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15 Apr
Beauty Retouching, Business & Clients, Commercial Retouching

Interview With High-End Commercial Retoucher Dominique Fraser

Dominique Fraser, an artist who is quickly becoming one of the most sought after professionals in the world of high-end photo retouching, has just joined Retouching Academy as one of the high-end commercial retouching instructors. We are pleased to...

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12 Apr
Creative Retouching, Interviews & Making Of Stories

The Making Of the “Oh No!!!” by Derek Johnston

Our new guest Derek Johnston continues our Making Of segment with a documented process of the creation of his fun “Oh No!!!” image. I am always inspired by the BTS stories and projects when an artist has a complete...

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31 Mar
Creative Retouching

MALKOVICH, MALKOVICH, MALKOVICH – Homage To Photographic Masters By Sandro Miller

Anyone who is familiar with the History of Photography will not be able to hold back a smile looking through these brilliantly executed images from the recent exhibition MALKOVICH, MALKOVICH, MALKOVICH - HOMAGE TO PHOTOGRAPHIC MASTERS by Sandro Miller at the Fahey/Klein...

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25 Feb
Retouching Educational Events

The WPPI Schedule of Seminars Inside the WPPI + KelbyOne Theater

WPPI + KelbyOne Announce Joint Theater at 3-Day Expo Featuring Free Presentations Focused on Image Retouching, Workflow & More Industry Icons like Scott Kelby, Joe McNally, Cliff Mautner, and Pete Collins Take to the Stage to Present Lighting, Retouching, Lightroom...

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19 Feb
Industry & Community News, Software for Retouching

Adobe Celebrates 25th Anniversary of Photoshop

Happy Birthday, Photoshop! We wouldn't be here if not for the existence of this wonderful software that gives us -retouchers, graphic designers, photographers and digital artists - wings to fly. Check out the Photoshop Anniversary timeline:   Late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel entertains...

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12 Feb
Efficiency & Productivity, Software for Retouching, Video Tutorial

Mastering Brushes for Dodge & Burn Work. Beauty Retouch Panel Update Details.

I have recently changed the way I work with brushes when Dodging & Burning and they made my D&B work more convenient and precise. I'd like to share why and how this happened and what it led to. My D&B brush...

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22 Jan
Beauty Retouching, Commercial Retouching, Real World Practices

Russell James & Nigel Barker Share Their Views On Retouching in Their #BehindtheGlass Interviews

There's a lot of controversy about retouching, and anti-retouching campaigns keep sweeping the internet communities bashing the very art form that many of us photographers and retouchers are deeply in love with and desire to master. Let's hear what the big...

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18 Jan
Beauty Retouching, Fundamentals, Real World Practices

Your Roadmap to Retouching Greatness

Check out this wonderful guest article on Scott Kelby's blog by one of our top instructors Michael Woloszynowicz: It’s Guest Blog Wednesday featuring Michael Woloszynowicz In this article, Michael talks about such fundamental things and their importance for successful retouching like: Dynamic Range ...

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15 Dec
Commercial Retouching, Food, Product & Jewelry

Ambition to Become Better

There are numerous opportunities and specialization options when it comes to post-production work. However, many think that to succeed as a retoucher, you need to have outstanding skills in every aspect of post-production: CGI, 3D modeling, heavy photo compositions,...

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08 Oct
Commercial Retouching, Interviews & Making Of Stories

Retouching Academy Interview: Milton Menezes, Digital Artist

This is the fifth in a series of interviews with established digital artists who exemplify another facet of the retouching industry. We hope you find this series both enlightening and informative. Milton Menezes (www.lightfarmbrasil.com) is a Rio de Janeiro  Brazil-based digital artist with 15 years...

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29 Sep
Commercial Retouching, Creative Retouching, Interviews & Making Of Stories

Retouching Academy Interview: Glyn Dewis, Digital Composite Artist

This is the fourth in a series of interviews with established composite artists who exemplify another facet of the retouching industry. We hope you find this series both enlightening and informative. Glyn Dewis (www.glyndewis.com) is a photographer, retoucher, and trainer located just...

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18 Sep
Commercial Retouching, Creative Retouching, Interviews & Making Of Stories

Retouching Academy Interview: Brandon Cawood, Digital Composite Artist

This is the third in a series of interviews with established composite artists who exemplify another facet of the retouching industry. We hope you find this series both enlightening and informative. Brandon Cawood (www.brandoncawood.com), is an internationally recognized and published photographer...

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25 Aug
Commercial Retouching, Creative Retouching, Interviews & Making Of Stories

Retouching Academy Interview: Greg Agee, Digital Composite Artist

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, and earned the distinction of having been accepted into the Professional Photographers...

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15 Aug
Creative Retouching, Interviews & Making Of Stories

LightFarm Studios: Harmful Nature Artwork and the Story Behind It

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 me than seeing the beautiful execution of an art project from...

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13 Aug
Industry & Community News

June & July 2014 Mentorship Program Submissions Critiques

Scheduled for Aug 15, 2014 - 8am PDT Retouching Academy Google + Event page with comments from the Live show: https://plus.google.com/events/c4vnui72n9q8ce04sl7qv0ii7g0 The judging panel today consists of Julia Kuzmenko McKim (Los Angeles, California), Rebecca Britt (McAllen, Texas), Lulie Talmor (Vancouver, Canada), Brock McFadzean...

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06 Aug
Commercial Retouching, Efficiency & Productivity, Fundamentals

The Importance of Layer Organization in Product Retouching – Part IV

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 Importance of Layer Organization in Product Retouching – Part II Part...

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28 Jul
Beauty Retouching, High-End Beauty & Fashion

The Ultimate Guide to the Dodge & Burn Technique

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 can be done in multiple ways, but the concept and...

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25 Jul
Commercial Retouching, Efficiency & Productivity, Fundamentals

The Importance of Layer Organization in Product Retouching. Part III

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 Organization in Product Retouching – Part II Grouping Related Layers You're probably...

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23 Jul
Creative Retouching, Real World Practices

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

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 medium. You can find Par 1 and Part 2 of this...

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