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I’m a Photoshop editor with over 20 years of experience and a background in fine art, holding a master’s degree from NYU. My career has evolved alongside digital media, spanning photo retouching, image editing, graphic design, and archival work. I also bring extensive experience as a photographer, video editor, and musician, giving me a well-rounded creative perspective.…

Manolito Vales

Photoshop Editor, Image Editor, Video Editor, +5

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I’m a Photoshop editor with over 20 years of experience and a background in fine art, holding a master’s degree from NYU. My career has evolved alongside digital media, spanning photo retouching, image editing, graphic design, and archival work. I also bring extensive experience as a photographer, video editor, and musician, giving me a well-rounded creative perspective.…

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I’m a Photoshop editor with over 20 years of experience and a background in fine art, holding a master’s degree from NYU. My career has evolved alongside digital media, spanning photo retouching, image editing, graphic design, and archival work. I also bring extensive experience as a photographer, video editor, and musician, giving me a well-rounded creative perspective.

Skills

Experience Level

Expert

Expert

Expert

Intermediate

Intermediate

Work Experience

Photo Editor | Digital Archivist | Restoration Specialist at Everett Collection

January 1, 2004 - Present

Restore, enhance, and standardize entertainment and historic photo archives for licensing and publication. Perform advanced retouching, compositing, object removal, and tonal balancing to professional production standards. Correct perspective, exposure, and color inconsistencies across large image collections. Lead ingest, scanning, retouching, and metadata workflows for major archival acquisitions, including large television and print collections. Deliver organized, high-resolution print files and optimized web assets with strict attention to detail and confidentiality.

Photo Technician – Archival Project at LAC Group

January 1, 2017 - Present

Scanned and restored ABC Television photo archives for delivery to Getty Images. Applied professional-level retouching and tonal correction to meet agency standards. Created an efficient production workflow to meet monthly image quotas.

Digital Manager at Gamma Press

January 1, 2001 - January 1, 2004

Managed digital image archive, enhancement workflows, captioning, and quality control. Supported editors and photographers with advanced image correction and research.