Definition of retouch in English:

retouch

verb riːˈtʌtʃriˈtətʃ

[with object]

Improve or repair (a painting, photograph, or other image) by making slight additions or alterations.
（油画、相片等）润饰，修整
full-colour images can be retouched, enhanced, or colour-corrected
Example sentencesExamples
- I'm still using film, which I scan, retouch in Photo Shop, and print on an inkjet.
- He instructed the marquise in drawing and sometimes retouched her engravings.
- There, on display at newsstands from coast to coast, was a photo of the New American Family, looking for all the world like a Norman Rockwell painting retouched by Charles Addams.
- Hearing that Hargreaves had touched up the woman's face as well, he sent for the picture and found that the face had indeed been retouched.
- Jabach is known to have retouched drawings in his collection, and Viatte suggests that all the drapery studies have suffered this fate.
- Justine says, ‘Everything is retouched, though I like to try to keep a ‘realness’ to my work.
- That is why people fight for access to the laboratories where photographs are retouched and biographies are rewritten.
- The camera sends the images into a computer network, where they are retouched, catalogued, and subjected to the wonders of technology.
- Thanks to its faster processor, consumers can retouch photos, talk with friends, and surf the Internet at the same time.
- He then applied a diluted oil-based, semi-opaque wash to soften the lines and then carefully retouched the details using dots made by a fine brush, before applying another very thin wash in a kind of sandwich, Franck says.
- Creating a collotype in which he hand retouched his gestural marks to give them the correct scale, and adding color notes in the margin, Hamilton layered it in a 40-color screenprint.
- Heartfield had a production team to cut, retouch, add type, and otherwise make the photomontages, which makes him more of an art director.
- Sixty years before the Russian revolution, Abraham Lincoln credited a photographer with assisting in his electoral victory by retouching a portrait to shorten his neck and make him appear more youthful.
- It should be remembered, however, that many copper plates survived the death of an artist such as Rembrandt, and were retouched and republished by various persons, in some cases for centuries.
- In three adjoining rooms, thousands of images are scanned, color-corrected, digitally retouched, and readied for Web distribution.
- Yes, of course he was: he was consulting the very portfolios and notebooks where those copies were kept, retouching his early paintings, and even going to the Louvre to copy as late as 1897.
- Adobe Photoshop was originally created as a convenient and powerful way to retouch photos.
- Penetrating sealers (mentioned under staining) penetrate the pores of the wood, so the finish wears as the wood wears and can be retouched with wax in heavy-traffic areas.
- Distinctions between what is recreated, retouched and invented digitally are difficult to discern.
- If needed, the image is digitally retouched to amplify contrast between the art work and its photographic matrix.
Synonyms
update, bring up to date, bring into the twenty-first century, drag into the twenty-first century, lead into the twenty-first century, march into the twenty-first century, streamline, rationalize, technologize, overhaul, develop

Derivatives

retoucher

noun

The answer is to have your portrait taken professionally, employing not only a photographer, but also a stylist, a make-up artist and a digital retoucher for good measure, thereby ensuring that you look absolutely divine.
Example sentencesExamples
- He began his artistic career as an apprentice to an icon painter, then as a retoucher of photographs.
- Before opening Limelight, Ms. Gee had been a successful retoucher of color transparencies.
- Gee studied briefly with Lisette Model and Alexey Brodovitch before becoming a successful photo retoucher.
- As a young man in France, Fernand Léger was apprenticed to an architect, then worked as an architectural draftsman and a photographic retoucher.

Origin

Late 17th century: probably from French retoucher.

Definition of retouch in US English:

retouch

verbriˈtətʃrēˈtəCH

[with object]

Improve or repair (a painting, a photograph, makeup, etc.) by making slight additions or alterations.
（油画、相片等）润饰，修整
full-color images can be retouched, enhanced, or color-corrected
Example sentencesExamples
- Heartfield had a production team to cut, retouch, add type, and otherwise make the photomontages, which makes him more of an art director.
- He instructed the marquise in drawing and sometimes retouched her engravings.
- That is why people fight for access to the laboratories where photographs are retouched and biographies are rewritten.
- Creating a collotype in which he hand retouched his gestural marks to give them the correct scale, and adding color notes in the margin, Hamilton layered it in a 40-color screenprint.
- Jabach is known to have retouched drawings in his collection, and Viatte suggests that all the drapery studies have suffered this fate.
- Thanks to its faster processor, consumers can retouch photos, talk with friends, and surf the Internet at the same time.
- The camera sends the images into a computer network, where they are retouched, catalogued, and subjected to the wonders of technology.
- If needed, the image is digitally retouched to amplify contrast between the art work and its photographic matrix.
- Justine says, ‘Everything is retouched, though I like to try to keep a ‘realness’ to my work.
- In three adjoining rooms, thousands of images are scanned, color-corrected, digitally retouched, and readied for Web distribution.
- Adobe Photoshop was originally created as a convenient and powerful way to retouch photos.
- I'm still using film, which I scan, retouch in Photo Shop, and print on an inkjet.
- He then applied a diluted oil-based, semi-opaque wash to soften the lines and then carefully retouched the details using dots made by a fine brush, before applying another very thin wash in a kind of sandwich, Franck says.
- It should be remembered, however, that many copper plates survived the death of an artist such as Rembrandt, and were retouched and republished by various persons, in some cases for centuries.
- Distinctions between what is recreated, retouched and invented digitally are difficult to discern.
- Penetrating sealers (mentioned under staining) penetrate the pores of the wood, so the finish wears as the wood wears and can be retouched with wax in heavy-traffic areas.
- Sixty years before the Russian revolution, Abraham Lincoln credited a photographer with assisting in his electoral victory by retouching a portrait to shorten his neck and make him appear more youthful.
- Yes, of course he was: he was consulting the very portfolios and notebooks where those copies were kept, retouching his early paintings, and even going to the Louvre to copy as late as 1897.
- There, on display at newsstands from coast to coast, was a photo of the New American Family, looking for all the world like a Norman Rockwell painting retouched by Charles Addams.
- Hearing that Hargreaves had touched up the woman's face as well, he sent for the picture and found that the face had indeed been retouched.
Synonyms
update, bring up to date, bring into the twenty-first century, drag into the twenty-first century, lead into the twenty-first century, march into the twenty-first century, streamline, rationalize, technologize, overhaul, develop

Origin

Late 17th century: probably from French retoucher.

