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Uniform Skin-Work Policy

I've been asked to write the retouching standard for cast photos so PR and the portrait team stop over-smoothing. Look…

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I've been asked to write the retouching standard for cast photos so PR and the portrait team stop over-smoothing. Look at the last 25 headshots we've approved: where do we consistently slide into over-retouching, and define one clear standard (language I can give the retoucher) on acceptable pore, blemish, and softness levels so final images read like the real actor, not a retouched doubling.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed.

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I'm setting standards for how much skin work is allowed across all cast photography

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