The Art & Business of Retouching

Become a Retouching Professional

FREE EDUCATION

Whether you are a beginner or a freelancer, here you will find a wealth of information from successful retouching pros to help you improve your skills and business. Everything you need from the basics to running your freelance business efficiently.

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VIDEO COURSES

Our video courses, taught by the best in class, will provide an excellent skill foundation in Beauty, Portrait and Fashion Retouching and help you to successfully transition from being a student to running a successful freelance business.

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RETOUCHING TOOLS

Our smart Retouching Panels are designed to help you simplify and speed up your retouching workflow. They will allow you to get more work done faster, which for freelancers always means a positive impact on the bottom line, and more happy clients.

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Photo & retouching by @juliakuzmenko

HOLISTIC APPROACH TO SKIN RETOUCHING

NEW! SKIN Retouching VIDEO Course

In this course, we approach skin retouching using a manageable and repeatable workflow based on a strong foundation and understanding of the elements that make up skin problems in digital photography.

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LEARN, PRACTICE & EXCEL

Retouching EDUCATION

FUNDAMENTAL COURSE FOR EVERYONE INTERESTED IN RETOUCHING

NEW! Retouching jumpstart!

The absolutely necessary in-depth practical introduction course that is tailored to true beginners, aspiring retouchers, working photographers, makeup artists, or anyone looking to upgrade their online presence in the beauty, fashion or wellness industries.

Learn the nuts and bolts of retouching using a non-destructive approach taught in a digestible, accessible way – no experience necessary!

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Photo & retouching by @juliakuzmenko

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SMART Retouching Tools

ESSENTIAL SKILLS, EXPERT APPROACH & WORKFLOW

NEW! Professional Beauty Retouching Course

In this video course, we cover what you need to know to enter the world of professional retouching, be that as a freelancer serving commercial clients or as part of an in-house team.

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WHAT OUR STUDENTS & PANEL USERS aRE SAYING

TESTIMONIALS

get more jobs done faster and impress your clients

WORK SMART, NOT HARD

RA Panels are Photoshop extensions designed to help speed up your Beauty, Fashion & Portrait retouching workflow by performing the tedious and repetitive parts of your routine, and increase the quality of the finished product.

In today’s fast-paced digital world, we independent artists must offer superior, swift and consistent service to be ahead of our competition. Whether you are a freelance retoucher or a professional photographer, this smart panel will simplify and speed up your workflow by performing the tedious and repetitive parts of your routine.

Utilizing extremely helpful scripts, as well as the ability to add your own custom User Actions, this extension panel will help you achieve repeatable top-quality results, impress your clients, and save you hours of work in the process.

Fire Up Your Workflow With RA Panels!

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INDUSTRY NEWS & EDUCATION

Software Updates, Tutorials, Business Advice
02 Sep
Beauty Retouching, Commercial Retouching, Industry & Community News

New Skin Retouching Course on Our New Streaming Platform

The Skin Retouching course is available on our new streaming platform located at learn.retouchingacademy.com, and now you can conveniently continue learning even when you are away from your desk and watch the lessons on your mobile devices via this mobile app.

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10 Aug
Beauty Retouching, Video Tutorial

New Video: Frequency Separation Scripts on the Beauty Retouch Panel

Frequency Separation is an extremely powerful technique when used correctly, but often gets misused and abused by beginner retouchers. It can easily ruin your image if you slap it on without understanding how it works and the logic behind it but will do wonders for you if you take the time to really understand the concept and practice.

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