Digital Photographer's Software Guide - Bertemes - Net

Human beings are highly sensitive to face color, perhaps, in evolutionary terms, because
it can give an indication of whether a person is ill and therefore likely to communicate
a dangerous disease. In portrait photography, we notice the slightest variation in skin
tones whenever there is a chance to compare shots side-by-side. Yet there is a lot more
to this subject than the phrase “skin tone” implies. With a modern DSLR and a powerful
lens you can resolve every mole, wrinkle, freckle, blemish, and dermatological disorder,
much to the dismay of the subject. Having put them in, the photographer needs
to take them out. Skin tone enhancement software does the job.
The software described in this category is mainly for professional use, but not exclusively.
General-purpose image editors also have retouching tools suitable for dealing with
occasional images that require skin tone adjustment, but if you make a living from portraiture
you need all the help you can get from specialist software. Many photographers
prefer to take precautionary measures at the capture stage, with subtle lighting and softfocus
lenses, but it is useful to have a second option as a backup. Developers have
invested substantial research into improving both the speed and quality of this type of
software. The results of their labors are as follows.
GinaPRO
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Skin Tone Enhancement
Vendor: Sean Puckett
Purpose: Skin tone enhancement software to change skin color and saturation and add “glow”
Description
GinaPRO is a blotch-fixing, sharpening/blurring filter that specializes in making skin
tones glow with health and vitality. Its interface has a stack of 18 slider controls arranged