retouch

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The sponge tool, on the other hand, works to help retouch images by saturating or desaturating color, allowing users to fine-tune how vibrant their images and art look.

From The Verge • Dec. 14, 2021

"To actually retouch and change a child’s features, you’re basically saying you’re not good enough the way you are, so I’m going to pay to have you made better," Greene said.

From Fox News • Nov. 2, 2021

They would rewrite history books, or retouch photographs, if they showed uncomfortable truths about the past.

From Washington Post • Feb. 8, 2019

At that time, the museum was able to restore the painting and retouch the surface, but some of the retouching has now turned yellow, Mr. Dibbits said, and needs to be redone.

From New York Times • Oct. 16, 2018

You could retouch the paint on the bathroom windowsill, and after you do it you could warn me so that I don’t put my watch on it.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri