Set Retouching Standards

Set Retouching Standards in Adobe Photoshop — with two ready prompts: the immediate one, and the one that makes it stick. 1 real situation leads here.

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Oversee retouching standards for the film's cast photography, establishing acceptable levels of skin work and color so final imagery remains truthful.

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Oversee retouching standards for cast photography: define acceptable levels of skin work and color…
Oversee retouching standards for cast photography: define acceptable levels of skin work and color so final imagery remains truthful; document frequency-separation limits, dodge-and-burn guidance, and save a sample master for the retouch team by [deadline=Friday].

Improve — make it easier to accept

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Before circulating retouch standards to the head of marketing and the portrait retoucher, make them…
Before circulating retouch standards to the head of marketing and the portrait retoucher, make them actionable: produce a short guideline showing acceptable before/after examples, set numeric limits for frequency separation strength and global saturation shifts, specify that pores must remain and skin structure not be smoothed beyond two stop levels, and include a master PSD example enforcing non-destructive layers.

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Film / Video EditorAdobe PhotoshopAdobe Lightroomalso: Define Skin Work Limitsalso: Establish Color Truthfulness

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