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The program doesn't just mask and swap the sky, it also changes the color and tone of the overall image to better match the new sky. Sky replacement used to be a very tedious task, but PortraitPro brought over automatic technology from LandscapePro that allows you to easily swap out the sky in your photo for something more aesthetically pleasing, chosen either from the program's pre-loaded stock images or your own library. However, if it takes only 20 seconds, why not see how it looks? What's New in Version 21? Sky Replacement I think this sort of efficiency is key to expanding your creativity: if a more creative edit would take 20 minutes, you might not bother to try it out. The specificity of these features is truly impressive every possible adjustment you can imagine is there, and the freedom to explore more creative edits with ease is fantastic. This is where I will bring out a subject's features like their cheekbones.īelow that are the Makeup, Eye, Mouth & Nose, and Hair, which allow you to really hone in on those specific features, doing anything from adding a bit of shine to hair to changing eye color or even tweezing eyebrows.

The program also lets you change the lighting on various face features, making it easy to quickly build up a dodge and burn effect. The program presents you with a virtual face that allows you to dynamically drag the position of your light source to relight your subject. Here, you can do things like give your subject a tan, but it's the lighting that I really enjoy playing with.

#PORTRAITPRO 18 REVIEWS SKIN#

Next up is the Skin Lighting & Color section, one of my favorites. Portrait retouching normally takes me 15-20 minutes per photo, but that has been cut down to about 2-3 minutes with PortraitPro. What used to be the most tedious part of my retouching process has been reduced from 10 minutes a photo to about 20 seconds. You can also easily reduce crow's feet and under-eye bags with just two quick moves of the respective sliders. The controls here are indeed for retouching imperfections in the skin, such as acne and fine lines, but the program does an excellent job of doing so without the dreaded over-smoothed effect that destroys the texture that makes a face human. Next up is Skin Smoothing, but don't take its name too literally. What's impressive is that the program doesn't make these adjustments in an isolated fashion if you give your subject a bigger smile, their cheekbones, jaws, and eyebrows move to match, making it look far more realistic. Here, you can make subtle adjustments, such as making your subject's eyes slightly bigger or giving their hair more volume. This is where things get interesting (and impressive)! First up is the Face Sculpt section. This is great, as you do not need to start with your image in another program you can complete all your editing right in PortraitPro. From there, you can make all the standard image adjustments you would normally, such as tweaking the exposure, shadows, vibrance, etc. When you first open an image in PortraitPro, it will find any faces in your photo. There has been a lot of press in the last year or so about intelligent automatic photo-processing applications, but PortraitPro has been around for 15 years now, and as such, it is a highly refined and powerful product. PortraitPro 21 was recently released, and on top of its foundation of automated intelligent retouching, the program comes with a wide variety of new features and improvements, making it an excellent choice for headshot photographers, wedding photographers, family photographers, and more.

Portraitpro 18 reviews