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Effective Photo Retouching and CGI by Happy Finish

December 09, 2009

abduzeedo's blog

I am always impressed with what we can do in terms of photo manipulation, retouching and CGI. Then I received an email suggesting me to take a look at the work of Happy Finish, a studio specialized and retouching and CGI from London, UK. After checking their site out, I have to say, they have some very effective works.

They handle project from large corporations to individual photographes with a impressive team of retouchers and CGI artists. Their portfolio is really impressive, with big names such as Vogue, Dazed, Esquire, Sony, Canon,TWA and others

We are different. our retouchers and CGI artists work one-on-one with art directors, photographers and brands to create some of the world's most eye-catching images and campaigns.

For more information visit Happy Finish's website. and be prepared to spend some time, it's worth it. Also, if you have suggestions like this one of Happy Finish that we received, do not hesitate to send us an email or let us know.

"Knowledge and understanding of the feel of traditional photographic processes are essential for perfection with digital imaging. - Nick Nedeljkovic"

"An activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or doing it better." - Lee Hickman

"If the image is a success but my work goes unnoticed, I'm doing my job well." - Tim Ashton

"A good retoucher is like Rumpelstiltskin, they can spin straw into gold. - Anna Watson-Smith"

"My grandma thinks I am a wizard!" - Valentina D'Ettorre

About the author

My name is Fabio Sasso, I'm a graphic/web designer from Porto Alegre, Brazil and I'm the founder of Abduzeedo. I hope we can share lots of information, tips, and ideas through Abduzeedo. Also you can follow me on Twitter or my personal site at http://fabiosasso.com.

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27 Comments

61012/09/2009

nice! XD

jeansienkin12/09/2009

Great pics! what does CGI stand for? I am french, never heard that word before…

Anonymous12/09/2009

computer generated image

Mads12/09/2009

Computer-generated imagery :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-generated_imagery

Corne12/09/2009

CGI = Computer Generated Image

3d manipulation :)

Great pictures!! Would love to see a tutorial about this kind of work haha

Hybrid5912/09/2009

Wah c 'est juste génial !
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solemone12/09/2009

Awesome images! Gremlins are fav

chunkydesign12/09/2009

Nice work portofolio, although I must admit, that I find the pictures with the kids like broken dolls, a bit "disturbing"...

Rafael Cavalcanet12/09/2009

Ótimo Post Fabio! A com as crianças quebradas são simplesmetne fantásticas! Show de bola!

Mohanraj12/09/2009

This is very nice. I liked it

DrGkill12/09/2009

Énormissime !

Michael Cerdeiros12/09/2009

Love the pix Thanks for sharing!

late_cow12/09/2009

great idear!
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Kee12/09/2009

Amazing work. He sure got some skills.

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heybird12/09/2009

Wow really great. I as well find the children as broken dolls "disturbing"... but at the same time I can't take my eyes off of how amazing it is, perhaps there is a message behind it?

Makproductions12/09/2009

CGI stands for Computer Graphics

Carstyler1112/09/2009

these are all great, that Saab Aero X is tight!

http://carstyler11.deviantart.com/

Tutos Web.net12/09/2009

Batman Lonely!! Very funny! hahaha

Nicola12/09/2009

Oi gente!

My name is Nicola and I work for Happy Finish. I'm delighted to see that our work is featured and we are all very humbled by your kind compliments. Really pleased you like our work!

I thought I'd write about the kids, as it has been mentioned a couple of times. The images shot by award winning photographer Julia Fullerton-Batten were part of a Polish campaign to raise awareness about child cruelty. The tagline 'you can lose more than your patience' really brought home the importance to act against domestic violence to keep the most vulnerable members of our society from harm.

Stef, who created the images, felt very strongly about the subject and was moved by the cause. We decided to support this charity and do our work for free.

You can read more about the project here: http://www.happyfinish.com/news/porcelain-children/

Thanks a lot for posting and keep up to date with us, we have a lot of interesting projects coming up which will be on the website, including loads more images and behind the scenes information.

Muito obrigada gente, sempre com saudades da minha ilha querida Floripa :)

Beijos
Nicola