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31 May
Efficiency & Productivity, Industry & Community News

#RETOUCHINGSPACE Contest Winner!

  • December 13, 2018
  • Posted by Julia Kuzmenko McKim, RA Team
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Congratulations Manuela Crippa! Manuela participated in the ‪#‎RETOUCHINGSPACE‬ contest that we held a couple of weeks ago on Instagram. Her image was short-listed and consequently selected by majority vote in the...

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11 Mar
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RA Community News: The Photography Show Birmingham, UK

  • November 9, 2018
  • Posted by Siyana Yanarova
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This year's Photography Show will take place in NEC Birmingham, UK from the 19th through the 22nd of March 2016. All photography and retouching enthusiasts and professionals are welcome to attend. You...

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10 Feb
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Imagine: Created Reality – Exhibition Opening and Book Release by Erik Johansson

  • November 9, 2018
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Well known Swedish Stage photographer Erik Johansson opens his debut exhibition "Imagine: Created Reality" at Stockholm’s Fotografiska Museum of Photography on 26th of February. Imagine: Created Reality presents 25...

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04 Apr
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Happy Easter, RA Artists!

  • October 26, 2017
  • Posted by Julia Kuzmenko McKim, RA Team
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"The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're an artist." ~ David Hockney Happy Easter, RA artists!

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19 Feb
Industry & Community News, Software for Retouching

Adobe Celebrates 25th Anniversary of Photoshop

  • September 9, 2018
  • Posted by Julia Kuzmenko McKim, RA Team
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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...

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13 Aug
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June & July 2014 Mentorship Program Submissions Critiques

  • January 22, 2025
  • Posted by Julia Kuzmenko McKim, RA Team
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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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05 May
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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
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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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18 Apr
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Remove That Cart. Photoshop Request Fail

  • January 20, 2019
  • Posted by Julia Kuzmenko McKim, RA Team
  • fun, photoshop fail, photoshop request fail
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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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07 Apr
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RAMP – March 2014 Winners Announced

  • January 29, 2019
  • Posted by Julia Kuzmenko McKim, RA Team
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This is becoming a good tradition, and we hope that our RA Mentorship Program can last longer, despite the fact that it is far from perfect at this point....

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02 Mar
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Retouching Academy Mentorship Program – February 2014 Winner Announced

  • January 29, 2019
  • Posted by Julia Kuzmenko McKim, RA Team
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This time we've actually got together and looked through the submitted images. We've talked about what we thought was done well, as well as what could have been done...

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25 Feb
High-End Beauty & Fashion, Industry & Community News, Retouching Educational Events

Educational Event Alert – Pratik Naik, Mikhail Malyugin & Julia Kuzmenko McKim

  • October 13, 2017
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As you already know, we are an educational organization, and, although we are very young, we're working towards having a wide range of online and offline educational programs for...

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04 Feb
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Retouching Academy Mentorship Program – January 2014 Winners Announced

  • January 29, 2019
  • Posted by Julia Kuzmenko McKim, RA Team
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  We are super excited to announce that the first round of the Mentorship Program in our Retouching Academy Community group is finished and our winner Mentees are announced along...

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