A photo is a piece of history that is for all future generations to have. However, a common problem with most photographs is that they are not taken under optimum conditions. In any case, one may have some innate physical imperfections that do not contribute to making one look good in pictures. This is the reason why basic portrait retouching is something that one must learn. In todays computer age, the process is made a lot easier with various computer programs available that will help one make a picture and those in it look better. This is the best way to preserve memories.

What Are the Components of Basic Portrait Retouching?

The following are the basic components of basic portrait retouching:

• Skin blemish elimination. This feature is one of the most common retouching programs. This is employed mainly when the persons in the picture exhibit certain skin defects such as uneven skin tone, dark spots, and areas that dont seem to bode well with the overall aesthetics concerning the picture. This is also done to make a person appear younger.
  
• Elimination of problems such as eye bags, wrinkles, and lines on the forehead and on the cheek. If your age is showing up through the features of your face, then you must be thankful for basic portrait retouching. With this ability to manipulate photos, you will appear as youthful and as young as you never had in pictures. It is like cheating on your actual age with the manner that you are made more beautiful.
  
• Diffusion of the skin and skin tone treatment. Diffusion of the skin creates an impact that embellishes the appearance of a person. So even with imperfections as to how you appear, there is not much for you to worry because all of these will be taken care of by todays photo retouching technology.
  
• Red eye removal. Although the reasons behind this phenomenon are not fully understood, this is one of the most common errors in photography. With picture retouching, this will soon become a thing of the past.
  

How Is Basic Portrait Retouching Accomplished?

Most cases of photo retouching are done by professional artists in the studio. However, with the proliferation of software that can assist you in making your own manipulations of pictures, the opportunity is now open for anybody to do the procedure. Moreover, most software used for photo retouching is easy enough to use. The basic tools employed are brushes, a palette of colors and scissors for cutting parts of the pictures. It only takes a while for a novice to be familiar with using basic portrait retouching. In no time, you will also do it as well as the experts do.

Saving Changes

Saving the changes to your pictures after basic portrait retouching is no different from saving computer documents. However, in order not to be confused with such types of files, it will be better to label each file uniquely, hinting of the possible changes and contents of the pictures.