A photographer kept the right to sell fine art prints of a famous singer. The singer kept the right to say no to ads. One signed page before the shoot would have settled what took ten months in court.
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Nov
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Oct
Retouching Academy is sponsoring five retouchers in Retoucher of the Year 2026. Meet them and see their work. Late registration for the competition is open until October 23, and most assignments can be finished in less than a day.
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Sep
Sharing retouched client work in your portfolio often requires two permissions, not one, especially for commercial work done for brands and businesses. Find out whose permissions you need and when you can post it.
24
Sep
We will choose 10 Beauty retouchers from our community and cover their competition entry!
If the entry fee is what has kept you from taking part, this is for...
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Sep
A new contest for retouchers will name winners in seven categories in four parts of the world. Some of a retoucher’s best work can never be shown because of NDAs. Retoucher of the Year gives every entrant the same RAW files and brief, and judges review layered PSDs as entrants advance.
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Dec
After more than 12 years in high-end retouching, working on campaigns for beauty and fashion brands like Dior, YSL, Diesel, and magazines such as Vogue, L’Officiel, and Cosmopolitan, alongside...
24
Oct
⚠️ This article is important for legacy RA Panels users.
Since 2022, Adobe has been gradually retiring the legacy CEP framework used by non-UXP Photoshop extensions like our old Retouching...
03
Oct
Skin Work & Frequency Separation Section The Skin Work & Frequency Separation (FS) section of the Beauty Retouch panel features a variety of scripts based on the Frequency Separation technique. This technique is…
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Sep
In its August 2025 issue, Vogue featured an AI-generated model in a Guess ad, prompting a wave of subscriber cancellations: Vogue’s AI-Generated Models Spark Reader Fury And Industry Panic, Forbes,…
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Aug
Concept by JENN MCINTYRE, Written BY JENN MCINTYRE & JULIA KUZMENKO MCKIM
The creative market is undergoing its biggest transformation of our time. For newer professionals, it’s the first significant disruption...
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Jul
Obviously, most of us are wondering about the future of freelance photography, video, and post-production as we watch the flood of new Gen AI tools and platforms that can generate highly realistic visuals in seconds continue to accelerate.
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Jul
The new Beauty Retouch Panel v5 has got a bunch of new tools and scripts to help make your beauty and portrait retouching faster and easier. Even if you start the…
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May
Every photographer knows the regret of certain choices made during a shoot and the post-production “cost” of fixing styling mistakes and shortcomings. The new tools on our Beauty Retouch v5…
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May
One of the most exciting additions to the new Beauty Retouch Panel is the New Skin script – it will become your go-to button for every beauty and portrait retouch,…
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Apr
⚠️ This new version is currently only available to BETA Testers. We’re excited to invite our Beauty Retouch panel users to BETA test the new version of the Beauty Retouch…
10
Apr
In this new Hair Retouching course lesson, I share how I have been using the new Photoshop AI-powered and selection tools to get hair retouching work done faster.
Take what...
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Apr
What is the Visual Industry?
The Visual Industry is a broad field of sectors dedicated to producing visual content to communicate messages and shape experiences.
Visual Arts are forms of art...
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Mar
📌 This is an outtake from our Skin Retouching course: Lesson Lesson 3.6 Fixing Dry or Chapped Lips. Find Student logins here.
Chapped, dry, or cracked lips are common issues...
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Feb
📌 This is an outtake from our Skin Retouching course: Lesson 2.3.1 Frequency Separation, Part 1. Find Student logins here.
While the Frequency Separation technique (FS) is sometimes criticized—often for...
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Feb
When the skin in your beauty, fashion or portrait images requires a lot of deep retouching work, sometimes you may end up with areas of skin looking too soft...