Adobe Photoshop has become the industry standard for photo retouching over the last 18 years. This is due to its versatile nature and the vast amount of things that can be accomplished in the program. As well as retouching, other uses for the software are image formatting, digital painting, product mock-ups and creating marketing collateral for advertising.

Many formats can be used, the most preferable format being Tiff or RAW, even JPGs can be used if they are high resolution/quality. The larger the file size the better, when retouching a JPG for advertising it tends to be around 8000 pixels wide by 6000 pixels high with 300 pixels per inch.

Typically, a client will already have an idea of what they would like to be enhanced or removed from an image. However, during the initial briefing with the studio, we will also make suggestions and recommendations to ensure you get the best result.

Photoshop is usually learnt alongside a degree, like Photography, Design or Art degrees such as Fine Art. These modules will grant you a good understanding of Photoshop, that will allow the user to be able to complete basic tasks, such as colour amendments and removing small details such as blemishes. However, Art degrees are more preferable for the more complex images as the qualification incorporates methods used to calculate the correct angles of missing objects. For example, when removing large objects or extending the image, this requires an understanding of 2 or 3 points perspectives.