Digital Photographer's Software Guide - Bertemes - Net

Supported file formats: Major RAW formats; JPEG and TIFF
Price level: Approx. $60, with Max option approx. $100
Address: Anthropics Technology Ltd., Unit 1a, Walpole Court, Ealing Studios, Ealing Green,
London, W5 5ED, United Kingdom
www.portraitprofessional.com
Portraiture
Vendor: Imagenomic
Purpose: Intelligent smoothing for rapid retouching of portraits
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Description
Portraiture is software for retouching portraits the easy way, using intelligent routines
to eliminate selective masking. It removes imperfections but retains skin texture so that
the portrait still looks very natural. It also gives you a high level of control over how it
treats details, allowing you to adjust for sharpness, softness, warmth, brightness, and
contrast.
The purpose of Portraiture is to achieve a great result as quickly as possible, hence it
comes with predefined presets for one-click effects. Yet it is a fully professional tool in
that it allows you to use custom presets that encapsulate your own actions. Its Auto-
Mask feature lets you apply smoothing routines automatically and then fine-tune them
with color tools and slider controls. Portraiture’s auto feature can recognize all skin types
that may be present in the image.
Comments
For the busy portrait studio that needs rapid retouching for hundreds of images,
Portraiture is a powerful tool. Sitters will rarely complain that all their skin blemishes
have magically disappeared. One reviewer thought it would be good for fashion photographers
“working with aging models,” but that may be going too far. Others have
complained about the price, but for the intended market it seems to be a very good value.
Version: Windows Portraiture 1.0.1; Mac 1.0.2 (as of 2008)
Plugs into: Adobe CS and above; Photoshop Elements 3, 4, and 5
OS: Windows 2000, XP, and Vista; Mac OS X 10.3.x and 10.4.x
RAM: 256MB
Supported file formats: Those of host program
Price level: Approx. $170
Address: Imagenomic, LLC, 309 Yoakum Parkway, Suite 1501, Alexandria, VA 22304 United
States
www.imagenomic.com