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1. Perfectly Clear Intelligent Image Correction PERFECTLY CLEAR PLUG IN USER MANUAL Version 2 0 Perfect your photos with just 1 click and save countless hours of editing Congratulations You will soon be processing your photos through the World s fastest and most advanced automatic image correction science available on this planet Our mission is to save you significant time while producing outstanding quality Automatically PMA Pro PICKS PMA 2010 DIMA Mi 5 Innovative Digital Product DIMA Why Perfectly Clear Perfection that s tested over 30 million times a day Every day over 30 million prints are automatically corrected and made amazing by Perfectly Clear effortlessly Image Correction down to a science Over 12 years of R amp D 10 patented processes 20 unique algorithms That s what it takes to develop award winning technology See the Proof Saving you time Customers report 85 reduction in editing time and more than 300 reduction in real time to process images Ready to start saving Inside This Manual Chapter 1 What s new in version 2 0 Minimum System Requirements Chapter 2 Installing amp Activating Chapter 3 Let s start correcting Chapter 4 The Power of Presets Chapter 5 Tweak Fine Tuning Perfectly Clear Chapter 6 Basic Workflow Photoshop Batch Processing with Actions Lightroom Workflow Keyboard Shortcuts 16 19 26 41 Chapte2. 8 or newer including Yosemite Intel Processor PS Plugin Photoshop CS3 CS4 CS5 CS6 or Creative Cloud supports both 32 bit and 64 bit Photoshop Elements 8 9 10 11 12 13 LR Plugin Lightroom 2 7 or newer 4 GB RAM or more Windows 7 8 and 10 32 bit and 64 bit compatible PS Plugin Photoshop CS3 CS4 CS5 CS6 or Creative Cloud supports both 32 bit and 64 bit Photoshop Elements 8 9 10 11 12 13 Corel PaintShop Pro X5 X6 X7 X8 Photoshop Plugin LR Plugin Lightroom 2 7 or newer 4 GB RAM or more Supported Image Formats Perfectly Clear requires RGB formatted images in either 8 or 16 bit color depth Any image file that Photoshop or Lightroom can convert to this format may be used in Perfectly Clear Monochrome and CMYK images must be converted to RGB before using Perfectly Clear RAW files must be opened through Adobe Camera RAW and loaded into Photoshop to be accessible to Perfectly Clear Chapter 2 Installing amp Activating Installation Prior to installation please ensure the image editing application that will serve as the host of Perfectly Clear is closed Please also close any other open applications for the duration of the installation process To begin the installation process double click on the installer provided either on your Perfectly Clear SD Card or from the download process from the Athentech www athentech com web page The installer will walk you through the various steps necessary i
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4. will re import the altered file If you have more than 1 photo selected then our plug in will load all photos and you can view and tweak them individually by pressing the lt or gt buttons located bottom right within the same session Please note that Perfectly Clear will not work on psd files this is due to the complex and proprietary nature of the Adobe Photoshop file Also if you want to process very large volumes of photos ie more than 10 we suggest you use the Export option you can still view and fine tune each photo as opposed to Edit In Lightroom imposes some technical limitations on large volumes of photos with external image editors when using Edit In See the chapter on Workflow for more details The plugin will open with your image loaded in the Preview Window e090 Athentech Imaging Perfectly Clear Plugin Perfectly Clear C00 Ga w Presets Adjust of d Details 9 Beautify case Fix Dark Fix Noise Fix Tint Landscapes w for original Help Watch Tutorials Figure 5 Perfectly Clear main window Edit In Troubleshooting If Perfectly Clear does NOT appear when you select Edit In then go to Edit gt Preferences for Mac it is under Lightroom menu and select the External Editing Tab Then in the middle of your screen where it says Additional External Editor press the Choose button Navigate to Windows C Program files Athe
5. DCF DCF is a patent pending process which maps untrue colors created in the camera s imaging pipe back into the true colors seen with the human eye at the time the photograph was taken There are 2 settings that you can adjust Standard and Vivid Standard will re map to the full color spectrum of the colors that the camera failed to capture Vivid will do the same but will accentuate the colors The result is a photo with more contrast more vivid colors and more punch to it as shown below J S amp S W 4 Tint Abnormal tint occurs in situations where the sensors of the camera have inappropriately picked up and reflected in the image excess green from fluorescent lights or excess red from the infrared heat of a person in the image or excess blue from ultraviolet or excess yellow from tungsten lights Perfectly Clear s patent pending process will automatically remove these unwanted tints TINT CORRECTION adjustments When turned ON this algorithm will look at each image and if there is an abnormal tint remove it You can adjust how much tint is removed simply move the slider bar further to the right for more tint removal If there is no tint no correction will be performed and it will say no tint detected Clarity Controls Sharpening Perfectly Clear s proprietary sharpening is a series of very powerful and unique algorithms developed to d
