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Career Guidance Skills working with computers S5.6 - using digital tools for collaboration, content creation and problem solving S5.6.4 - using digital tools for processing sound and images Edit photographs
Description
Resize, enhance and retouche photographs, using airbrushing, editing software and other techniques.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 1 occupations
- Optional in 17 occupations
- Total: 18 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 2 (Professionals)
Essential for
- Picture editorPicture editors are responsible for the look of final photoÂgraphs to be published in a book or periodical or that are posted on the Internet. They make photo assignments,…
Optional for
- IllustratorIllustrators provide a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text or idea. Illustrations can help clarify difficult concepts or objects that are h…
- Photography teacherPhotography teachers instruct students in the various techniques and styles of photography, such as (group) portrait, nature, travel, macro, underwater, black and white, panoramic,…
- PhotojournalistPhotojournalists cover all kinds of news events by taken informative images. They tell stories by taking, editing and presenting images for newspapers, journals, magazines, televis…
- VloggerVloggers make online videos to talk about a wide range of subjects such as politics, fashion, economics and sports. They can relate objective facts, but often they also give…
- Prepress technicianPrepress technicians prepare printing processes by formatting, setting and composing text and graphics into a suitable form. This includes the capture of text and image and process…
- PhotographerPhotographers take pictures using digital or film cameras and equipment. Photographers may develop negatives or use computer software in order to produce finished images and prints…
- Graphic designerGraphic designers create text and images to communicate ideas. They make visual concepts by hand or using computer software, intended for publishing in paper or online media such a…
- Sports journalistSports journalists research and write articles about sport events and athletes for newspapers, magazines, television and other media. They conduct interviews and attend events. Inc…
- Photographic developerPhotographic developers use chemicals, instruments, and darkroom photographic techniques in specialised rooms in order to develop photographic films into visible images. Duties A p…
- Desktop publisherDesktop publishers are responsible for the layout of publications. They use computer software to arrange texts, photographs and other materials in a pleasing and readable finished …
- BloggerBloggers write online articles on a wide range of subjects such as politics, fashion, economics and sports. They can relate objective facts, but often they also give their opinion……
- Editor-in-chiefEditors-in-chief oversee the production of news stories for newspapers, magazines, journals and other media. They manage the day-to-day operations of a publication and make sure it…
- Entertainment journalistEntertainment journalists research and write articles about cultural and social events for newspapers, magazines, television and other media. They conduct interviews with artists a…
- Crime journalistCrime journalists research and write articles about criminal events for newspapers, magazines, television and other media. They conduct interviews and attend court hearings. Other …
- Business journalistBusiness journalists research and write articles about economy and economic events for newspapers, magazines, television and other media. They conduct interviews and attend events.…
- Political journalistPolitical journalists research and write articles about politics and politicians for newspapers, magazines, television and other media. They conduct interviews and attend events. O…
- Magazine editorMagazine editors decide which stories are interesting enough and will be covered in the magazine. They assign journalists to each item. Magazine editors determine the length of eac…
Related skills
- Edit negatives
- Copyright legislation
- Desktop publishing
- Perform image editing
- Apply desktop publishing techniques
- Follow the news
- Consult information sources
- Develop professional network
- Adapt to type of media
- Apply grammar and spelling rules
- Edit digital moving images
- Spelling
Last updated on February 19, 2026
