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25 Aug

Commercial Retouching, Creative Retouching, Interviews & Making Of Stories

Retouching Academy Interview: Greg Agee, Digital Composite Artist

• August 25, 2014
• Posted by Philip Sydow
• commercial retouching, composites, interview
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Greg Agee (www.pixelogyarts.com) is a Fort Myers, Florida-based artist with 12 years experience creating digital composites. His work has received numerous awards, including the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) Guru Award,...

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15 Aug

Creative Retouching, Interviews & Making Of Stories

LightFarm Studios: Harmful Nature Artwork and the Story Behind It

• February 26, 2019
• Posted by Julia Kuzmenko McKim, RA Team
• conceptual photography, making of
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Our friends from LightFarm Studios, Brazil are back as guest contributors with their amazing new artwork entitled "Harmful Nature," as well as the story behind it. Nothing is more inspiring to...

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13 Aug

Industry & Community News

June & July 2014 Mentorship Program Submissions Critiques

• January 22, 2025
• Posted by Julia Kuzmenko McKim, RA Team
• mentorship program, RAMP, retouching critiques
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Scheduled for Aug 15, 2014 - 8am PDT Retouching Academy Google+ Event page with comments from the Live show: The judging panel today consists of Julia Kuzmenko McKim (Los Angeles, California), Rebecca...

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06 Aug

Commercial Retouching, Efficiency & Productivity, Fundamentals

The Importance of Layer Organization in Product Retouching – Part IV

• January 21, 2019
• Posted by Julia McKim
• commercial retouching, efficiency & productivity, product retouching
• 2 comments

This is the fourth part of the article by our guest Australian Commercial Digital Retoucher Peter Worthington. Part I: The Importance of Layer Organization in Commercial Retouching – Part I Part II: The...

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28 Jul

Beauty Retouching, High-End Beauty & Fashion

The Ultimate Guide to the Dodge & Burn Technique

• April 23, 2024
• Posted by Julia Kuzmenko McKim, RA Team
• beauty retouching, dodge & burn, skin retouching
• 4 comments

As you may already know, high-quality skin retouching is usually done using the key retouching technique called Dodge & Burn. Today we use its modern version in Photoshop and it...

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25 Jul

Commercial Retouching, Efficiency & Productivity, Fundamentals

The Importance of Layer Organization in Product Retouching. Part III

• November 2, 2018
• Posted by Julia McKim
• commercial retouching, efficiency & productivity, product retouching
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This is the third part of the article by our guest Australian Commercial Digital Retoucher Peter Worthington. Part I: The Importance of Layer Organization in Commercial Retouching – Part I Part II: The Importance of Layer...

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23 Jul

Creative Retouching, Real World Practices

Storytelling in Concept Photography. Part III: Tools to Develop Your Story

• November 2, 2018
• Posted by John Flury
• conceptual photography, storytelling in photography
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In this final part of the series, I will describe some of the tools I use to generate and develop story ideas to make them compatible with the photographic...

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16 Jul

Efficiency & Productivity, Food, Product & Jewelry

3 Ways to Save Retouching Time with Food Photography

• November 5, 2018
• Posted by Julia McKim
• efficiency & productivity, food photography, retouching food
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Shooting food is different than portrait, architectural, or landscape photography. When shooting food, there is one end goal of your image. YOU WANT YOUR VIEWER TO BE HUNGRY! If...

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08 Jul

Commercial Retouching, Efficiency & Productivity, Fundamentals

The Importance of Layer Organization in Product Retouching – Part II

• November 2, 2018
• Posted by Julia McKim
• commercial retouching, efficiency & productivity, product retouching
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This is the second part of the article by our guest Australian Commercial Digital Retoucher Peter Worthington. Part I: The Importance of Layer Organization in Commercial Retouching – Part I. Enjoy! Previously, I mentioned how...

