When it comes to portrait photography, there seem to be two predominant schools of thought. The first says that retouching is bad, that people should be presented as they are and retouching is a no-no. The second school of thought says that when people have their portrait taken, it should be an idealistic representation of the person, flattering the subject and minimizing any flaws.
The truth, however, probably lies somewhere in the middle. When people have their portrait taken, they want the photographer to make them look as good as possible. Most portraiture requires some level of retouching, and truth be told, retouching was in vogue long before the digital age. Digital photography, however, has brought with it some new tools. One of those tools is PortraitPro 15, from Anthropics Technology.
PortraitPro 15 is available as a standalone application, or as a plugin for Photoshop, Lightroom, or Aperture. There are three different versions available; Standard, Studio, and Studio Max. PortraitPro Standard is the standalone version, which also has a few other limitations. PortraitPro Studio and Studio Max can both be used as plugins, and they also offer a variety of other options including RAW file support, color profile support, the ability to read and write TIFF and PNG files in 16-bit mode, and a batch dialog. The Studio Max version also offers a Full Batch Mode to greatly speed up your workflow. Compare all editions of PortraitPro 15 here.
Getting started in PortraitPro 15 is simple. If you’re using the standalone application, simply open the file you wish to work on. From Photoshop (if you’re using the Studio or Studio Max version), go to the Filters menu and Select Anthropics > Portrait Professional.
- Going beyond traditional photo editing software, PortraitPro software is designed to emphasize human beauty through easy-to-use airbrushing techniques. You can easily enhance any photo, from slimming the face to improving skin tone, just by moving a few sliders.
- PortraitPro is a tool designed to help fine tune selfies and enable you to get the most out of a picture, regardless of whether you are enhancing a selfie to upload on social networks or working.
5.0 out of 5 stars Portrait Pro software. Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2014. Verified Purchase. For $60, this is a pretty impressive. It was a bit of a hassle to get it activated, but once activated, the program is easy to use. The skin smoothing makes the biggest difference in the photos. I prefer choosing which settings to.
Once your image is open, PortraitPro 15 will detect the facial outline of the subject. It will sometimes detect gender and age, or it may ask if the subject is male or female or a young girl or boy under 12. You will then be shown a side-by-side comparison, with the image on the left showing the outlines of the face that the software will use for its retouching. These outlines can be adjusted to provide better accuracy, but the software does a pretty good job of selecting facial features on its own. On the right is a preview of what the subject will look like after the retouching is applied.
On the far right, you will see a navigator window that allows you to move around the image easily. Beneath that is a list of presets so you can easily apply a particular look to your subject. Beneath the presets is a group of “Portrait Improving Sliders”. Some of these sliders, particularly Face Sculpting may seem a bit controversial. Like most digital photo editing tools, you can certainly go too far with its use. But, there are times when it has come in handy and improved the subject, such as when one eye may not be fully open. As with all things, moderation is the key to using these sliders.
PortraitPro 15 is an excellent application for quick and easy retouching of portraits. Blemish retouching, eye enhancing, and cleanup of hair is simple and can PortraitPro 15 can provide a nice finished look to a portrait. In addition, the ability to adjust lighting can give added pop and make a flatly lit portrait much more interesting. The same goes for the ability to add or enhance makeup. It’s easy to see the effects of the changes you make usingPortraitPro and compare them to the unretouched photo, so you can judge the edits as you work.
My biggest issue with PortraitPro 15 is that it’s easy to go too far with an adjustment and suddenly your image looks fake or digitized, almost like a 3D animation. Like most photo-enhancing filters, a little goes a long way and moderation is required. In the right hands, PortraitPro can be an awesome editing tool. In the wrong hands, it can return some ugly results. Additionally, PortraitPro appears to have some issues when one eye is covered by hair or a hat, or when the face is at a 3/4 angle to the camera. So in those situations, you’ll need to pay extra attention to your selections, and in the case where one eye is hidden, set all sliders for that eye to zero.
My other issue with PortraitPro is that it does seem to be a resource hog. As soon as I enter the plugin from Photoshop, the fan on my 2014 iMac (with the max amount of RAM) starts up and keeps going until I’m done. Some of the adjustments are slow, and on my machine, adjusting the outlines takes a moment as my computer catches up.
Overall, I love PortraitPro 15 and the ability it has to retouch portraits quickly and easily. While I prefer not to use all of the features all of the time, such as face sculpting or skin lighting, things such as skin smoothing and eye retouching really help give my portraits a finished look. The learning curve is not terribly high and it is fairly easy to tell when you’ve gone too far. It’s become an essential part of my portrait workflow.
Portrait Professional is a highly acclaimed photo retouching application which can be categorized as a graphics program which applies digital makeup to the photos you edit with it.
Using the program is pretty easy, considering the amount of features and the comprehensive nature of this Windows application. Simply select the picture that you wish to retouch, select the position and features you would like to apply (such as correcting irregularities) and possible real-life makeup issues. Modifications can also be applied to the target's eyes.
Once you apply the modifications to the image, you are able to modify the output in multiple different ways. You can change the shape of the head, change the appearance of skin, eyes and mouth and more.
In additional to changing regions of the photograph, Portrait Professional also allows you to change the appearance of the entire image such as lighting, contrasts and other aspects.
All-in-all, this program is perfect for those wishing to apply digital makeup to create the perfect portraits.
Features and highlights
Portrait Pro Software
- Skin smoothing
- Face sculpting
- Eye, hair and mouth enhancing
- Manual touch-up brush
- Picture and lighting controls
- Unlimited fully customizable presets
- Enhance more than one person in a photo
Portrait Professional 19.0.5 on 32-bit and 64-bit PCs
Portrait Proportions
This download is licensed as shareware for the Windows operating system from graphics software and can be used as a free trial until the trial period ends (after an unspecified number of days). The Portrait Professional 19.0.5 demo is available to all software users as a free download with potential restrictions and is not necessarily the full version of this software.Portrait Process
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- Portrait Professional Download
- Major release: Portrait Professional 19.0
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