through the process and explain your options along the way.
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LTR!017 – MR RAW EXCHANGE
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Stefan Kohler talks with us about his creative life and how he founded the company RawExchange, helping thousands of people making composite artwork, producing custom stock packages and how to keep inventing oneself over and over again!
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LTR!016 – Impactful Portraits – Interview With Glyn Dewis
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In toda's podcast episode we continue our conversation with Glyn Dewis and get into the nitty and gritty details of his retouching workflows, the tools he uses and much more...
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Adobe Photoshop 2019 Blend Mode Bugs
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Beware the update! Photoshop CC 2019 has been released and it does not come without bugs. When, however, everyday tools do not behave the way they should, we should pay very close attention!
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All Things Adobe Photoshop CC 2019 & New Features
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Here is everything you need to know about Photoshop CC 2019, its new features, flaws, and bugs but also where it will be going in the future.
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Top 5 Photoshop CC 2019 New Features & Things To Be Aware Of
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Even if you usually are the person that does not care that much about every update, you should pay attention to this one. Adobe has just released a new version: Photoshop CC2019 or Photoshop v.20. With it comes a bunch of changes of shortcuts and changes in the way everyday tools behave. Here is what you want to know before getting started with Photoshop CC 2019
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7 Steps to Fix WACOM Lag on Windows | Eliminate Photoshop Brush Lag!
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Wacom Tablet is lagging? Latency issues? Bad response of your Brush in Photoshop?
Here is to set up your tablet correctly for usage on a Windows system. Get rid of the annoying Windows pen lag and Photoshop brush lag issues.
We will go over the best Wacom settings on a Windows system, and how to set your driver and applications up for the lowest latency and best possible performance!
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LTR!015 – Who Is Glyn Dewis Photographer?
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Today's guest, Glyn Dewis is a renowned educator and teaches both, Photoshop and Photography. Not only has he released tons of tutorials to be seen on YouTube but also has written three books. One of which made it to the best selling list! We talk with Glyn about his start in Photography and retouching and try to casually drag out information you're not going to get anywhere else.
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LTR!014 – 5 Tips On How To Get Better Color Understanding
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Many struggle with color and its application. We decided to give you our top 5 tips on how you can actually get better with understanding and using color in your images.
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LTR!013 – Geeking Out On Photoshop with Brock McFadzean
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If you love Photoshop, this is the right episode for you! Brock McFadzean and I are geeking out on Photoshop, retouching techniques and more...
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LTR!012 – Responsibility In Retouching /w Erika Barker
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Today we get into the deeps of retouching, talk with Erika about the gear she is using and which software allows her to create and finish up her images.
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The Channel Mixer As A Help Layer SUCKS! | Breaking Bad Retouching Habits
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So, you are using visual aid layers for your retouching? Good, you seem to already have a fundamental knowledge and know about common high-end retouching techniques.
BUT, If you use the channel mixer adjustment layer as a visual aid for your dodging and burning, you might find this interesting as I explain why you should not be using it like you were told!
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LTR!011 – Workflow Magician Brock McFadzean
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Brock McFadzean is a visual communicator who currently resides in Sydney, Australia. He was fortunate to have met an Adobe Evangelist early on in his career and shares his knowledge on Photoshop and workflows in today's episode of the LET'S TALK RETOUCHING podcast.
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LTR!010 – Making It In NYC With Erika Barker
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Our guest Erika Barker is talking how she made her way up in the industry and eventually became a real force in the NYC fashion industry
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LTR!009 – How To Deal With Disappointments – Mental Contrasting
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Disappointments in our personal lives and in business are inevitable. Managing those and finding solutions is essential to success. We talk about practical solutions and mental contrasting which can make you more successful and more happy in life.
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LTR!008 – How To Find Retouching Clients And How Not To!
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My inbox is full of emails I will never open. In today's world, you have to make some effort in order to create some business opportunities for yourself. We talk about the dos and donts.
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LTR!007 – Creative Retouching With Dracorubio
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Roderique, who also goes by the artist's name of DRACORUBIO is an special effects artist who ventured into creating characters and even worlds beyond most of our imagination. By mixing images with 3D, spcial effects knowledge and refined compositing techniques he creates his very own stories. Today we take you on a ride into his mind: what motivates him and what makes these creations possible.
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LTR!006 – From Freelance To Retouching Agency With Nico Socha
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Nico Socha started as a freelance retoucher and has since grown his business to having a studio, producing photography and offering post-production services to advertising agencies and companies.
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LTR!005 – Kai Gut – AURORA RETOUCH
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In Episode #6 of Let's Talk Retouching we talk with professional retoucher Kai of AURORA RETOUCH. He gives insides into what drove him into retouching and gives us a peek into all the tools he is using to do his beauty retouching work
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LTR!004 – Our Fake Tutorial The Aftermath Of The Dodge&Burn 2.0
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On April 1st we have released a tutorial about a technique we called Dodge&Burn 2.0. Unfortunately, it was all fake and our April fools prank. BUT there was much more to it than it seemed. We would not have gone through the process of creating marketing material, a trailer video and offering a video tutorial as a digital download on our website just to mess with people. we wanted to prove a point!
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LTR!003 – Retouching Education | Setting Business Goals & Invest Into Your Retouching Business
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Today, Gerry Kingsley and I discuss the current state of retouching education. We might rant about how unsatisfied we are with the online education industry but at the same time, we are giving out helpful tips on how to compare educational products and choose the right one for your needs.
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LTR!002 – Finding Your Style | Branding | Business Models
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Let's Talk retouching! Today we are going to continue our conversation with portrait and advertising photographer Gerry Kingsley. Today it will be all about specializing, branding and client expectations. So, join our conversation!
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LTR!001 – Do We Need A Style? Fuel Your Passion and Master Client Communication!
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In our first episode of LET'S TALK RETOUCHING, we got together with commercial portrait photographer Gerry Kingsley and tried to shed some light on the photography and retouching industry. Follow along with our conversation to know more
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TOP 5 Photoshop CC 2018 New Features
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The latest Photoshop update to CC 2018 is around now for a while. We have analyzed its new features and will share which ones we think are the most useful of all the new Photoshop CC 2018 features.
COPY & PASTE LAYERS
SELECT AND MASK IMPROVEMENTS
ACR MASK REFINEMENTS
QUICK SHARE
BRUSH STROKE SMOOTHING
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Crop and Composition – Is Symmetry Always The Way To Go?
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Rules are rules, they can be followed, broken or just bend. How do we deal with the rule of symmetry being attractive? Dos symmetry reign supreme in beauty photography?
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High End Retouch – Raw Conversions Explained
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Working with raw files is the foundation for solid work. We lead you through the process and show you step by step how to push your image to greatness.
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retouched file shared
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Sharing an old PSD file of mine with all the layers for you to see every single step and technique used.
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