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The sponge tool, on the other hand, works to help retouch images by saturating or desaturating color, allowing users to fine-tune how vibrant their images and art look.

From The Verge ● Dec. 14, 2021

“At one point, I was the photographer. I know how to retouch product too.”

From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2021

However, there are some instances where it might be OK to retouch a school photo, Alvord added.

From Fox News ● Nov. 2, 2021

They would rewrite history books, or retouch photographs, if they showed uncomfortable truths about the past.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 8, 2019

You could retouch the paint on the bathroom windowsill, and after you do it you could warn me so that I don’t put my watch on it.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri

To this day, when the pool is drained, the hotel retouches the lines, refreshing Hockney’s iconic blue half-moon marks every year or so.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2025

She examines it, retouches it, and notices that that upper lip is remarkably similar to the Mona Lisa.

From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2021

Once inside, Hannah retouches her makeup and arranges herself on the couch.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 21, 2015

Following Mass, Francis will remove seals on papal apartments so that crews can do small retouches before the new pope moves in.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 14, 2013

"If she but retouches her hair, or rearranges her ribbons or her jewellery, these little fashions conceal a satire judicious and natural, and throw ridicule upon the women she wishes to represent."

From Queens of the French Stage by H. Noel Williams

Water can be used to dampen and repose the body and paint can be removed or retouched.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2025

He also found scrapers and other retouched pieces known as Mousterian stone artifacts that suggested the cave had been used by Neanderthals.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 21, 2023

For teens, this seamless integration of celebrities and retouched versions of real-life peers presents a ripe environment for upward social comparison, or comparing yourself to someone who is “better” in some respect.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 26, 2023

Norway introduced a law in 2021 that requires these two social media groups to indicate whether a photograph has been retouched.

From BBC ● May 14, 2023

Someone had retouched the photo and painted Henrietta’s face an unnatural yellow.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

"There are ways to use AI that is non-invasive to the creative ecosystem and I see no problem with that," she said, adding this could involve things like retouching, small edits or making mood boards.

From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026

His large-scale, photorealistic paintings render L.A.’s visual language through tools like commercial photo retouching, Hollywood set painting and manual sign painting traditions, creating a unique commentary on image making and the city’s systems of communication.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2026

Some kinds of retouching require old-school edits from other Adobe software like Lightroom.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025

When the ball got past Joey Votto, Rocchio took off for second without retouching first.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 17, 2023

It startled Ifemelu, how much a relaxer retouching cost at Aunty Uju’s hair salon; the haughty hairdressers sized up each customer, eyes swinging from head to shoes, to decide how much attention she was worth.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie