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Preserve Journalistic Integrity

Decide which retouches cross the line for a news portrait and set an editing workflow that preserves editorial integri…

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The same job, four heights

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AExecute — “help me do it”Decide which retouches cross the line for a news portrait and set an editing workflow that…+
Decide which retouches cross the line for a news portrait and set an editing workflow that preserves editorial integrity: document allowed adjustments, create a layer mask workflow that preserves original pixels, and export a flattened and a layered TIFF for archive.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed.
BImprove — “do it better”Before finalizing the editorial retouch policy, make the rules clear to editors: define allowed…+
Before finalizing the editorial retouch policy, make the rules clear to editors: define allowed fixes (spots, exposure, dust) versus prohibited changes (changing expression, body shape, age), require a visible layers PSD preserving originals under a 'RAW_ARCHIVE' group, add a short checklist for every portrait indicating which rule was applied, and save both flattened TIFF for publication and layered PSD for records.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed.

The real tasks

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Decide which retouches cross the line for a news portrait and set an editing workflow that preserves editorial integrity.

Who does this

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Photographer

Questions people ask

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Because you rarely think 'I want the redaction tool'. You think 'I have to share this without leaking the client's details'. Start from the need, and the feature finds you.

Real. Every job here was drawn from what people in real roles were actually seen doing in Photoshop — not a feature checklist.

No. Each page gives you a ready prompt you can paste into an AI assistant, plus the plain steps to do it yourself. Start with either — the goal is the finished job, not the tool.