Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who retouches; specifically, in photography, an operative employed to correct defects in both negatives and prints, whether such defects come from the process, or from spots, imperfections, etc., on the subject represented.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who retouches.
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- noun One who
retouches
Etymologies
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Examples
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In particular, it should allow the installation of extra applications which might be anything from a game to a photo retoucher to software to access and update Twitter, and be able to share data with other devices such as PCs.
Beginner’s Guide To Smart Phone Platforms | Lifehacker Australia 2010
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And then you can imagine Matisse, the retoucher, picking out its most important details in their iconic colors -- in "goldfish orange," "sky blue," "tangerine orange" and "leaf green."
MoMA show is the Matisse we don't know -- blacks, whites and the grays in between 2010
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I come with actual information, as Im' a retoucher AT Victoria's Secret.
Victoria's Secret: Secret Turns Out To Be Elephantiasis Cosmo7 2009
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Karpilove was given a traditional Jewish and secular education, and was trained as a photographer and retoucher.
Miriam Karpilove. 2009
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It would appear that Paula Deen is now employing a pageant retoucher for her magazine covers.
Archive 2009-09-01 Cosmo7 2009
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You guys are complaining about this shop job, but what you don't realize is that the original photo shows a harbor seal wearing a pink ruffled tankini, so how about some love for the retoucher?
Sports Illustrated: Hem hem Cosmo7 2009
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As someone who made his living this past decade as a retoucher, I am in favor of full disclosure of retouching practices, and believe there should be more public awareness of same.
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What a polyp on the face of the photoshop industry this retoucher is!
MacMall: Perspec-you-what? Cosmo7 2009
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Pascal Dangin is the premier retoucher of fashion photographs.
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I can imagine the retoucher leaning back from the screen and thinking 'I'm good, real GOOD!'
MacMall: Perspec-you-what? Cosmo7 2009
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