Power Rangers retouching | creativecocktail 2026

Retouching | Power Rangers.

Character costumes take a fair amount of punishment during filming and promotional shoots, so they often need some attention before being released as marketing assets. Poor Lord Zedd needed more help than most. Alongside repairing damaged costume elements, I corrected proportions, restored details and generally helped him look a little more intimidating. Other characters received similar treatment, from removing costume creases and joins to making the actors appear slightly less, well... human.

Retouched rendering of Lord Zedd’s armor from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, with polished metal surfaces, enhanced highlights, and a uniform grey background

Studio shot of the character Lord Zedd’s stylized silver blade prop from the TV show Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, showing bent edges, textured surface imperfections, and a light grey backdrop.

Retouched rendering of Lord Zedd’s silver blade prop from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, with smooth, polished surfaces, corrected angles, and placed on a uniform grey background

Other characters also needed a bit of TLC, inc. ironing out costume creases/joins and making the actors look less, err... human.

All the actors are photographed in a studio in front of a white (ish) backdrop. The characters need to be cut out so they can be placed on light or dark backgrounds.

This is particularly tricky with characters who have hair.

These days, it can be done very quickly using AI, but I learned this skill manually.

Cut-out of Power Rangers characters on a transparent background, hair edges and suit outlines cleanly preserved Photograph of Red Amelia actor in costume against a white screen before digital background removal.

Final cut-out of Red Amelia character on transparent background, with fine hair and costume details intact.