Blog - Specific Knowledge Base
including guest authors
1 | Retouching Techniques
Learn the Optimal Image Sharpening Formula for Printing
We understand the issue at hand – you want to ensure your edited...
Sharpening & Contrast: The Ultimate Guide to Achieve Perfectly Sharp Photos
You keep seeing them again and again: images that are over-sharpened to the point...
Maximizing Efficiency: The Benefits of Using Capture One 20 for Dust Spot Removal
Up until now, removing dust spots has been one of the first steps in...
Discover the Power of a “Solar Curve” for Precise Photo Editing
What is the “Solar Curve”? The “Solar Curve” looks like a wave created from...
Why Luminosity and Brightness Matter in Photoshop: A Comprehensive Guide
Conny Wallström recently posted a video on YouTube titled “Brightness vs. Luminosity Inside of...
Discover the Best Dodge and Burn Techniques
The Dodge & Burn technique can be approached in different ways and there...
Banding – the whole truth in a nutshell
Presumably, all of you know the feeling: you spend hours retouching an image, editing...
2 | Deep Dive
A Practical Approach to Refraction Photography
When you were a kid, have you ever tried to pick up a stick...
Hair science & how it affects Photography
When professionally photographing, every little thing counts. Photography equipment itself and lighting play a...
Aging and anatomy in retouching
Facial aging is a complex process that involves changes in both soft tissue...
The Power of Images in Advertising: How Our Brains Process People Images
“Our language culture is in a rapid transition to a visual culture” (Franke, 1997,...
Retouching relevance of footage
Almost every one of us is seeking a change of one kind or another....
3 | Photography Benchmark
Groundbreaking Fashion Photographers: Part 3
One of the most popular American movies of the 2000s is The Devil Wears...
Groundbreaking Fashion Photographers: Part 2
To anyone in the fashion and publication industry, Diana Vreeland is a household name....
Groundbreaking Fashion Photographers: Part 1
In an interview for the 2021 documentary In Vogue: The Editor’s Eye, the iconic...
A deep dive into the 8 most popular magazine covers
When editors and art directors come together to create a cover for their magazine...
The Art of Creating a Successful Magazine Cover
Within the magazine industry, the challenge of selling print issues has become increasingly difficult...
4 | Literature
Are you a Photographer or a Retoucher? Read these books.
Every retoucher’s first steps. When I was starting out, and I was retouching my...
Blog - General Knowledge Base
including guest authors
1 | Photography & Society
Type of artists and their color behavior
When we were young, people often judged us by our zodiac sign, ascendant,...
Minding the Gender Gap in Photography
Photography Through the Woman’s POV It’s a remarkable achievement to have something named after...
Photography in the time of early COVID-19
As 2020 reached its dramatic conclusion, and the world approached the one-year anniversary of...
A heart-warming Story of Nina Kramberger
It’s easy to see at the moment how the Coronavirus pandemic is not psychologically...
Revisiting the Photographie Retouchée Label: Is it effective?
France is often described as the standard-bearer of the world for high-end culture and...
Presence analysis of the retouching label “Photographie retouchée” 2019
MK Retouching investigated different Vogue Paris on retouching labels in 2019 after the first...
Presence analysis of the retouching label “Photographie retouchée” 2018
MK Retouching investigated popular fashion magazines on retouching labels in research in Paris. These...
Retouching label “Photographie retouchée” – A tour through France
Presence of the retouching label in public How to deal with an avoidable retouching...
Warning signs for adverts: The French retouching label “Photographie retouchée”
Background to the adoption of legal measures In France, studies have come to the...
Advertising with and for women?
Presence of advertising Media are everywhere: They reinforce values, offer models of behavior, shape...
The ethnical responsibility in beauty retouching
I recently had an interview on the ethnical responsibility of retouching. I found the...
Biological mechanisms that defines beauty
What is beauty according to science? Beauty is in the eye of the beholder....
2 | Smart Work
How to be productive: Timeular Timetracking
Time-tracking? If the word time tracking is used, my first association is permanent employment,...
Biohacking for Retouchers: How Light Can Improve Your Health & Performance (1)
What is Biohacking? In recent years, the emerging field of biohacking has gained...
The perfect light setup for post-production (1)
Choose the right conditions and workspace for your needs and get the best results.
How to identify the Hobbyist Photographer from the Professional
Photography Reaches the Everyman The turn of the 20th century introduced a groundbreaking instrument...
How to be productive (as a retoucher)
An incredible number of books have been written on this subject: how do you become...
How to reduce file sizes – from RAW to PSD to JPEG
Large amounts of data are generated during post-production – previews, composites, layered and non-layered...
3 | MK News
Join Our New Retouching Course on Domestika!
This new course, Professional Retouching for Product Photography in Photoshop, will show you how...
New tutorial – Limited Time Offer
There is excellent news for all our German fans! In the course of the...
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23/11/2019 - 23/11/2019