WHY GORGEOUS AGENCY?

 

WHY GORGEOUS AGENCY?

When you choose to work with Gorgeous Agency as a client, you stop being one. From the beginning, you become our team member. We treat you as our partner and listen to all your thoughts and ideas to deliver a project that meets your expectations 100%.

Therefore do not hesitate to send us all the instructions, as detailed as possible. You may even provide us with a PSD of an example of your vision and we will polish it to perfection.

We work with photographers from different countries and the understanding of professional high-end retouching is different for everyone. Especially when it comes to skin retouching.

No matter how cool of wizards we are, our hand might do magic, but we can't read your mind and guess what kind of retouch tickles your fancy. Some people like the skin to be airbrushed and flawless, where you don't leave any space for imperfections, since they are not on the menu of your campaign. Others prefer it to be as natural as possible, removing a couple of imperfections and keeping all of those majestic freckles and smiling wrinkles where they are supposed to be. It all depends on what your final aim is and what you prefer as the author of your art.

Every color is a spectrum. Just as everybody's perception of it. We all see the world in our own unique way, hence for some of us the sky is light blue, while for others it is bright turquoise. That is why to see the world through your eyes and transfer this vision into our work we need the most detailed instructions of color grading from you. In some cases, you can even provide us with the closest version of your desired color via psd, and we will use it as a reference for our work.

And no worries if the first submission is not a perfect match, you will always have 2 more rounds of corrections to achieve the desired result.

 
 

BEFORE WE START

So, before we start working, please make sure that you provided us with a full set of instructions for retouching and your preferred color profile. Usually, we use adobeRGB1998.

We aim at achieving perfect results and to do so we need to know exactly what preferences you have, in terms of:

  • color correction;

  • skin retouching style;

  • extra details that you want removed;

  • references you want us to follow in our work.

Here in the EXAMPLE, you will find a sample of what a set of instructions looks like.

In case you have any questions, suggestions and ideas at any given moment of the project, feel free to contact us anytime.

 

RETOUCHING PACKAGES

We provide several packages of service to meet the needs of every particular project. They all differ in price and turnaround time. Depending on your budget and technical requirements we can always find the one that suits you most.

What are those packages and why are they different?

 
 

Start level

This kind of retouching takes up to 40 minutes per image. It covers editing some basic things like shades and highlights, some work with the face and body skin. No major background changes can be applied at this level. It would be most suitable for lookbooks and similar formats.

Regular level

It takes up to 2 hours per picture. Regular retouching includes more advanced editing techniques, like replacing the background or parts of the image, work with hair, skin, and clothing. Suitable for lookbooks and editorials.

Hi-End level

Up to 3 hours and more per each image. Includes thorough work with details, like muting the pores, diminishing makeup flaws, achieving flawless skin, adding some drastic changes to the image, comping the body parts and background. This is mostly suitable for beauty and commercial photography, close-up portraits, and art projects.

If you want to just sit back and relax enjoying the work of the retouchers, without taking part in decision making, we suggest you choose the 3rd level of retouching. Thus you just send us the raw files and we submit a flawless project to you.

 

 

THE WORKING PROCESS

FIRST STEP

Our first step after we receive your raw files is to approve the color correction. We will send you an image with our version of color correction (without retouching) for you to approve. If all turns out well, the rest of the photos will be adjusted according to the chosen version of color grading.

Changing the color after the final approval implies an additional cost.

CHANGES

The cost of a single image includes up to 2 rounds of corrections, given that the latest changes should not be sent less than 24 hours before the deadline. Otherwise, the deadline will be prolonged in accordance with the scope of changes.

Any changes that are applied after the final approval of the images (including color correction), as well as the third round of corrections, are a subject to additional charges.

FINAL APPROVAL

All the images that are sent for the approval of color grading and intermediate corrections will be in low resolution and JPEG format or containing a watermark.

After all the corrections and color grading are approved, you will receive all the images in high resolution as well as in TIFF. format.

We do not deliver any projects in PSD format, hence if you need any changes applied we can make them within two rounds of corrections.

If you have any questions feel free to contact us through [email protected].

Look forward to working with you!