6. PerfectlyClear gt User Presets Use preset System Presets Default z A carefully chosen set of robust default values that works very well for a wide variety of photos developed over time working with our lab customers and licensees If you re new to Perfectly Clear then start with this setting E Hide PerfectlyClear Window YF Export Location Export To Same folder as original photo older wherever each source photo is located E Put in Subfolder export 790 E Add to This Catalog Add to Stack Below Original Exiting Fes Y File Naming E Rename To Filename Plug in Manager Export To automatically apply a single preset to all images choose that Preset in the Athentech Perfectly Clear section of the Export window and also check the Hide Perfectly Clear option This is the fastest way to automatically correct your whole shoot If you also select Add to This Catalog in the Export Location section then once the Export is complete you ll easily be able to find the corrected images in your Lightroom catalog Keyboard Shortcuts Windows Mac Command Z Z Zoom toggle Fit 100 CTRL 0 CMD 0 Zoom Fit CTRL 1 CMD 1 Zoom 100 CTRL CMD Zoom in CTRL CMD Zoom out Enter Return OK Apply Perfectly Clear and close the plugin ESC ESC Cancel Close Perfectly Clear without applying Spacebar Spacebar Toggle before after view in single image view only F F
7. aspects of the photo Eye Enlarge Use this correction to enlarge one s eyes in a realistic manner This unique technique is great at automatically finding and adjusting eyes without distorting any other aspects of the photo ro Dark Circle Removal Freshens tired eyes Retouching the dark circles that appear underneath the eyes requires high precision for distinguishing the actual circles for other natural details present around the eyes Our solution handles this task flawlessly reducing the dark circles but at the same time preserving the fine details of the eyes 4 A AE E N us i R gt S e SS Catchlight Add sparkle to your eyes automatically ny Chapter 6 Basic Workflow Photoshop Batch Processing with Actions amp Keyboard Shortcuts Page 41 Basic Workflow Perfectly Clear is designed to save you significant time in your editing process It should be used as a first step in your image correction workflow to remove the various problems created by digital cameras specifically under exposure lack of depth lack of sharpness lack of color vibrancy lack of color fidelity abnormal tint noise red eye and incorrect skin tones After you have used Perfectly Clear you can then apply your creative talent to give your photos an artistic look whether that is HDR Black amp White soft focus etc Thus you should apply the Perfectly Clear Plug in as a first step to your ph
8. cessor tool or you can do this from Adobe Bridge From Image Processor The Image Processor window itself will step you through this process 1 Inthe first section choose the images to work on Select an entire folder of images or select Use Open Images to run the Action on all images that are currently open in Photoshop 2 Next choose the folder where the corrected images should be saved to 3 Choose the final image format You can create multiple versions of each file in different formats if you check multiple rows in this section 4 Finally at the bottom click Run Action then select the Action Set you created and then select the specific Action you want to apply Fix HD Click Run and Photoshop will open every file that it supports in the folder you selected apply the Fix HD Preset in Perfectly Clear then will save the images in the format you selected to the folder you selected E Image Processor Oo Select the images to process Use Open Images Include All sub folders Select Folder C Users jeff Pictures Palo Duro Open first image to apply settings 2 Select location to sawe processed images E Q Save in Same Location Keep folder structure Select Folder C Users jeff Desktop Batch Output File Type v Save as JPEG Resize to Fit Quality W px _ Convert Profile to sRGB H E px _ Save as PSD _ Resize to Fit v Maximize Compatibility W
9. e 50 value on the Eye Enhance could apply a stronger correction to the woman than to the man Moving each Beautify slider up or down will then apply proportionally more or less correction individually to each face Light Diffusion and Skin Tone work separately from this face detection procedure Beautify Portrait Perfectly Smooth Perfectly Smooth was invented to smooth and diminish wrinkles automatically while making sure the details in the hair eyes etc are preserved The Smooth option accomplishes this in a very realistic manner If you select Super Smooth then the skin will be even smoother but there may be some loss of details A EJE DENNI A SN i D9 OS RNS SEEN CF WSS d g ry 1 A N Skin Tone People emit Infrared Red IR Digital Camera sensors capture IR The human eye doesn t see IR As a result captured and correct photos often appear redder than they appear in the real world This is especially true for indoor photos when taken with a flash The Perfectly Clear Skin Tone Correction will automatically detect and remove the spurious IR from flesh tones while maintaining the proper reds in the other portion of the photo Teeth Whitening Whitens teeth naturally without the painful need to see the dentist It automatically finds teeth in the photograph and applies just the right amount of whitening to make teeth brighter without looking artificial See the sample in the next section Face S
