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Valentina L.

Retouching expert/ Photo Editor /Adobe Photoshop/ Photo retoucher

✅ I am a professional retoucher and a really creative person. ✅ I have over 7 years of professional experience as a retoucher. I train other retouchers. 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 I have extensive experience working with photo studios, shops, and photographers. Professional cosmetic retouching, artistic retouching / photo restoration / photo retouching / editing / photo manipulation / fashion retouching / portrait / Hi-End retouching. I really like to develop my skills and improve myself as a person.I use a professional Wacom graphics tablet to help me get the best results. I am attentive to details and a responsible person who loves this work. I do quality work and do it on time. High-quality work, efficiency and professionalism are what I can offer you. My skills: - retouching the skin while maintaining the texture of the Dodge & Burn method and frequency decomposition; - retouching the beauty of portraits; - retouching the eyes; - retouching eyebrows; - retouching lips; - teeth whitening; - removal of braces; - smoothing wrinkles and eliminating glare; - removal of bags under the eyes; - plastic surgery of the nose, ears, eyes, chin, chest, figure; - correction of hairstyles; - removal of a double chin; - replacement of the head, closed eyes: - background cleaning; - replacement of the studio background; - elimination of "red eyes"; - cut an object on a white background; - cutting complex objects: wool, wool of live animals; - crop the object on a transparent background in Png format; - replacing the color of the object; - smoothing clothes; - restore old photos; - white balance correction; - Color correction. Tools I use: -Adobe Photoshop; -Lightroom

🇺🇦Kiev, Ukraine$15/hr100% JSS5.00 (110)Since Oct 2016
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Earnings and projects

MRR (estimate)
≈$653

An estimate from an earlier read

World#66,711 / 412k
🇺🇦Country#2,717 / 14.3k
Revenue, last 30 days
$673

Last 6 months: $3.9k

World#54,863 / 412k
🇺🇦Country#2,144 / 14.3k
Total earnings
$82k

Billed in all: $83k

World#48,552 / 412k
🇺🇦Country#3,127 / 14.3k
Per project
$415

$245 in the last 6 months

World#200,320 / 412k
🇺🇦Country#8,322 / 14.3k
Projects, last 6 months
16

Across 19 contracts

53% fixed47% hourly
World#8,872 / 412k
🇺🇦Country#423 / 14.3k
Projects in all
197

Across 210 contracts

61% fixed39% hourly
World#10,221 / 412k
🇺🇦Country#460 / 14.3k

Earnings, last 30 days

$83k+$628 earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$82.0k$82.5k$83.0kOct 9Oct 24Nov 8

No data since Nov 5, 2026.

Skill rankings: Top 10% in Photography

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