Another way to minimize retouching is to slightly overexpose the portrait, making it slightly lighter and brighter than what your meter says is “correct.” Using either or both of these techniques will minimize any retouching challenges. Start by hiring a good makeup artist for the portrait session. Access to presets is easier as is the ability to apply the retouching as a separate layer.Īll Photos © 2008, Joe Farace, All Rights Reservedīefore doing any retouching to an image file there are a few steps you can take before you capture that original photograph to ensure your portraits won’t need much retouching. The large Preview window can be split in many different “before and after” scenarios, allowing you to determine if you need more or less retouching. Otherwise, you might want to consider older versions as the newest iteration introduces very few features or improvements to justify its increased price.The interface of Portraiture 2 is not only more attractive than the previous version but more functional as well. It's available for a one-time purchase, or as a free upgrade to existing users. One nice thing about Portraiture is that you can let it apply automatic retouches to your photos, and the results are often good enough as is. Additionally, this is also where you can tweak brightness, contrast, and warmth to suit your tastes.
Lastly, you have Enhancements that allow you to adjust for sharpness and detail in your photos. Second, you have Skin Mask section, which allows you to adjust the skin tones in your subjects, as well as having sliders to tweak for feathering, opacity, and fuzziness.
First, Smoothing will let you apply various smoothing effects to your photos, and you have full control of how strong or how subtle they can be. When you open an image file, all your control sliders are located on the left side and are divided into three main sections.
Using Portraiture is quite easy and intuitive, with a well-organized user interface.
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