eelixduppy - 4:21 pm on Jan 13, 2010 (gmt 0)

I have a pretty good idea as to how to retouch photos but sometimes I think the order in which I do things is random or out of place, and perhaps there would be a better way of ordering.

For example, when retouching photos I would as one of the first things remove any dust and scratches if they existed, as this makes the most sense to me. My next step would usually be to create a curves adjustment layer and fix some of the saturation and contrast with the image. Would it be best to do this now, though? Then there's lighting effects, fixing blemishes, color, sharpening, etc, that all follow.

So... what order do you usually retouch photos? My gut feeling is there is a great way to do this as to be the most efficient without undoing some of the things you've already done on different layers beforehand.