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High-End Jewelry Retouching IV

This is another series of rings that required some synthesized gradients on retouch. The aim is to "amplify" existing shine and reflection, while removing ambient light, and imperfections. If shine is muted or deviates, it should either be replaced, or enhanced to show a full expression of its potential.

The rings were first isolated and extracted with deep etching, and then thoroughly retouched in Photoshop before reflections were added via inverse clone.

Brian Bunting
Photo Retoucher, Image Manipulation, Advanced Compositing San Francisco, CA