Image Editing & Graphic Design
High End Retouching
Detailed, hand-finished retouching for advertising, beauty and luxury products, where images are viewed large and scrutinized closely.
- Price
- From $0.99 per image
- Free trial
- 2 images, edited to your brief, no card, no commitment.
Part of Photo Retouching. How the work runs and what it costs across the family are set out in the image editing & graphic design guide.
What High End Retouching covers
4 services under this heading. Each is priced for the work it actually involves rather than averaged into one rate.
Non-destructive Wacom Retouching
Retouching done by hand on a pen tablet with separate, adjustable layers, so every change can be reviewed and reversed.
Priced per project
Photo Blending
Combining several exposures or frames into one image, for detail, dynamic range or a scene that could not be captured in...
5 services
Beauty & Glamor Retouching
Skin retouching that keeps real texture while evening tone and removing temporary blemishes, for beauty and fashion imag...
Priced per project
High End Photo Restoration
Painstaking restoration of valuable or heavily damaged photographs, rebuilding missing areas by hand with close attentio...
Priced per project
Rates and common questions for this work are on the Image Editing & Graphic Design page.
How we approach this work
Articles from the journal, written by the people who do this work. More on this subject →
A Practical Guide to Clipping Paths and Cut-Outs
Learn when to use a clipping path or a mask, how to place paths and finish edges without halos, and how to keep cut-outs consistent across a full catalog.
Image Editing & RetouchingColor Management, Done Properly
Learn how profiles, working spaces, display calibration and soft-proofing keep color consistent from the editor to the browser to the printed page.
Image Editing & RetouchingNon-Destructive Editing, Done Properly
A phase-by-phase playbook for non-destructive editing: layered masters, adjustment layers, masks and smart objects that turn client revisions into quick fixes.
High End Retouching vs the alternatives
Side-by-side on price, turnaround and what you actually get back. Written for the decision rather than for us.
Batch Photo Editing vs High End Retouching
Which you need, what each costs, and when a project wants both — batch photo editing compared with high end retouching.
High End Retouching vs Photo Manipulation
Which you need, what each costs, and when a project wants both — high end retouching compared with photo manipulation.
Often combined with High End Retouching
The work that usually sits either side of this one. One team handles all of it, under one brief.
Image Delivery & Asset Management
Organizing, storing and delivering images after a shoot, so the right files reach the right places and can be found year...
Priced per project
Studio Setup & Lighting Design
Lighting and studio setups designed for your products, documented so the same look can be recreated at every future shoo...
Priced per project
Logo Design
Designing a logo and the full set of versions it needs, from the primary mark to icons, favicons and single-color varian...
Priced per project
Brand Strategy
Deciding who the brand is for, what makes it different and how it should sound, before any design work starts.
Priced per project
Automation & Flow Design
Automated email sequences triggered by what customers do, such as signing up, browsing or buying, so the right message a...
Priced per project
3D Modeling
Clean topology, correct scale, ready for what happens next.
From $49.00 per model
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