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04 Dec
Business & Clients, Successful Retouching Business

How to Avoid Excessive Revisions in Retouching By Galina Trush

After more than 12 years in high-end retouching, working on campaigns for beauty and fashion brands like Dior, YSL, Diesel, and magazines such as Vogue, L’Officiel, and Cosmopolitan, alongside photographers and celebrities, I’ve learned that mastering your craft is...

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01 Dec
Industry & Community News, Successful Retouching Business

Cyber Monday: Up to 45% Off on all Courses & Retouching Panels

For this Black Friday & Cyber Monday, we’re doing something we only do once a year: Complete Mastery bundle - 45% OFF All our core retouching courses are neatly packed into one Complete Retouching Mastery bundle with over 22 hours of in-depth video lessons,...

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24 Oct
Efficiency & Productivity, Software for Retouching

Important Update: Legacy RA Panels and the New UXP Upgrade

⚠️ This article is important for legacy RA Panels users. Since 2022, Adobe has been gradually retiring the legacy CEP framework used by non-UXP Photoshop extensions like our old Retouching panels, including the Beauty Retouch v3.3 and earlier versions. With the...

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08 Sep
Freelance Business, Industry & Community News, Real World Practices

AI in Vogue: The Pushback

In its August 2025 issue, Vogue featured an AI-generated model in a Guess ad, prompting a wave of subscriber cancellations: Vogue’s AI-Generated Models Spark Reader Fury And Industry Panic, Forbes, July 29, 2025. The reaction from readers and the broader creative...

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28 Aug
Freelance Business, Industry & Community News

Reinventing Your Creative Career: Evolve Your Skills Without Starting Over

Concept by JENN MCINTYRE, Written BY JENN MCINTYRE & JULIA KUZMENKO MCKIM The creative market is undergoing its biggest transformation of our time. For newer professionals, it’s the first significant disruption of their careers. For seasoned pros, it echoes the early...

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01 Apr
Business & Clients, Freelance Business, Industry & Community News

What is Freelance in the Visual Industry

What is the Visual Industry? The Visual Industry is a broad field of sectors dedicated to producing visual content to communicate messages and shape experiences. Visual Arts are forms of art that are visual in nature, created to be appreciated through...

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26 Mar
Freelance Business, Industry & Community News

Adobe Stock Limits Contributors to One Account

As of March 25th, 2025, Adobe will no longer allow the creation of multiple Adobe Stock Contributor accounts without written approval. This quiet but important policy shift signals Adobe’s intent to streamline its contributor ecosystem, affecting not only photographers but...

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29 Sep
Efficiency & Productivity, Real World Practices, Software for Retouching

The Aggressive Art of Selecting Your Best Photos: A Step-by-Step Guide to The Post-Shoot Cull Process

Post-shoot culling is an essential yet often daunting part of a photographer’s workflow. In his article Post-Shoot Cull: The Aggressive Art of Selecting Your Best Photos, Glen E. Grant shares practical tips on how to streamline the culling process and...

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27 Sep
Industry & Community News, Real World Practices

Retouching Freelance Market Trends Report (Q3 2024): Key Insights from Our Survey

Written BY JULIA KUZMENKO MCKIM INTRODUCTION In polling and survey methodologies, it is well-known that after reaching a threshold sample size, the results stabilize, and the law of diminishing returns comes into play. The marginal benefit of adding more respondents becomes...

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17 Jul
Beauty Retouching, Efficiency & Productivity, Fundamentals, Real World Practices

High-Quality Files For Photo Editing & Retouching Practice

In the world of beauty, fashion & portrait retouching, mastering your craft is not just about learning to use Photoshop and understanding retouching techniques theory; it’s about getting your hands "dirty", experimenting, and perfecting your eye for details, workflow,...

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25 Apr
Quality Printing, Real World Practices, Retouching Job Alert

Remote job opportunity for photographers & retouchers

LA (Lindeman & Associates) is hiring. The job description outtakes below will explain what they actually need and which skills are required: Finishers of All Levels. Note from Retouching Academy Facebook group member: Daniel Ecoff: Finisher is the term used for entertainment...

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18 Apr
Efficiency & Productivity, Fundamentals, Real World Practices, Video Tutorial

Photoshop Layer Management: How You Order Your PSD Layers Matters

When working in Photoshop, your PSD Layer management approach - organizing your layers efficiently - is crucial to maintaining flexibility and control over your retouching workflow. Getting into the habit of properly structuring your PSD files early in your retouching...

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09 Apr
Efficiency & Productivity, Industry & Community News, Real World Practices, Stay Inspired

Generative AI for Freelancer: Will You Be a Disruptor or Disrupted?

As I advance in the Applied Generative AI course by MIT, I am completely and irrevocably convinced that the freelance business in the content creation field is experiencing a monumental transformation. The type that will permanently alter its landscape. Like many...

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13 Mar
Creative Retouching, Efficiency & Productivity, Industry & Community News, Stay Inspired

Generative AI for Freelancers

The freelance world is undergoing a seismic shift propelled by Artificial Intelligence (AI), especially Generative AI. In my latest blog post, you will find how I believe this transformative technology is reshaping the industry and can help YOU to recession-proof your freelance...

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25 Apr
Industry & Community News, Real World Practices, Stay Inspired

Guide to the Best Artist Grants and Opportunities for 2023

While retouching artists aren't usually really independent in their work and art (I guess, apart from AI creations now accessible to all, but that's a separate topic altogether), we often form partnerships based on commercial and/or artistic interests with...

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27 Oct
Efficiency & Productivity, Hardware & Tools, Real World Practices, Video Tutorial

Retouching Eyes with the Eye Drops Button on the MUA Retouch Panel

The Eye Drops button on the MUA Retouch panel is like virtual Visine, only better. Use it to quickly clean up the whites of the eyes, add light and vitality to the eyes, as well as make adjustments to...

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