When you were a kid, have you ever tried to pick up a stick in a running brook, and it doesn’t seem to be...

When professionally photographing, every little thing counts. Photography equipment itself and lighting play a vital role in this game, but let’s not forget how...

What is beauty according to science? Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. This famous popular saying has already become a cliché. But...

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...

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...

When editors and art directors come together to create a cover for their magazine issue, there is a lot of time and planning involved....

Within the magazine industry, the challenge of selling print issues has become increasingly difficult in recent years due to the rising dominance of the...

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...

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...

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...

We know the problem – you want to send a (hopefully) cleanly edited image for printing and look for suitable resharpening methods. So most...

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....

Do you feel exhausted from the last hot summer days and would like to spend a few more weeks relaxed and cooler? Over the...

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...

When to use this masking method There are many options for masking objects and models in Adobe Photoshop. If the current methods fail, you...

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...

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...

Facial aging is a dynamic process involving the aging of soft tissue and bony structures. In image editing or retouching, we influence this bone...

Large amounts of data are generated during post-production – previews, composites, layered and non-layered versions, revisions, etc. – also for the client. These files...

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 is a subject where opinions differ. There are many ways to make areas in the picture lighter or darker. We quickly discuss...

Conny Wallström posted a video on YouTube about “Brightness vs. Luminosity inside of Photoshop”. As always, a somewhat more technical topic, but fascinating: It...

What is the “Solar Curve”? The “Solar Curve” looks like a wave created from the normal linear curve inside of Photoshop. Normally 4 or...

Presumably, each of you knows: You retouched forever on an image, retouched the fingers sore, and if you want to show the final image,...

“Our language culture is in a rapid transition to a visual culture” (Franke, 1997, quoted in Gläßel, 2010, p. 17). Considering the date of...

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...

Almost every one of us is seeking a change of one kind or another. Being thinner, firmer, smoother, better trained, or simply a different...

MK Retouching investigated different Vogue Paris on retouching lables in 2019 after the first investigation in 2018. Here you can read about the latest...

Presence of advertising Media are everywhere: They reinforce values, offer models of behavior, shape role models — they make us think about different topics,...

MK Retouching investigated popular fashion magazines on retouching labels in research in Paris. These were then sorted and evaluated according to their appearance. To...

Background to the adoption of legal measures In France, studies have come to the following conclusion: Worrying developments regarding women, such as the increase...

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...