How to retouch your pictures?

[fs_tigre]

Hi,

I know this is probably a tough question since it may be different from photo to photo but any help will be appreciated.

What are the most common (the must have retouches) re-touches for your finals photos that you do in Photoshop or Lightroom, color correction etc...?

Thanks

[Joelene]

hmmm must haves for me are:

sharpen, sat bump and contrast bump.

I am a contrast junky and love saturated colours...Everything else is dependent on the image itself..

[form]

Contrast and darken blacks in lightroom; the rest depends entirely on the specific photo.

[h_A_Z]

I like my shots overexposed, desaturate the colors and playing with contrasts,blacks and hues ;p

[fs_tigre]

Thank you all! It looks like contrast is a must do thing.

[sdsviet]

would color correction and correct exposure be the first thing? i really dont know how or where you are starting from in ur images.

[TweakMDS]

Most replies here are more raw development than retouching right? I don't consider images retouched unless I get into smoothing skin, whitening teeth, lightening / saturating eyes, cloning out zits / imperfections or even getting into the liquify tool...

Removing sensor dust / hot pixels is a mild variant ^^

[Bobster]

..I don't consider images retouched unless I get into smoothing skin, whitening teeth, lightening / saturating eyes, cloning out zits / imperfections or even getting into the liquify tool...

Removing sensor dust / hot pixels is a mild variant ^^
yup