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Dropped $80 on a custom spotting brush for retouching - worst decision I made this year
Bought this fancy brush set from a print shop in Denver, and the bristles shed like crazy on my first photo job. Has anyone else had luck with cheaper alternatives for detailed retouching work?
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riley584mo ago
Jason's right about defective brushes. If they're shedding that bad on the first job, it's not a "custom" issue, it's just junk. I'd hit up the shop and push for a refund - you can buy three decent synthetic sets for that $80.
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jason_chen4mo ago
Wait, did you at least try to get your money back on those? A custom brush that sheds that bad is straight up defective, not just a bad design. I've been burned by fancy brushes before too, specifically a set of "premium" sables that left stray hairs on every single layer of a wedding album edit. Ended up just switching to some generic synthetics from an art supply store for like $15 total, and honestly they hold together better than half the expensive stuff I've tried. The trick is running them through a quick cleaning with dish soap before the first use, gets rid of any loose fibers that were gonna fall out anyway.
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