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Revisiting the Photographie Retouchée Label: Is it effective?
07/06/2021
France is often described as the standard-bearer of the world for high-end culture and fashion, representing the ultimate in effortless sophistication. Iconic designers present...
Photography in the time of COVID-19
22/05/2021
As 2020 reached its dramatic conclusion, and the world approached the one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic, websites and publications all shared a similar...
A deep dive into the 8 most popular magazine covers
07/05/2021
When editors and art directors come together to create a cover for their magazine issue, there is a lot of time and planning involved....
The Art of Creating a Successful Magazine Cover
21/04/2021
Within the magazine industry, the challenge of selling print issues has become increasingly difficult in recent years due to the rising dominance of the...
A heart-warming Story of Nina Kramberger
21/03/2021
It’s easy to see at the moment how the Coronavirus pandemic is not psychologically good for the people of Germany. The last 5 months...
How to be productive: Timular Timetracking
08/01/2021
Time-tracking? If the word time tracking is used, my first association is permanent employment, an old-school, complicated tool, my own forgetfulness, and the imprecise...
Are you a Photographer or a Retoucher? Read these books.
13/12/2020
Every retoucher’s first steps. When I was starting out, and I was retouching my own photographs, I remember I didn’t have a clue about...
The little cooling helpers against heat in the office
25/08/2020
Do you feel exhausted from the last hot summer days and would like to spend a few more weeks relaxed and cooler? Over the...
How to be productive (as a retoucher)
15/08/2020
An incredible number of books have been written on this subject: how do you become productive, how to be REALLY productive, how to focus, how...
Resharpening for printing
10/08/2020
We know the problem – you want to send a (hopefully) cleanly edited image for printing and look for suitable resharpening methods. So most...
The concept of sharpness
05/08/2020
You see them again and again, totally over-sharpened images. Funny Jesus halos were created, hair looks super dry, and somehow everything becomes cheap again....
Masking with Difference masking: Easy!
25/07/2020
When to use this masking method There are many options for masking objects and models in Adobe Photoshop. If the current methods fail, you...
Capture One Pro Tips – Easy Dust Spot Finder & Removal Tools
05/06/2020
So far, removing dust spots has been one of the first steps in post-production. Previously, there were two ways to do this: While the...
Type of artist & their behaviour with the color
25/05/2020
Since we were little, we are judged by our zodiac sign or ascendant, pigeonholed by friends, family, or strangers. From time to time, we stumble...
Aging and anatomy in retouching
25/04/2020
Facial aging is a dynamic process involving the aging of soft tissue and bony structures. In image editing or retouching, we influence this bone...
How to reduce file sizes – from RAW to PSD to JPEG
10/04/2020
Large amounts of data are generated during post-production – previews, composites, layered and non-layered versions, revisions, etc. – also for the client. These files...
New tutorial – Limited Time Offer
25/03/2020
There is excellent news for all our German fans! In the course of the last Coronavirus events, we took part in a great tutorial...
Dodge & Burn – Different methods compared
10/01/2020
Dodge & Burn is a subject where opinions differ. There are many ways to make areas in the picture lighter or darker. We quickly discuss...
Luminosity vs Brightness
10/12/2019
Conny Wallström posted a video on YouTube about “Brightness vs. Luminosity inside of Photoshop”. As always, a somewhat more technical topic, but fascinating: It...
The “Solar Curve” (Solarization curve)
10/11/2019
What is the “Solar Curve”? The “Solar Curve” looks like a wave created from the normal linear curve inside of Photoshop. Normally 4 or...
Banding – the whole truth in a nutshell
10/10/2019
Presumably, each of you knows: You retouched forever on an image, retouched the fingers sore, and if you want to show the final image,...
Image perception and mechanisms in advertising
10/09/2019
“Our language culture is in a rapid transition to a visual culture” (Franke, 1997, quoted in Gläßel, 2010, p. 17). Considering the date of...
The ethnical responsibility in beauty retouching
25/08/2019
I recently had an interview on the ethnical responsibility of retouching. I found the experience very moving and very thought-provoking. In this article, I...
Retouching relevance of footage
10/08/2019
Almost every one of us is seeking a change of one kind or another. Being thinner, firmer, smoother, better trained, or simply a different...
Presence analysis of the retouching label “Photographie retouchée” 2019
25/07/2019
MK Retouching investigated different Vogue Paris on retouching lables in 2019 after the first investigation in 2018. Here you can read about the latest...
Advertising with and for women?
10/07/2019
Presence of advertising Media are everywhere: They reinforce values, offer models of behavior, shape role models — they make us think about different topics,...
Presence analysis of the retouching label “Photographie retouchée” 2018
25/06/2019
MK Retouching investigated popular fashion magazines on retouching labels in research in Paris. These were then sorted and evaluated according to their appearance. To...
Warning signs for adverts: The French retouching label “Photographie retouchée”
10/06/2019
Background to the adoption of legal measures In France, studies have come to the following conclusion: Worrying developments regarding women, such as the increase...
Retouching label “Photographie retouchée” – A tour through France
25/05/2019
Presence of the retouching label in public How to deal with an avoidable retouching label in public? Through a 3-day stay (15.02.2018 – 17.02.2018) for...
