17
Aug
One of the most powerful tools for retouchers in Adobe Photoshop is the ability to select and modify pixels, referred to as making selections. Located on the tool bar,...
THE ART & BUSINESS OF FREELANCE
23
Jun
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...
07
Jun
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,...
31
May
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...
25
May
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...
18
May
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...
10
May
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...
21
Apr
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...
06
Apr
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...
30
Mar
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...
22
Mar
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...
11
Mar
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...
10
Feb
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...
03
Dec
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...
06
Nov
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...
14
Oct
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....
25
Aug
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,...
07
Jul
If you have not changed your standard stylus nib ever since you purchased your Wacom tablet, take a peek into your pen stand and...
22
Jun
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...
25
May
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...