What Celebrity Magazine Retouching Actually Looks Like (And Why You Should Care)

What Celebrity Magazine Retouching Actually Looks Like (And Why You Should Care)

There’s a specific kind of humbling that happens when you’ve been doing Photoshop work for years and you still catch yourself believing a magazine cover is real. I’ve been editing photos since I was making graphics in MS Paint for my middle school friends, and I know how much work goes into a polished image. I know it intellectually. And yet, those high-gloss editorial shots still land differently in the gut than they should.