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23 Jun
Industry & Community News, Software for Retouching

The New and Old Features of The Latest Update: Photoshop CC2015.5

  • December 15, 2018
  • Posted by Julia Kuzmenko McKim, RA Team
  • adobe photoshop, RA Panels, software update
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While I am very happy about the return of the Legacy Healing Algorithm for the Healing Brush tool and excited to play with the new features, I can't wrap my...

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07 Jun
Business & Clients, Commercial Retouching

How Much To Charge For Retouching: Project Billing

  • April 30, 2024
  • Posted by Daniel Meadows
  • retouching business, retouching freelance, retouching rates
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In ‘How Much To Charge For Retouching Part One: Billing Hourly’ we took a look at hourly billing, the positives and negatives that it brings as a pricing model,...

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31 May
Efficiency & Productivity, Industry & Community News

#RETOUCHINGSPACE Contest Winner!

  • December 13, 2018
  • Posted by Julia Kuzmenko McKim, RA Team
  • contest, retouching, retouching space
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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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25 May
Business & Clients, Commercial Retouching

How Much to Charge For Retouching: Billing Hourly

  • April 30, 2024
  • Posted by Daniel Meadows
  • retouching business, retouching freelance, retouching rates
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One of more frequent questions we’re asked at Retouching Academy is ‘how much should I be charging for retouching?’ Tutorials, articles, and advice on how to improve your retouching...

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18 May
Efficiency & Productivity, Hardware & Tools

Back Up Your Wacom Tablet Settings

  • November 10, 2018
  • Posted by Julia Kuzmenko McKim, RA Team
  • tablet preferences, Wacom
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Dear RA Artists, A member of our RA Community reported some issues that he encountered with his Wacom tablet (Intuos Pro S) after updating his tablet driver to the latest version, from 6.3.15 to 6.3.16...

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10 May
Efficiency & Productivity, Software for Retouching, Video Tutorial

New Video Tutorials For RA Panels Users

  • November 21, 2018
  • Posted by Julia Kuzmenko McKim, RA Team
  • beauty retouching, RA Panels
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With the release of the latest version of the RA Panels we have been working on updating and adding new video tutorials to our Retouching Academy Lab website. The new...

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21 Apr
Efficiency & Productivity, Real World Practices, Stay Inspired

8 Tips for Finding and Keeping Inspiration for Retouchers and Creatives

  • August 3, 2020
  • Posted by Eugenia Carolina
  • creative professional, inspiration
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We all go through it. We’ve all been there. We will all go through it again. We feel bored and complacent. Getting stuck and feeling uninspired is part of...

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06 Apr
Business & Clients, Commercial Retouching, High-End Beauty & Fashion

How to Build Your Dream Retouching Portfolio in 5 Easy Steps

  • December 4, 2018
  • Posted by Siyana Yanarova
  • clients, portfolio, retouching
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My passion for retouching was sparked by my dear friend photographer and retoucher Natalia Fadejeva who taught me the basics of the craft about three years ago. In the beginning, as with most...

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30 Mar
Business & Clients, Commercial Retouching

Types of Retouching Careers

  • January 31, 2024
  • Posted by Daniel Meadows
  • business, retouching, retouching career
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If you’re seriously considering a future career in retouching, you’re undoubtedly aware of the huge range of potential options and specializations in the industry. From working fashion in-house, to...

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22 Mar
Business & Clients, High-End Beauty & Fashion

Industry Insider: Portfolio Panel Discussion with Pratik Naik

  • November 10, 2018
  • Posted by Siyana Yanarova
  • portfolio, retouched magazine, retoucher
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In the Industry Insider section of issue 4 of TOUCHED Magazine "YOUR PORTFOLIO" we asked a few brilliant artists Webb Bland, Pratik Naik, Daniel Meadows, Simon Webb, Todd Riddiford and...

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11 Mar
Industry & Community News, Retouching Educational Events

RA Community News: The Photography Show Birmingham, UK

  • November 9, 2018
  • Posted by Siyana Yanarova
  • Networking, The Photography Show
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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
Creative Retouching, Industry & Community News

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

  • November 9, 2018
  • Posted by Siyana Yanarova
  • compositing, exhibitions, RA News
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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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03 Dec
Business & Clients, Successful Retouching Business

To Work Or Not To Work… For Free

  • November 7, 2018
  • Posted by Daniel Meadows
  • charging for retouching, freelance retouching, retouching business
  • 2 comments
In the creative industries right now, there's been a surface of a long building outcry against the expectation from some quarters that we as professionals work for free, for...

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06 Nov
Efficiency & Productivity, Real World Practices

Good Retouching Habits: The Importance Of Zooming Out While You Work

  • January 21, 2019
  • Posted by Conny Wallström
  • good retouching habits, retouching tips
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This article will explain the importance of evaluating your image at different "zoom levels" while you work. Viewing distance How an image is perceived is largely dependent on the viewing distance...

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14 Oct
Business & Clients, Efficiency & Productivity, Stay Inspired

10 Tips: How to Stay Organized and Productive as a Freelancer

  • September 4, 2021
  • Posted by Eugenia Carolina
  • efficiency, productivity, retouching business
  • 2 comments
When I made the jump from my 9 to 5 job to full-time photographer and freelancer, I was ecstatic to have the freedom that came with the entrepreneurial life....

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25 Aug
Business & Clients, Quality Printing

Printing Your Work On Different Substrates

  • November 2, 2018
  • Posted by Julia Kuzmenko McKim, RA Team
  • marketing, printing
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I am very happy to share yet another great article from our friends, professional Berlin-based printing lab, that is serving artists around the world offering exceptional quality prints, WhiteWall.com. Today Jan-Ole Schmidt,...

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07 Jul
Efficiency & Productivity, Video Tutorial

RA Quick Tip Video: Choosing & Replacing Wacom Stylus Nibs

  • November 6, 2018
  • Posted by Julia Kuzmenko McKim, RA Team
  • RA Quick Tip, Stylus nibs, Wacom
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If you have not changed your standard stylus nib ever since you purchased your Wacom tablet, take a peek into your pen stand and...

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22 Jun
Beauty Retouching, Efficiency & Productivity, Video Tutorial

A Fast Way To Remove Stray and Body Hair

  • January 21, 2019
  • Posted by Julia Kuzmenko McKim, RA Team
  • beauty retouching, hair retouching, RA Quick Tip
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In today's RA Quick Tip I'd like to share my favorite way to quickly clean up the outline of the neck and shoulders from stray and body hair. I am a big...

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25 May
Beauty Retouching, Commercial Retouching, Efficiency & Productivity

RA Panels Get A Great Review On Fstoppers

  • November 2, 2018
  • Posted by Julia Kuzmenko McKim, RA Team
  • beauty retouch panel, beauty retouching, RA Panels
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It's soon going to be a year since the Beauty Retouch and Pixel Juggler panels were released, and we have been receiving lots and lots of great feedback from our...

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15 Apr
Beauty Retouching, Business & Clients, Commercial Retouching

Interview With High-End Commercial Retoucher Dominique Fraser

  • October 26, 2017
  • Posted by Julia Kuzmenko McKim, RA Team
  • business of retouching, commercial retouching, fashion retouching
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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...

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