pictureretouching
nounUK /ˈpɪktʃə rɪˌtʌtʃɪŋ/
US /ˈpɪktʃər riˌtʌtʃɪŋ/
Making small changes to a picture to make it look better.
She did some pictureretouching to remove the red eye from her vacation photos.
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2. The job or skill of fixing old or damaged photographs.
He hired a specialist in pictureretouching to repair his grandparents' wedding photo.
3. Changing a picture to hide things or make it look different from real life.
The magazine was criticized for heavy pictureretouching on the cover model.
4. The process of making digital photos look cleaner and sharper.
Pictureretouching took her an hour, but the final image looked perfect.