Originally Posted by Varzi Network

Well looking at it that way just about anything can be corrected or changed in Photoshop to some degree. Not everyone can brush models but i am lucky to have and a good friend who is an all out pro at this. In fact there are many methods to wash skin, add highlight or contrasts to hair and many other things done in batch mode that wont even require effort. I have developed my own action sets to do many tasks like repairing poorly exposed content over the years.

Unfortunately im still in PS6 which is limited in many ways like the lack of Raw support or i could even take it up another notch with the new features they added to CS2/3. For me it would be nice to work in purely in Raw but right now im not doing enough graphic work to justify spending $700 for a new toy. Many amateurs might not have the money to buy expensive software either and most of the better photo filter plug-ins are not going to be had for free.

As an illustration on this im going to use an image shot by Paul Markham which contained a little noise and the skin tones appear way to dark. The processed used brings out the nice glow in the models skin which is how it should be for Glam content. For the record im only making a point not trying to rag on Paul or his work. Just making a point that when it comes to low budget sticking with the basics has its uses. I can buy a fancy food processor or get out the chopping block and process everything using my hands.