Definition of retouching in English English dictionary
Process of improving/highlighting necessary details in a picture, photograph, print or drawing
This is the application of the final highlights and accents to an otherwise finished painting, or to alter parts of it slightly
(Color): The correction or deliberate manipulation of color, tone or detail in an original work of art, photograph or other original which needs correction Note: retouching materials, especially in photography, must be specifically designed for use on photographic materials such as prints or transparencies Often when incompatible materials are used, it becomes difficult if not impossible to reproduce a similar or exact color
The correction or deliberate manipulation of color, tone or detail in an original work of art, photograph or other original which needs correction
Altering a photo print or negative through a graphic process such as air brushing
Altering a print or negative after development by use of dyes or pencils to alter tones of highlights, shadows, and other details, or to remove blemishes
The refinement or further working of a basic stone or flint tool by means of percussion or pressure-flaking with a stone, bone, wooden or antler retouching implement during flint working See Burin, Scraper
Art of making digital, chemical, or dye corrections by adding or removing density or color on continuous-tone film, color transparency materials, or reflection prints Digital retouching makes changes to pixel values to enhance image appearance
The removal of small secondary flakes along the edge of a lithic artifact to improve or alter the cutting properties of that edge Retouch flaking may be BIFACIAL or UNIFACIAL
If someone retouches something such as a picture or a photograph, they improve it, for example by painting over parts of it. He said the photographs had been retouched She retouched her make-up. to improve a picture or photograph by painting over marks or making other small changes airbrush