Adobe Photoshop

Cosmetic Retouching

There are Photoshop workers who specialize in areas known as glamour, beauty, and fashion retouching. Each of those is considered distinct because the goals vary, but often there are techniques that are shared among them. Some advanced practitioners have even made their own Photoshop plugins and scripts to achieve their look.

I am not one of these specialists. I certainly understand the tools and techniques they use, but not always their objectives. Luckily, from what I’ve seen, there is less artificiality than some time ago. Rarely do we see utterly featureless skin that resembles plastic more than living tissue, or grotesquely exaggerated body alteration. If what you want to achieve is a gently flattering adjustment, the ...