10. e corrected image in the Preview Window clicking on the preview will reveal the original image for comparison Dual Image View shows both the original and corrected and images side by side Split View shown in the image above shows a single image with the corrected image on the right and the original on the left Both Dual and Split views can be toggled between a horizontal and vertical split Presets amp Tweak Tabs Switch between a simple view of the Presets and detailed view of each of the corrections See the chapter on Fine Tuning for details about the Tweak view Presets Dropdown and Buttons The most popular presets are assigned buttons to make them easy to apply There are a few more presets that you can access from the dropdown and you can create your own presets too Getting Help Three buttons down in the lower left will make sure you re getting the most from Perfectly Clear Zoom Control when looking at image detail like sharpness or noise be sure to zoom to 100 and find a high detail portion of your image 6 OK amp Cancel Once you ve got a great looking image click OK to save the corrections and return to Photoshop Cancel will return you to PhotoShop without applying Perfectly Clear The LR plugin also includes this interface element 7 Image Navigation Above the zoom control you ll also see the image navigation controls This shows you the filename of the image you are currently v
11. e the auto correction Note that saving a Preset with a manual Exposure setting will force that amount of exposure correction auto correction will be turned off Depth Contrast This algorithm comes from the signal processing world medical X rays for example In X rays the challenge is that there are over 4 000 shades of grey in a radiograph However the human eye can only detect 50 100 shades The result is a radiographic image that appears blurry Perfectly Clear for Radiography optimizes the contrast in each and every pixel so that the radiographer doctor or surgeon can easily discern the details throughout the entire image As image quality in radiography means the difference between life and death it s essential that no artifacts are created and no information is deleted We ve taken this technology and retrofitted it to photography so that we can provide you with an image that is very eye pleasing with lots of punch amp depth DEPTH adjustments Since the eye perceives reality in 3 D photographers also like lots of depth or contrast with their photos and as such you ll notice that it is usually set as quite high on the right side of the slider for the presets Please note that a depth of 0 does not yield the same result as turning depth off Also note that when you choose to increase the Contrast your photos will usually benefit by increasing the defaults of Perfect Exposure since increasing contrast creat
12. elect ExportFilter lua Windows XP C Documents and Settings lt user name gt Application Data Adobe Lightroom Modules PerfectlyClearv2 Irplugin and select ExportFilter lua lt Note if the above file path doesn t exist then please try All Users instead of your user name gt Mac Users lt user name gt Library Application Support Adobe Lightroom Modules PerfectlyClearv2 Irplugin Trial Mode When you first install and run either of the plugins you will be in Trial Mode This is fully functional but will only allow you to run the plugin for a limited time Once your trial expires you ll need to purchase a license to continue to use the plugin The process for the Photoshop and Lightroom plug ins is identical so only one set of screenshots are shown for the Photoshop plug in If your trial expires and you still need more time for evaluation please email us at helo athentech com for assistance Online Activation Online activation is the easiest way to enter a license key that you have received from purchasing through the Perfectly Clear online store or from one of our retail partners When you run the plugin you will see a screen like the one below Athentech Imaging Perfectly Clear Plugin About Perfectly Clear Settings Expired Version Patents UK 2363933 EP 1177678 U S 6677959 6633684 amp 6961066 Singapore 83972 amp 94006 NZ 523251 amp 514714 Austral
13. eliver a crisp looking photo that is artifact free SHARPENING adjustments Simply select the check box next to the sharpen dialog to activate and move the slider bar to the right for increased crispness and to the left for less sharpening T TW Noise Our Perfectly Clear Noise engine is the fastest and most effective on the market for removing high and low ISO noise in photographs grains in scanned images JPEG compression artifacts Moir pattern effects and much more It is the first photo noise reduction algorithm that allows for fully automatic operation The algorithm will first analyze the photo to determine if noise exists and only then apply the proper amount of noise removal Specific algorithms and settings are applied depending on whether the photo was taken with a digital camera camera phone or scanner The algorithm includes modules of noise detection noise analysis and noise filtration which are Statistically trained to provide optimal balance between photo noise reduction and preservation of image details Unlike other noise removal algorithms that blur photos after removing noise our algorithm is unique in preserving the crisp details The noise in digital photos is reduced by 2 3 stops so that the noise level of the photo shot at ISO 1600 is effectively reduced to ISO 200 400 levels NOISE REMOVAL adjustments When noise removal is turned ON there are five presets to choose A Default a robust
