Main Entry: 1re·touch
Pronunciation: \(ˌ)rĒ-´təch\
Function: verb
Etymology: French retoucher, from Middle French, from re- toucher to touch
Date: 1685
transitive verb
1: to rework in order to improve : touch up
2: to alter (as a photographic negative) to produce a more desirable appearance
3: to color (new growth of hair) to match previously dyed, tinted, or bleached hair
intransitive verb : to make or give retouches
— re·touch·er noun
Main Entry: 1cre·a·tive
Pronunciation: \krĒ-´Ā-tiv, ˈkrĒ-ˌ\
Function: adjective
Date: 1678
1: marked by the ability or power to create : given to creating
2: having the quality of something created rather than imitated : imaginative
3: managed so as to get around legal or conventional limits ; also : deceptively arranged so as to conceal or defraud
— cre·a·tive·ly adverb
— cre·a·tive·ness noun
Syn: creative retouching, photo manipulation, image editing, digital editing, photo montage, photo shopping, photo paint, compositing, digital art, airbrush, digital illustration, photo illustration, graphic editing, dynamic imaging, digital painting, retouched, photo retouching, photoshop, creative imaging, color correction, photo compositing, digital compositing, color treatment, photo treatment, photo look, color look, imaging, image manipulation, photoshopped, image warping, digital photo enhancement, image retoucher, touch up, photo touch up, digital illusion…
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2009