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Beauty Retouching: Getting the Best Out of Raw Files Before Retouching

August 23, 2024
Posted by Julia Kuzmenko McKim, RA Team
beauty retouching, RA Quick Tip, Raw processing
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I often get asked about my retouching workflow, and by the way those questions are asked I realize that some photographers and retouchers dismiss the power and potency of...

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