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Get The Best Out of Your Raw Files Before Retouching

As a professional photographer, I am sure you only shoot in Raw format. But do you pull all of the good color and luminosity data out of your Raw files before taking them to Photoshop for retouching?

Today, I want to share with you how I prepare my Raw files for retouching. I believe this is a very important step in retouching workflow, but from my observations over the years, very few photographers and retouchers do this.

While you may not need to do this with every image, it is an extremely helpful method to know so you can always salvage a shot that was not captured perfectly.

Career Opportunities for Retouchers

This is an excerpt from the Professional Beauty Retouching course I created along with the Retouching Academy team.

Photo Retouching is a potent skill for all content creators. Retouching tools, emerging phone apps, and shortcut retouching software are very helpful for artists who only use retouching to supplement their main services such as photographers, makeup artists, graphic designers, social media managers, and so on.

However, for freelancers who offer retouching as their principal service, an additional understanding of career opportunities, tools, techniques, and business practices is necessary.

If you are interested in a professional retouching career, particularly serving commercial higher-paying clients, or if you are a photographer who provides retouching services to clients as well — this article is for you.

Julia Kuzmenko McKim

Get The Best Out of Your Raw Files Before Retouching

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