What it is good at
Photographic problems, not physical ones.
- Creases and packing folds from storage or postage.
- Lint, fuzz and pilling on knitwear and fleece.
- Hanger hooks, price tags and stray stickers.
- Your own shadow falling across the item.
Retouching
Creases, pilling, the hanger in the neckline, a price sticker, your own shadow across the shot. Each is one tap, and you can aim it at a specific garment instead of the whole frame.
Twelve fixes, fifteen targets. Two taps to say what you mean
The reshoot tax
The light was good, the angle was right, and there is a crease down the front or a hanger hook in the neckline. Reshooting means finding the item again, steaming it, and setting up twice. Naming the flaw takes a second and keeps the shot you already liked.
Creases, pilling, hanger hooks, price stickers and your own shadow, each one tap.
Target the sweater and the background is untouched. Target the background and the item is.
Each fix is a new version. The photo you started from stays exactly where it was.
What it is good at
Where to stop
Retouching exists so a good item photographs like itself. Use it to remove a crease, not a stain. Buyers who receive something worse than the listing leave the review that follows your shop around.
FAQ
Making a new one. Each fix is a fresh generation from your source image, which is why it costs a redraw credit and why the previous version is always still there to go back to.
Because "remove the wrinkles" on a full outfit shot is ambiguous. Naming the jacket tells the studio exactly what to work on and leaves the rest of the frame alone.
Yes, and most sellers do. Run them one after another. Each pass builds on the last and lands as its own node on the revision tree.
Fixes target photographic problems: creases, lint, your own shadow, a price sticker. Do not use them to hide a hole or a stain. Undisclosed damage comes back as a return and costs you the review.
Retouching
Fix the photo you already took, in a couple of taps.