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02 Jul

Commercial Retouching, Efficiency & Productivity, Fundamentals

The Importance of Layer Organization in Commercial Retouching – Part I

• November 2, 2018
• Posted by Julia McKim
• commercial retouching, efficiency & productivity, product retouching
• 2 comments

In this tutorial our guest Commercial Digital Retoucher Peter Worthington will walk us through his workflow and share the most effective ways of handling layers in your master files...

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01 Jul

Commercial Retouching, Interviews & Making Of Stories

Retouching Academy Interview: Nick Duell, Commercial Advertising Retoucher

• February 9, 2019
• Posted by Brock McFadzean
• commercial retouching, interview
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Nick Duell (www.nicholasduell.com) is a commercial advertising photo retoucher with over 10 years experience based out of Melbourne, Australia. It is always interesting and important to know what successful creative professionals think,...

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30 May

Creative Retouching, Real World Practices

Storytelling in Concept Photography. Part II: The Mechanics Of Storytelling

• January 20, 2019
• Posted by John Flury
• conceptual photography, storytelling in photography
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This is the second part of the series of John's articles on Storytelling in Concept Photography. You can find Part 1 and Part 3 of the series here: Storytelling In Concept Photography. Part...

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13 May

Commercial Retouching, Food, Product & Jewelry

Product Photography & Retouching: Light, Shadows & Reflections

• January 20, 2019
• Posted by Otto Turunen
• commercial retouching, product photography, product retouching
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Everything you do in any field of photography and retouching starts with an idea, but to achieve your vision, you must know how to shape, control, and modify the...

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12 May

Creative Retouching, Real World Practices

Storytelling In Concept Photography. Part 1: The Power Of Stories

• February 9, 2019
• Posted by John Flury
• conceptual photography, storytelling in photography
• 7 comments

This is the first part of the series of John's articles on Storytelling in Concept Photography. You can find Part 2 and Part 3 of the series here: Storytelling in Concept...

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06 May

Creative Retouching, Interviews & Making Of Stories

The Making Of The Verge Artwork by LightFarm Studios

• February 9, 2019
• Posted by Julia Kuzmenko McKim, RA Team
• making of, photo-manipulations
• 7 comments

I was very happy to see an email from Milton Menezes, director of LightFarm Studios, Brazil in our Retouching Academy Facebook page mailbox. The LFS team have just released their...

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05 May

Industry & Community News

Retouching Academy Mentorship Program – April Winner

• January 9, 2018
• Posted by Julia Kuzmenko McKim, RA Team
• beauty retouching, RAMP, skin retouching
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We have selected our Winner for April 2014 RAMP! We haven't recorded a video of our selection process this time, but our RA team have discussed all submissions and runner...

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29 Apr

Industry & Community News

Retouching Academy Members Mocking Our Mentorship Program

• January 9, 2018
• Posted by Julia Kuzmenko McKim, RA Team
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In our Retouching Academy Community Group we are all about correct retouching.   Mo Ment: Retouching: my early days :)     Ntc Meyer: ok there are some points you should have worked on...    

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29 Apr

Interviews & Making Of Stories

Melissa Niu of PhotoFocus Interviews Julia Kuzmenko McKim: Retouching Academy

• February 4, 2019
• Posted by Julia Kuzmenko McKim, RA Team
• interview
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I recently had the honor to be interviewed by Melissa Niu of PhotoFocus.com in Las Vegas. Melissa asked me about Retouching Academy, so I had a chance to talk...

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27 Apr

Commercial Retouching, Food, Product & Jewelry

Commercial Product Retoucher: Key Skills and Knowledge

• November 5, 2018
• Posted by Otto Turunen
• freelance retoucher, product retouching
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When I first started out as a product photographer and retoucher at a large fashion company, I tried to search for tutorials, tips, and tricks to take my game...

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18 Apr

Industry & Community News

Remove That Cart. Photoshop Request Fail

• January 20, 2019
• Posted by Julia Kuzmenko McKim, RA Team
• fun, photoshop fail, photoshop request fail
• 21 comments

Just like most artists who share their work on the internet, I often get emails from people I don't know. Typically, they are just expressing their appreciation for what I create or write, or...

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