01Coming soon
A bulletproof layer system
Case study Hair Coloration Relaunch. Setting up the file for maximum control, then changing hair color and background without starting over.
Adobe MAX 2026 · Session S6304
Master Retouching And Creative Control For Luxury Brands
No need to take notes. Here you will find everything. Step by step. Plus two of my favorite hacks for skin color balance and realistic shine.
AdobeMAX 2026S6304 · Master Retouching and Creative Control for Luxury Brands
Jan Wischermann Imaging@janwischermann
The Curated Lab@thecuratedlab.official
SpeakerJan Wischermann
Videos
Step by step.
Everything I showed live on stage, recorded in full so you can follow along in your own files.
The main courses
02Coming soon
Grading a series that reads as one
Case study Women And Cinema. One file, same structure, different subject. Building the grade from the reference and balancing the series against itself.
Dessert · two favorite hacks
03Coming soon
A Photoshop hack for skin color balance
A fast, clean way to even out skin tones without losing what makes skin look real.
04Coming soon
A Photoshop hack for realistic shine on skin and hair
Shine that holds up at full size, on skin and on hair.
On set
The color grade starts on set.
Case study 01
Hair Coloration Relaunch
Thirty shades.
Two weeks.
Approvals, included.
Every high end image is a chain of decisions. Light. Color. Finish. All of it reversible. Anytime.
Case study 02
Women And Cinema, Cannes Film Festival 2026
Five locations.
Eight days.
Eleven backlit panels.
A tribute to Grace Kelly. The film festival does not move, and the panels have to work day and night.
Free scripts
Take my knives home.
Three Photoshop scripts from my daily workflow. Free for everyone who was in the room, and everyone who wasn’t.
Script 01 · .jsx
Script 02 · .jsx
Script 03 · .jsx
Stamp Current and Below
Merges the active layer and every visible layer beneath it into one new layer, right where you are, even deep inside groups.
Update using Stamp Current and Below
Refreshes an embedded Smart Object with everything beneath it, quietly in the background. Smart Filters, masks and blend mode stay exactly as they are.
Anti Banding (RGB)
Removes banding directly in your working file, without duplicating or flattening the document.
How to install: in Photoshop choose File › Scripts › Browse… and pick the .jsx file. To keep it in the menu, copy it into Photoshop’s Presets/Scripts folder and restart.
About
I’m Jan. I retouch hair and beauty for luxury brands.
At Jan Wischermann Imaging we work on hair, skin and color for beauty brands, fashion houses and magazines. Our clients buy the certainty that nothing goes wrong. That is what the mise en place is for.
I’m also co-founder of The Curated Lab, together with Per Appelgren.
Selected work
Vogue Germany × KérastaseVogue MexicoSchwarzkopfghdLouis VuittonArmani BeautyVogue ScandinaviaNuméro Netherlands
AI is the fastest pair of hands in your kitchen.
It will never taste the sauce. Now go start cooking.
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The Curated Lab is the community Per Appelgren and I built for retouchers and image makers. Real workflows, honest feedback, people who care about the craft as much as you do.
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