Photographic Retouchers and Restorers

Retouch or restore photographic negatives and prints to accentuate desirable features of subject, using pencils, watercolors, or airbrushes.

Job Task

• Applies paint to retouch or enhance negative or photograph, using airbrush, pen, artist's brush, cotton swab, or gloved finger.
• Rubs eraser or cloth over photograph to reduce gloss, remove debris, or prepare specified areas of illustration for highlighting.
• Paints negative with retouching medium, to ensure retouching pencil will mark surface of negative.
• Shades negative or photograph with pencil to smooth facial contours, conceal blemishes, stray hairs, or wrinkles, and soften highlights.
• Inks borders or lettering on illustration, using pen, brush, or drafting instruments.
• Examines drawing, negative, or photographic print to determine coloring, shading, accenting, and changes required to retouch or restore.
• Mixes ink or paint solutions, according to color specifications, color chart, and consistency desired.
• Trims edges of print to enhance appearance, using scissors or paper cutter.
• Cuts out masking template, using shears, and positions templates on picture to mask selected areas.
• Wipes excess color from portrait to produce specified shade, using cotton swab.

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