Consistent Retouch Guideline

Consistent Retouch Guideline in Adobe Photoshop — with a ready prompt for the moment it comes up. 1 real situation leads here.

1prompt height
1situation
1role does it
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The moments that lead here

If one of these is your afternoon, you are in the right place.

we've had backlash when spokespeople looked 'airbrushed' and I want a standard approach

1 ready prompt

Written for the moment this actually comes up.

Become — change the pattern

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We've had two minor brand reputation issues because headshots were over-retouched. Across our…
We've had two minor brand reputation issues because headshots were over-retouched. Across our portfolio, where do designers cross from polished to fake and which fixed retouch rule would prevent that? Propose one technical constraint and one approval language to embed in the brief so skin work stays believable and the talent still looks like themselves.

Who does this, and with what

The same task is different work inside a different job.

Advertising & Promotions ManagerAdobe Photoshop

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Other retouch work people do in Adobe Photoshop.

Every task here came from the work, not from a feature list — which is why the prompts name what you want done and never the button that does it. The tool changes; the work does not.
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