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03 Aug

Fundamentals, Software for Retouching, Video Tutorial

Adobe Launches a YouTube Series for Beginners

January 9, 2019
Posted by Kendra Paige
photoshop, photoshop for beginners, video tutorial
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This week, Adobe launched a new YouTube series of Photoshop tutorials aimed at beginners, called ‘3, 2, 1 … Photoshop!’ This series of videos created by longtime Adobe evangelist Julieanne Kost, covers a useful sampling of tips and tricks for...

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02 Aug

Business & Clients, Commercial Retouching

Your Portfolio Can Help You Start Getting Clients That You Want

January 9, 2019
Posted by Kendra Paige
photography portfolio, retouching clients, retouching portfolio
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There are no hard and fast rules for creating your résumé, each one is unique to the individual, highlighting their particular talents and skills, while showcasing previous work as it pertains to the job they want. In the same...

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27 Jul

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

Adobe Flash is Officially Dead

January 14, 2019
Posted by Kendra Paige
adobe, portfolio, tech news
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Earlier this week, Adobe announced something that has been in the works since the iPhone first came out: the death of Flash. While most of the web has adapted, there are still online portfolios and other websites that run...

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25 Jul

Beauty Retouching, High-End Beauty & Fashion, Video Tutorial

Retouching Skin with Dodging and Burning

January 14, 2019
Posted by Kendra Paige
beauty retouching, dodge & burn, skin retouching
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A vital technique for every retoucher to master, dodging and burning is a non-destructive method for retouching. This video tutorial demonstrates a successful workflow for utilizing dodging and burning on skin. We previously shared Zoë Noble’s tutorial on using the...

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19 Jul

Business & Clients, Real World Practices

The Ethics of Retouching

January 15, 2019
Posted by Kendra Paige
beauty retouching, image editing, retouch
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If one were to open up the pages of a gossip magazine, or peruse the latest social media trend of a celebrity speaking out against their image being manipulated, you might develop a perception of retouchers as proverbial vampires...

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12 Jul

Business & Clients, Efficiency & Productivity, Real World Practices

Efficient Work Habits For Retouchers

January 16, 2019
Posted by Kendra Paige
dodge & burn, efficiency & productivity, retouching business
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As a photographer or a retoucher, there is one commodity that is important above all others: your time. Setting aside your skills, creativity, and style, it is your time that is the intangible product your clients invest in. Learning how...

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11 Jul

Beauty Retouching, Efficiency & Productivity, Software for Retouching

A Review of the Beauty Retouch Panel

January 16, 2019
Posted by Kendra Paige
beauty retouch, beauty retouch panel, RA Panels
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For thousands of retouchers around the world, the Beauty Retouch and Pixel Juggler Panels have brought efficiency to their workflow by optimizing the retouching techniques we often use. RA Panels are an extension that works with Adobe Photoshop CS6 and...

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10 Jul

Efficiency & Productivity, Hardware & Tools, Software for Retouching

System Requirements for Retouching

July 1, 2018
Posted by Kendra Paige
efficiency & productivity, image editing, retouching
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Becoming a retoucher is one of those things that doesn’t involve many barriers to entry. Most computers will run the necessary software, making retouching accessible to many. For those that are just beginning their journey as a retoucher, or those...

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06 Jul

Beauty Retouching, Fundamentals, Video Tutorial

Retouching Skin With The Clone Stamp Tool

May 17, 2018
Posted by Kendra Paige
beauty retouching, clone stamp, skin retouching
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In beauty, portrait and fashion photography skin retouching is arguably the most important and challenging part of the post-production process. Among the simple retouching tools in Adobe Photoshop, the Clone Stamp tool is our number one instrument when it comes...

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05 Jul

Business & Clients

Seven Ways to Increase Engagement on Instagram

January 19, 2019
Posted by Kendra Paige
instagram marketing, marketing, self-promotion
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Instagram has recently released a slew of updates which can affect the way you engage with your audience. New tools for business accounts, enhancements to Instagram Stories, as well as the ever-elusive shadowban, just to name a few. These...

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04 Jul

Efficiency & Productivity, Real World Practices

Healthy Habits for Retouchers: Protecting Your Eyes & Vision

January 19, 2019
Posted by Kendra Paige
good retouching habits, healthy habits for retouchers, retouching ergonomics
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As retouchers, we often spend hours in front of our computer monitors, with our eyes trained on the finer details we’re enhancing. This is just the time spent while actively retouching, and does not take into the account the...

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29 Jun

Efficiency & Productivity, Hardware & Tools, Software for Retouching

Adobe Wants to Hear Your Voice

While voice devices such as the Amazon Echo may not be present in every home just yet, they are showing an upward trend. Adobe recently released a report focused on voice devices, with data generated from the Adobe Analytics...

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26 Jun

Business & Clients, Software for Retouching

Mendr Brings Retouching to the Masses

With the growing popularity of on demand services like Uber, it’s no wonder why someone would create a photo editing option. Enter Mendr: an application that allows users to upload their photos for editing by a vetted photo editor. Mendr...

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22 Jun

Industry & Community News, Software for Retouching

Find Out How That Photo Was Edited With Pixel Peeper

January 19, 2019
Posted by Kendra Paige
adobe lightroom, image editing, retouching
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Have you ever admired a photograph and wondered just how they achieved that look in post? If you have, and the photographer used Adobe Lightroom, then you’re in luck! Web developer, Piotr Chmolowski, has launched a website that lifts...

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21 Jun

Industry & Community News, Software for Retouching

Adobe’s Upward Momentum and What Is Next

Adobe is having a record week: beating profit estimates, launching Adobe Advertising Cloud TV, and utilizing Adobe Sensei’s sophisticated A.I. machine learning. It has been a busy week, and that can only be good news for us. On Tuesday, June...

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18 Jun

Business & Clients, Efficiency & Productivity, High-End Beauty & Fashion

Kavyar Takes the Fuss out of Magazine Submissions

January 19, 2019
Posted by Kendra Paige
beauty photography, editorial photography, magazine submissions
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For many fashion and beauty photographers, having their work showcased in independent magazines is a way to gain exposure. This process was rarely ever an efficient one, however, as each publication is vastly different. Traditionally, the method for doing...

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13 Jun

Hardware & Tools

Samsung Rethinks the Television With Artists in Mind

June 13, 2017
Posted by Kendra Paige
artwork display, digital gallery, samsung
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At CES 2017, Samsung teased a new addition to their Lifestyle and Serif TV lines of televisions, with The Frame TV. The Frame is designed to act more as a work of art rather than an unsightly black wall...

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06 Jun

Hardware & Tools, Industry & Community News

Apple Vies For The Affection Of Power Users with iMac Pro

December 17, 2018
Posted by Kendra Paige
apple, imac
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With the Mac Pro released in 2013 with few updates to follow, creative and professional Mac users were beginning to bite their nails with worry that Apple had abandoned them. At a shareholder meeting at Cupertino in February, Apple...