Professional Hair Retouching

$74.00 USD

Even with an experienced hairstylist on set, the responsibility for flawless hair in the final images typically falls on the retoucher.

This in-depth course (3 1/2+ hours total) will provide you with a variety of tactics and methods to take the struggle out of hair retouching. You will learn to retouch hair quickly and always have the best approach for any challenging situations when dealing with hair in beauty, fashion, and portrait photography.

Who is this course for? Photographers, retouchers, and anyone with basic Photoshop skills interested in learning hair retouching at a professional level (read full description below).

Our courses are packed with detailed, actionable lessons, and guaranteed to provide you with a wealth of proven methods and pro tips. With this solid foundation in retouching, you will be able to adopt new technologies faster, integrate advanced retouching tools into your workflow, and maximize efficiency to stay ahead of your competition.

🎁 Bonus: Downloadable custom actions, brushes, and practice beauty images are included.

Description

// 01 · hair retouching · intermediate to advanced

Professional
Hair Retouching

★★★★★4.9 / 5Over 52,000 Students and Panel Users Worldwide

Even with an experienced hairstylist on set, the responsibility for flawless hair in the final images typically falls on the retoucher.

In this course, across 26 lessons (see the full course outline below), you will work through a variety of tactics and methods that will help you take the struggle out of hair retouching, save you time, and ensure you always have the best approach for any challenging situations when dealing with hair in beauty, fashion, and portrait photography.

Over 3.5 hours of video lessons, accompanied by beauty practice files, custom actions, and brushes.

Duration
Over 3.5 hours

Access
Lifetime

Format
Streaming · English captions

Created by Julia Kuzmenko McKim and Michael Woloszynowicz, professional beauty and fashion photographers, retouchers, and educators. Every lesson distills decades of combined industry experience into the refined retouching methods we use in commercial work.

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Photography & retouching by Julia Kuzmenko McKim using RA Panels

Beauty close-up
Urban Decay lipstick beauty shot
Beauty portrait, Mame
Melt Amulet beauty spread
Beauty product shot
Beauty portrait, smiling
Urban Decay Vice lipstick
Beauty swimwear portrait
Eyeshadow texture, Melt
Beauty portrait, Channelle
Glossy eye macro
Beauty duo portrait
// 02 · what you’ll learn

Take the Struggle Out of Hair Retouching

Beauty image retouched with the methods taught in this course
Photo & post by Julia Kuzmenko McKim

This course is for photographers and retouchers who are already familiar with basic retouching tools and techniques and want to be able to handle hair retouching at a professional level, so they don’t have to turn down paid beauty, fashion, or portrait projects that require hair retouching work.

This is not a course about transforming elaborate hairstyles or rebuilding hair into something completely different than what was originally captured. The market for that type of retouching is very narrow, and the time and effort it takes to master it is not worth it for a freelancer unless they are working specifically with haircare brands, salons, or hairstylists.

This course is about handling the common hair retouching challenges that are abundant on every job: strays, gaps, edges, scalp, shade inconsistencies, and messy hairlines.

This skill is especially valuable for freelance retouchers aiming to work with commercial clients such as beauty, wellness, and lifestyle brands. Most of our Avenue studio retouchers took RA courses and use our methods and workflows.

Lessons
26 lessons

Practice files
Beauty practice files

Bonus materials
Custom actions and hair brushes

Support
Comment under any lesson. Need help with course access? Reach out to us

Watch our courses anywhere via the Kajabi app.

// 03 · the curriculum

Course Modules & Lessons

Seven modules, working outward from edge cleanup to advanced repair.

Each includes video lessons, practice beauty images, bonus materials, and hands-on work to lock in what you learn.

Enroll for $74

00Introduction & DownloadsTake a moment to review this Introduction module, download practice files, bonus materials, and say hello to your fellow students in the comments.

  • 1.1Overview: Typical Hair Retouching Challenges
  • 1.2Removing Hair in Bulk
  • 1.3Drawing In Hair Strands for a Realistic Finish
  • 1.4Adding Noise to Minimize the Retouching Footprint

// recently added

The New Photoshop Tools,
For Hair Retouching

Latest addition to the course on how to use new AI-augmented tools for faster hair retouching. Explore newer tools and mix what fits into your workflow.

AI helps you get to the finish line faster, your taste and standards stay in control.


// 04 · your instructors

Created and Taught by Seasoned Creative Professionals

Portrait of Julia Kuzmenko McKim
Julia Kuzmenko McKim
Founder, Retouching Academy

Beauty photographer and retoucher with over a decade of industry experience, shooting and retouching for brands like Urban Decay, Pat McGrath Labs, Lululemon, and many others alongside her Avenue Studio team.

Portrait of Michael Woloszynowicz
Michael Woloszynowicz
Beauty & Fashion Photographer & Retoucher

Michael is one of the leading Retouching Academy instructors, globally known for not only his top-quality photography and retouching work but also for his accessible style of teaching and Photoshop expertise.

@michaelwoloszynowicz

// Julia’s selected commercial clients
// 05 · verified reviews

What Our Users
Are Saying

From photographers and retouchers who use what they learned from our courses and the RA Panels in their everyday retouching work.

// 06 · faq

Frequently
Asked Questions

// 07 · what’s next

Master Professional
Beauty Retouching

We teach what we have learned the hard way in real-world commercial beauty and fashion work.

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