AI retouch: cull and edit faster

The AI retouch playbook: cull with AI, batch-edit with presets, set a skin and identity policy, and keep a human review pass before delivery.

AI does the cull, you keep the eye

1. Cull with AI. Let a culling tool drop blinks, blurs and duplicates. Review its rejects - it will cut good frames.
2. Batch edit with presets. Global corrections in bulk; masks and retouch per image.
3. Skin and identity policy. Decide up front how much smoothing a face gets. Write it down; clients ask.
4. Human review before delivery. A fast pass at 100% on every delivered frame. AI edits look great at thumbnails and wrong up close.

The playbook's rule: AI speeds the middle, never the judgment.