词汇	retouch
释义	Definition of retouch in English: retouch verb riːˈtʌtʃriˈtətʃ [with object] Improve or repair (a painting, photograph, or other image) by making slight additions or alterations. （油画、相片等）润饰，修整 full-colour images can be retouched, enhanced, or colour-corrected Example sentencesExamples I'm still using film, which I scan, retouch in Photo Shop, and print on an inkjet. He instructed the marquise in drawing and sometimes retouched her engravings. There, on display at newsstands from coast to coast, was a photo of the New American Family, looking for all the world like a Norman Rockwell painting retouched by Charles Addams. Hearing that Hargreaves had touched up the woman's face as well, he sent for the picture and found that the face had indeed been retouched. Jabach is known to have retouched drawings in his collection, and Viatte suggests that all the drapery studies have suffered this fate. Justine says, ‘Everything is retouched, though I like to try to keep a ‘realness’ to my work. That is why people fight for access to the laboratories where photographs are retouched and biographies are rewritten. The camera sends the images into a computer network, where they are retouched, catalogued, and subjected to the wonders of technology. Thanks to its faster processor, consumers can retouch photos, talk with friends, and surf the Internet at the same time. He then applied a diluted oil-based, semi-opaque wash to soften the lines and then carefully retouched the details using dots made by a fine brush, before applying another very thin wash in a kind of sandwich, Franck says. Creating a collotype in which he hand retouched his gestural marks to give them the correct scale, and adding color notes in the margin, Hamilton layered it in a 40-color screenprint. Heartfield had a production team to cut, retouch, add type, and otherwise make the photomontages, which makes him more of an art director. Sixty years before the Russian revolution, Abraham Lincoln credited a photographer with assisting in his electoral victory by retouching a portrait to shorten his neck and make him appear more youthful. It should be remembered, however, that many copper plates survived the death of an artist such as Rembrandt, and were retouched and republished by various persons, in some cases for centuries. In three adjoining rooms, thousands of images are scanned, color-corrected, digitally retouched, and readied for Web distribution. Yes, of course he was: he was consulting the very portfolios and notebooks where those copies were kept, retouching his early paintings, and even going to the Louvre to copy as late as 1897. Adobe Photoshop was originally created as a convenient and powerful way to retouch photos. Penetrating sealers (mentioned under staining) penetrate the pores of the wood, so the finish wears as the wood wears and can be retouched with wax in heavy-traffic areas. Distinctions between what is recreated, retouched and invented digitally are difficult to discern. If needed, the image is digitally retouched to amplify contrast between the art work and its photographic matrix. Synonyms update, bring up to date, bring into the twenty-first century, drag into the twenty-first century, lead into the twenty-first century, march into the twenty-first century, streamline, rationalize, technologize, overhaul, develop Derivatives retoucher noun The answer is to have your portrait taken professionally, employing not only a photographer, but also a stylist, a make-up artist and a digital retoucher for good measure, thereby ensuring that you look absolutely divine. Example sentencesExamples He began his artistic career as an apprentice to an icon painter, then as a retoucher of photographs. Before opening Limelight, Ms. Gee had been a successful retoucher of color transparencies. Gee studied briefly with Lisette Model and Alexey Brodovitch before becoming a successful photo retoucher. As a young man in France, Fernand Léger was apprenticed to an architect, then worked as an architectural draftsman and a photographic retoucher. Origin Late 17th century: probably from French retoucher. Definition of retouch in US English: retouch verbriˈtətʃrēˈtəCH [with object] Improve or repair (a painting, a photograph, makeup, etc.) by making slight additions or alterations. （油画、相片等）润饰，修整 full-color images can be retouched, enhanced, or color-corrected Example sentencesExamples Heartfield had a production team to cut, retouch, add type, and otherwise make the photomontages, which makes him more of an art director. He instructed the marquise in drawing and sometimes retouched her engravings. That is why people fight for access to the laboratories where photographs are retouched and biographies are rewritten. Creating a collotype in which he hand retouched his gestural marks to give them the correct scale, and adding color notes in the margin, Hamilton layered it in a 40-color screenprint. Jabach is known to have retouched drawings in his collection, and Viatte suggests that all the drapery studies have suffered this fate. Thanks to its faster processor, consumers can retouch photos, talk with friends, and surf the Internet at the same time. The camera sends the images into a computer network, where they are retouched, catalogued, and subjected to the wonders of technology. If needed, the image is digitally retouched to amplify contrast between the art work and its photographic matrix. Justine says, ‘Everything is retouched, though I like to try to keep a ‘realness’ to my work. In three adjoining rooms, thousands of images are scanned, color-corrected, digitally retouched, and readied for Web distribution. Adobe Photoshop was originally created as a convenient and powerful way to retouch photos. I'm still using film, which I scan, retouch in Photo Shop, and print on an inkjet. He then applied a diluted oil-based, semi-opaque wash to soften the lines and then carefully retouched the details using dots made by a fine brush, before applying another very thin wash in a kind of sandwich, Franck says. It should be remembered, however, that many copper plates survived the death of an artist such as Rembrandt, and were retouched and republished by various persons, in some cases for centuries. Distinctions between what is recreated, retouched and invented digitally are difficult to discern. Penetrating sealers (mentioned under staining) penetrate the pores of the wood, so the finish wears as the wood wears and can be retouched with wax in heavy-traffic areas. Sixty years before the Russian revolution, Abraham Lincoln credited a photographer with assisting in his electoral victory by retouching a portrait to shorten his neck and make him appear more youthful. Yes, of course he was: he was consulting the very portfolios and notebooks where those copies were kept, retouching his early paintings, and even going to the Louvre to copy as late as 1897. There, on display at newsstands from coast to coast, was a photo of the New American Family, looking for all the world like a Norman Rockwell painting retouched by Charles Addams. Hearing that Hargreaves had touched up the woman's face as well, he sent for the picture and found that the face had indeed been retouched. Synonyms update, bring up to date, bring into the twenty-first century, drag into the twenty-first century, lead into the twenty-first century, march into the twenty-first century, streamline, rationalize, technologize, overhaul, develop Origin Late 17th century: probably from French retoucher.
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