Retouching

Also known as photo retouching, image retouching, retouch. Category: Photography techniques

Retouching is manual editing that corrects or improves an image beyond standard adjustments: removing dust and scratches, cleaning up edges, fixing reflections or removing unwanted objects. It is time-consuming, so high-volume studios try to reduce it through good capture and automation.

How PhotoRobot uses it

PhotoRobot Controls includes a brush and eraser for retouching single images or applying a change to all images, and a Denoise tool for removing dirt and dust. Item export can mark images for external retouching, PhotoRobot Account has an External Retoucher role, and PhotoRobot Studio offers optional outsourced retouching.

  • Post-production: Everything done to images after capture: editing, background removal, cropping, export.
  • Batch processing: Applying the same edits to many images at once instead of one by one.
  • Clipping path: A hand-drawn vector outline used to cut a product out of its background.
  • Quality control: Checking images against requirements before they are published, and sending failures back.

Where this term appears on photorobot.com

Mentioned on 69 pages of photorobot.com. The 20 most relevant:

  1. What’s New in the February Controls Software Release 2.6.0 (Blog)
    Simply enter a comment and specify for whom it will be visible – whether the client, a retoucher, or internal.
  2. Professional Tips for Footwear Product Photography (Tutorial)
    Are your product photos going straight to the web, or do you retouch imagery first? If publishing immediately, JPG is the standard choice of file format.
  3. Automate Sending Product Images with Integrated DAM Software (Blog)
    …reports detail every stage of image production: ‘to capture’, ‘captured’, ‘ready for retouch’, ‘retouch done’, ‘verified’, ‘approved’, ‘published’ Integrating the production process with digital asset…
  4. 360° Product Photography - Content Formats and Production (Blog)
    Post-production: photo editing and retouching (background removal, image enhancements); 5.
  5. eCommerce Photography - How to Optimize Production (Blog)
    Team members, project managers, retouchers, and clients alike simply log into the system for remote access to digital assets.
  6. Jewelry Photography - Behind the Scenes Production (Blog)
    For many pieces of jewelry, there will always be some manual retouching necessary after the photoshoot.
  7. Capturing Images with PhotoRobot - User Support Manual (Manual)
    …completely remove all frames together with all images and angle configurations Send for retouch - mark item for external retouching Activity - view the activity log of an item Import images - upload…
  8. Does Your Business Need Digital Asset Management Software? (Blog)
    Team members can easily access the tasks they are responsible for, with pages for studio managers, photographers, clients, or retouchers.
  9. PhotoRobot Workflow Demonstration - Video Recap (Video)
    08:42* Automated post production in PhotoRobot software can minimize or even completely eliminate the need for manual retouching.
  10. Product Photo Background Removal and Adjustment (Tutorial)
    This is especially valuable for retouching multi-row images, no matter if it’s stills or 360 spins.
  11. Car Turntables - 360-Degree Automotive Photography (Blog)
    Systems like Hensel’s by XY Imager call for a manual retoucher on the team, or hiring out.
  12. Item Export - PhotoRobot User Support Manual (Manual)
    This step defines still, spin, preview, and retouch outputs for the export.
  13. Photo Studio Automation - A Buyer’s Guide by PhotoRobot (Blog)
    Meanwhile, the software drastically reduces or completely eliminates the need for outsourcing production processes, such as to eternal retouchers.
  14. On-Mannequin Fashion Product Photography Using PhotoRobot (Video)
    …a Modular Ghost Mannequin How to Remove Mannequin Pole from Images PhotoRobot Cloud Retouching Access Controls PhotoRobot Spin Viewer with Hot Spots Types of Photography Mannequins Portable Mannequin…
  15. Image Editing Tools (Software)
    If not ideal, like when removing dust from a scene, it’s also easy to enter images individually for a quick, final retouching.
  16. Pro Tips: Advanced Photo Editing Tools and Techniques (Blog)
    Not 100% satisfied with the results? Simply retouch one of the images and apply your editing across the entire folder again.
  17. Simple Product Portfolio Production: PhotoRobot Wizards (Blog)
    Production is thus easily accessible and shareable for additional retouching if necessary, QA, and distributing to clients.
  18. Fashion Photography of a Cardigan on a Ghost Mannequin (Tutorial)
    Retouch the pole of the torso using manual or automated Chromakey retouch.
  19. Ghost Mannequin Photography on a Tight-Fitting Dress (Tutorial)
    Moreover, it needs to be ready for photographing in a way that ensures less need for retouching final images.
  20. Editing Images with PhotoRobot Post-Processing Software (Manual)
    Understand how to retouch and edit any product image or product video with PhotoRobot Control software’s advanced post-processing tools & features.

…and 49 more pages.

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