Gerry Kingsley, Author at Retouching Academy

15 Apr

Business & Clients, Commercial Retouching

When Are You Good Enough to Become a Retouching Freelancer?

December 8, 2020
Posted by Gerry Kingsley
business of retouching, freelance, retouching business, retouching education
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Waking up all hazy, you raise your head up, your eyes slowly focusing back in, you come to and suddenly realize, you fell asleep at your day job, again. Most days, you find yourself unfulfilled, bored and unchallenged. Back at...

12 Apr

Real World Practices, Software for Retouching, Working With Colors

Adobe Profiles vs Capture One Color Curves

January 3, 2019
Posted by Gerry Kingsley
adobe camera raw, adobe lightroom, capture one
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Adobe has recently released a substantial update to Camera RAW and Lightroom in the form of “Profiles.” These profiles determine how the software renders color during initial RAW conversion. In this article, we will compare the new profiles from...

04 Apr

Efficiency & Productivity, Industry & Community News, Software for Retouching

Adobe Adds Profiles to Lightroom and ACR

Today, Lightroom and Camera RAW users can rejoice! Adobe has just released “Profiles” for Lightroom Classic, Lightroom CC, and Adobe Camera Raw. Within ACR and Lightroom, a profile is used to render your photograph, converting it from raw camera information...

29 Mar

Industry & Community News, Working With Colors

How Deep Learning May Change How We Color Grade

January 3, 2019
Posted by Gerry Kingsley
color grading, deep learning, working with colors
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Have you ever wanted to recreate a look or color palette from a favorite photo? Or have you ever wondered what it was like to turn a day scene into a night scene? Most professionals will put together reference...

03 Jul

Efficiency & Productivity, Fundamentals, Software for Retouching

Customizing Your Workspace in Photoshop

January 19, 2019
Posted by Gerry Kingsley
efficiency & productivity, photoshop, Software Basics
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Software: Adobe Photoshop Skill level: Beginner Workspaces A workspace, is the entire working area of Photoshop. It’s what encompasses all the menus, tools and panels. Simply put, it’s pretty much everything you can see and click within Photoshop. So it’s high time you dropped the...

29 Jan

Business & Clients, Industry & Community News, Software for Retouching

Adobe Creative Cloud Subscriptions – The Devil is in the Details

January 25, 2019
Posted by Gerry Kingsley
adobe, Creative Cloud, News
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We all love our Adobe products, but recently I had the misfortune of being caught by the Adobe Creative Cloud cancellation ‟penalty.” Turns out, when you sign up for any annual Adobe CC subscription that’s paid monthly, you’re actually committing...

06 Sep

Efficiency & Productivity, Fundamentals, Software for Retouching

Working With Selections: The New Select and Mask Feature

December 17, 2018
Posted by Gerry Kingsley
fundamentals, photoshop basics, selections
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Adobe Photoshop CC 2015 recently released their 5.0 update which brought us a revamp of the already useful tool formerly known as Refine Edge. Let’s look at what’s new and how we can take advantage of this new update...

17 Aug

Efficiency & Productivity, Fundamentals, Software for Retouching

Selection Tools Overview

December 15, 2018
Posted by Gerry Kingsley
photoshop tools, selections
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One of the most powerful tools for retouchers in Adobe Photoshop is the ability to select and modify pixels, referred to as making selections. Located on the tool bar, Selection tools are used to isolate one or several parts...

30 Jun

Fundamentals, Software for Retouching

Photoshop Basics: Getting To Know The History Panel

December 4, 2018
Posted by Gerry Kingsley
History Panel, photoshop, Software Basics
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History Panel The History Panel is a tool which creates a chronological top-down view of everything you do in your working session in Photoshop. To access the History Panel, choose Window > History, or click the History Panel tab if it's already...