And, if you don’t overdo the adjustments, it could make the subjects of family portraits very happy with the end results. It’s particularly well-suited to portrait photographers specialising in glamour photography but will also be handy for those who photograph weddings and events. With a slick user interface and easily controlled sliders, it is cheap enough to attract photo enthusiasts but represents a genuine time-saver for professional photographers who shoot portraits or weddings for a living. This software is purely for re-touching portraits, which makes it relatively specialised. A handy feature of the package is that it can be used for subjects of all ages, from young to old.
In addition to sliders that provide precise control over adjustments, you can find presets for automated corrections for female and male, girl and boy subjects. (Source: Anthropics Technology.)ĭeveloper, Anthropics Technology, claims the latest version includes improvements in most, if not all, of the many adjustments it provides. The latest version of Portrait Professional when supplied as a boxed product. If overdone they can produce a totally artificial and ‘plastic’ look, as shown in the screen grab below Be cautious about the extent of the changes you apply. Most of the adjustments are easy to carry out and real-time feedback makes it easy to know when to stop. Manual adjustments are easily made with the brush tools available but it’s worth checking alignment for every face you work on. A little more frequently you could encounter situations where the automatic mask for identifying skin areas doesn’t cover the entire face and/or isn’t aligned correctly. However, in most cases it should be easily corrected with manual adjustments. Sometimes the outline marking on the face isn’t aligned correctly on start-up. You also need large enough files to work on in order to avoid processing artefacts. It also struggles with images that are noticeably darker or lighter than they should be, particularly when details have been lost at either end of the tonal scale. Although you can do a lot with the software, it can’t correct images that were poorly posed or fix really unattractive facial expressions. You must start with a reasonably good-looking original portrait and the image must be correctly exposed. The latest version of the software (version 11) incorporates what the company claims to be ‘the world’s most advanced automatic face, hair and feature detector’. But it’s come a long way since it was first released. The software was initially developed for cleaning up and smoothing the skin for female subjects. Portrait Professional software has been developed to provide a quick and easy way to make portrait photographs look the way subjects would like them to.
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