Portrait Retouching Extremes

Portrait Retouching Extremes in Adobe Photoshop — with a ready prompt for the moment it comes up. 1 real situation leads here.

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We repeatedly get pushback for portraits that either read amateur or over-retouched and I want to stop both extremes.

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Across recent portrait comps we swing between amateur fixes and heavy-handed smoothing, and both…
Across recent portrait comps we swing between amateur fixes and heavy-handed smoothing, and both lose client confidence. Identify the pattern in how we brief retouch that creates those extremes, and recommend a single standard I should institute for skin work plus the quick visual check that proves it's hit the right balance before a presentation.

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