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Becci Manson: Retouching and restoring - Film

Becci Manson: Retouching and restoring - Film

From the course: Becci Manson, Retouching and Restoring

Becci Manson: Retouching and restoring - Film

(easy jazz music) - Retouching doesn't have a great reputation still, and I think it's an awful shame because it's not just about making someone skinny or making clothes look perfect and skin perfect. The retoucher has a lot more to do than they used to. It's retouching where you're actually creating something, something that was only ever imagined in someone's head. Whether you have to shoot extra things that are then manipulated and put together, or whether you actually draw them, it's a very different discipline, and you're very much more an artist. There's a bigger skill set involved. When you're trying to create something that someone else has thought of and follow their line of thought, it's a much more disciplined thing to do. When you deal with photographers and art directors, it's very predictable that things are gonna change, and that you could go back and forward on something five or six times, or you know, however many times because one art director might say one thing…

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