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How to retouch photos

Edited by Ben Jacklin
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The best moments of our lives should be captured in beautiful photos, but occasional imperfections can spoil the memories. Don’t get upset if you see defects in a wedding photo, a family portrait, or even a selfie. You can completely remove all of them with photo retouching. Movavi Photo Editor makes it as easy as can be. It can also help you repair damaged old photos that have been converted to a digital format. You won’t need to call on expensive professional services; the simple yet powerful Movavi’s face editor lets you be your own retoucher, even if you’ve never done any photo touch up before. You can even add your own creative touches to the photo: adjust colors, experiment with contrast and brightness, and enhance the retouched image in many other ways to create the perfect image and reveal your subject’s hidden beauty.

Touch up photographs with Movavi Photo Editor

Learn how to retouch photos in no time using Picverse. Easily smooth the skin or reshape the body. Just download the Windows or Mac version and follow the guide below to start touching up photos quickly and easily.

Step 1. Install Picverse Photo Editor

Open the installation file and follow the instructions on the screen.

Step 2. Add your photo to the program

Launch Picverse, click Browse for Images, and choose the file you want to edit. Alternatively, you can drag the image file onto the program working area.

Upload photo to Movavi's photo retouching software

Step 3. Retouch the photo

You can get rid of wrinkles, birthmarks, scars, and other skin flaws in portraits, as well as remove any spots, scuffs, scratches, or other unwanted objects that may have appeared in converted old and damaged photos. Just do the following:

To correct facial and other skin imperfections, open the Retouching tab and choose Blemish removal from the Skin section. Adjust the tool size to match the size of the area you want to retouch. Just click on the blemish and it will be gone, as if by magic! Repeat the process for all the problem areas and click Apply. Make skin matte and radiant with the Skin smoothing and Shine removal tools. Use Red eye removal in the Eyes section and Teeth whitening in the Mouth section to resolve these common problems in digital portraits. You can even add make-up or change eye and hair color!

Correct facial and other skin imperfections with a photo retouching tool

To edit an old scanned image (to get rid of cracks, creases, spots, etc.), go to the Smart Eraser tab, choose the Selection Brush tool, and select all the objects you want to remove. You can change the size of the brush by moving the Brush size slider. Make sure the unwanted elements are highlighted in red, and click Start Erasing. The program will automatically erase blemishes and retouch the original photograph. You can also use the Magic Wand Tool to quickly select adjacent objects of the same color. The Lasso Tool will help you select the unwanted objects by outlining them. Use Selection Eraser to deselect parts of the image if you wish, or click Reset Selection to start over with the highlighting.

Go to the Object Removal tab to retouch old photos

You can also retouch imperfections manually with the Stamp Tool: clone one piece of an image onto the imperfection to cover it up seamlessly. First, hold down the Alt key and left-click on the area you want to copy, then release the Alt key and click the element you want to mask with the patch you’ve just selected for copying.

Retouch imperfections manually with the Stamp Tool

To zoom in or out on your picture, use the mouse wheel or the dedicated slider at the bottom of the window. You can easily review all the changes you’ve made: hold down and release the View the original image button to switch between the cleaned-up image and the original picture, or click Before / After to display both images side by side.

View original picture and the changed one

Step 4. Adjust the image parameters

In addition to retouching, you can improve the appearance of your photo in many other ways: heighten contrast, sharpen blurry shots, find the balance between highlights and shadows to emphasize details that may be too dark or too light, or fix hue, temperature, and tint for color correction. You can set these and other parameters via the Adjust tab by moving the appropriate sliders. Try the AI Adjust tools as a final touch up: the photo editor uses the artificial intelligence technology to bring out the best in your image.

Adjust photo parameters in addition to picture retouching

Step 5. Save the result

When your picture is ready, save it by clicking the Save icon in the upper-right corner of the program. You can choose the destination folder, change the format of the file, or rename it. Click OK and enjoy the results!

Save the touched up photos

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