Comments on: Pro Retouch Tutorial!

By: aburcebaf

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By: Johnny

Johnny — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 07:27:21 +0000

Yeah Doug! Kick his freakin ass. You rock man.

By: Doug Boutwell

Doug Boutwell — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:53:06 +0000

While I totally agree that blur-based techniques aren’t the best out there, I also know firsthand that doing things the other way takes hours of time, tremendous patience, and a lot of skill. Nobody’s arguing with you there. But if you’re a working wedding / portrait photographer (guessing you’re not), and you have sometimes dozens of images to get through in a half-day’s worth of retouching, then I still believe that Pro Retouch (our action) is the best solution out there. Yes, it’s a compromise of sorts, since you CAN get better results. But I do believe it’s 90% as good, in 10% of the time. If you’re getting paid by Gucci to retouch high-end ad campaigns, by all means, spend a half day retouching someone’s skin. But for the average, working photographer, this is a far more practical, realistic solution (unless you’re charging $30k for weddings).

(By the way, if you’re going to come to my blog and piss on my work, at least have the balls to post a link to your website so people can decide whether you’re full of shit or not)

By: DanR.

DanR. — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:44:48 +0000

WOW…Another person using BLUR techniques to soften skin. Why are people so amazed by this Cheap quick fix. Best retouching is done with patience, the most skilled artists, and NO BLURRING.

By: MsB

MsB — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:57:03 +0000

Wahoo! Thank you so much for posting this video tutorial because, as you are right, I’m one of those people that do not use the Pro Retouch actions. Why? Um, because I didn’t know its benefits until this video. But, I’m SO going to use it now because I’ve been using the Patch Tool like there’s no tomorrow, aka 15 minutes rather than a few minutes. So, thanks again!!!

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By: Brittany Blando

Brittany Blando — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:05:50 +0000

Amazing tool – that every photographer should have.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 01:42:36 +0000

I am sooo glad I watched this little tutorial!!!!! I did not even realize Pro Retouch was there…but I have been using the crap out of the rest of your actions!!!! I LOVE them!!! Thank you Thank you!! ;) Melissa

By: Kenny Kim

Kenny Kim — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:52:35 +0000

Thanks Doug. That was helpful. :-)

By: AngelBQ » Blog Archive » Hiatus in a while

AngelBQ » Blog Archive » Hiatus in a while — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 05:33:44 +0000

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