Image Editing & Retouching
How to Get Product Mockups Right
Product mockups are images that show a design applied to a product, a package or a device before, or instead of, a photograph of the finished item. A label wrap...
Imogen Clarke
Stills, retouching and real-time 3D. Writes about color management, asset pipelines and getting heavy visual work into a browser.
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Image Editing & Retouching
Eye and Teeth Retouching: The Decisions That Matter
Eye and teeth retouching is the small, careful work done on the two features a viewer reads first in any portrait: brightening the whites of the eyes, cleaning...
Image Editing & Retouching
Skin Tones in Retouching, Done Properly
Keeping skin color accurate and consistent across images and across different people. What is at stake Skin tone errors are noticed immediately, and inconsisten...
Image Editing & Retouching
Screenshots for Documentation: The Decisions That Matter
Screenshots for documentation are the captured, cropped, cleaned and annotated images of a software interface that appear in help articles, tutorials, onboardin...
Image Editing & Retouching
Technical Illustration, Done Properly
Diagrams and illustrations that explain how something works, such as exploded views, cutaways and process diagrams. Where most projects go wrong The usual mista...
Image Editing & Retouching
Seamless Pattern Creation: The Decisions That Matter
Building repeating patterns that tile without visible seams, for packaging, textiles and backgrounds. Why does it matter? Patterns that almost tile look broken,...
Image Editing & Retouching
Choosing Stock Photography: What Actually Works
Selecting stock images that suit a brand and audience, and checking their licenses and usage limits. At a glance Overuse popular images appear on many competing...
Image Editing & Retouching
How to Get Working with AI Image Generators Right
Using generative tools to produce or extend images, and the practical limits of doing so in commercial work. What is at stake These tools are fast but inconsist...
Image Editing & Retouching
Image Quality Control Checks, Done Properly
The final review of edited images before delivery, covering color, cleanup, sizing and metadata. The key figures Zoom checks problems hide at reduced view sizes...
Image Editing & Retouching
Delta E and Color Accuracy: What Actually Works
A numeric measure of the difference between two colors, used to judge how accurately color is reproduced. Where most projects go wrong The usual mistakes: Judgi...
Image Editing & Retouching
Fine Art Printing: What Actually Works
Producing high-quality prints of photographs and artwork on archival papers with pigment inks. Why does it matter? Fine art printing has different requirements...
Image Editing & Retouching
Moire Patterns in Photos: The Decisions That Matter
The wavy interference patterns that appear when fine repeating detail, such as fabric or screens, meets the sensor grid. At a glance Cause interference between...
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