# Recommend me a photo retouching service

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-photo-retouching-service/569716>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 31, 2011, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-photo-retouching-service/569716 "2011-01-31T23:24:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![NetTrekker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nettrekker/32/2909_2.png) [@NetTrekker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NetTrekker)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-photo-retouching-service/569716/1 "2011-01-31T23:24:45Z")

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Anyone had experience with online photo (portrait) retouching services? Just for the basic vanity stuff…whiten teeth, remove facial lines/wrinkles, etc. Google turns up several that seem reasonably priced and I don’t really care to take the time to learn to do it myself. Just thought I’d cast about for suggestions…

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-photo-retouching-service/569716/2 "2011-02-02T00:05:22Z")

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If it really is just basic stuff, I’ll take a shot at it for you gratis. PM me.

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**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-photo-retouching-service/569716/3 "2011-02-02T00:45:35Z")

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Or me.

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**Author:** ![NetTrekker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nettrekker/32/2909_2.png) [@NetTrekker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NetTrekker)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2011, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-photo-retouching-service/569716/4 "2011-02-03T03:54:15Z")

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Thanks for the offers. I came to find out my studio portrait print is considered copyrighted and I’m not allowed to transmit it. I decided to buy a new point/shoot 12MP digicam so I’m going to see what kind of results I can get with it over a period of time. I still might try to use a retouching service…Picwash.com and [Fotofix.com](http://Fotofix.com) looked pretty good and only charge about $7 for the standard editing functions. Not that I’m so unsightly :o but any time I have my picture taken there are things I would “fix” and I’m delighted to find out that in the internet age it’s now pretty easy and inexpensive to do.

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**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2011, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-photo-retouching-service/569716/5 "2011-02-04T18:42:53Z")

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[http://picnik.com](http://picnik.com) is a pretty basic photo editor, and it’s free. Worth checking out, at least.