14. es a photo that is overall slightly darker High Definition depth provides more detail in the shadows and highlights than High Contrast depth For extremely dark photos it is beneficial to turn depth off in order to bring out extreme details Skin amp Depth Bias We provide the ability to adjust the skin tone look for your particular audience In addition our bias corrections will cover up many of the flaws created by digital cameras and allow you to further adjust how much depth you would like in your photos SKIN amp DEPTH BIAS adjustments There are 2 options to choose from simply slide the slider bar to the right to increase the strength and to the left to decrease a Normal preference this is our default setting removing red from skin tones and adding depth to the background areas b Brighter preference the same impact as Normal preference but with overall a brighter image with more details revealed in the shadows Page 29 Color Controls Vibrancy Perfectly Clear automatically checks and determines whether or not the capture device has captured the full vibrancy of the colors in the picture If it hasn t then the algorithm will automatically restore the washed out faded colors in the photograph while always maintaining the true colors represented in the original photo If the camera has properly captured true color then this function will have no effect on the image COLOR VIBRANCY adju
15. i px H px _ Save as TIFF _ Resize to Fit _ _L4 W Compression Wi al px H px Preferences Run Action Perfectly Clear FxHD sw Copyright Infos O o v Include ICC Profile Figure 10 Batch Applying Perfectly Clear From Adobe Bridge 1 Open Bridge and select the files you d like to process 2 Select Tools gt Photoshop gt Batch 3 Photoshop will open and the Batch window will be shown Batch Play Set Perfectly Clear Action Fix HD Source Choose _ Override Action Open Commands _ Include All Subfolders _ Suppress File Open Options Dialogs _ Suppress Color Profile Warnings Errors Stop for Errors Save As Users admin Desktop Batch Output _ Override Action Save As Commands Destination File Naming Example MyFile PfC Fixed gif E ds es od None Starting Serial Compatibility Windows MacOS Unix Figure 11 Batch Window from Adobe Bridge 4 Choose the options in the Batch window to match how you d like to process your photos a Play choose Perfectly Clear and the Fix HD Action b Source the default will be Bridge which means the images you had selected in Bridge will be processed You can change this to work on files in a specific folder or process the images currently open in Photoshop c Destination choose Folder then click Choose to pick the location
16. ia 771979 China ZL 00808690 7 india Mexico 227042 amp 227042 HK 1048213 CAD 2368544 Korea 572444 other patents pending Red eye and Beautify technology licensed from FotoNation Copyright 2014 Athentech Imaging All rights reserved Activate Simply click Activate and copy and paste or carefully type in the license number you have been provided When you click Activate again we will validate the license and will unlock your plugin for continual use Online De activation De activation allows you to remove Perfectly Clear from one computer so you can use it on a different computer You can install and use two computers at once so if you only have two computers that you use Perfectly Clear on then you do not need to de activate To de activate just open the plugin click About to show the license screen below then click Deactivate di Athentech License Manager Perfectly Clear Photoshop Plug In v2 Licensed version De activate Offline Activation If the computer you want Perfectly Clear to run on does not have an active internet connection then you can activate offline This requires a different computer to access the internet and validate the license code You can do this yourself or Athentech Support help athentech com can do this for you To Activate Offline Run the plugin and click Activate just like you were activating online see above Enter your license key in the
17. iewing and allows you to switch to the first previous next or last image If you click About gt Settings you ll get this screen Settings Software Updates Current version 2 0 0 7 Click Check Now to look for an update E Check automatically Download Copy Link Presets Ignore non embedded color profiles Figure 8 Plugin Setting Screen 1 Software Updates Click Check Now to see if we ve published any updates Check the Check automatically box to stay up to date without needing to open this settings screen and click Check Now 2 Presets you can export and import Presets This makes it simple to develop custom Presets on one computer then use them on others or to share your custom Presets with friends Note when exporting Presets all your custom presets will be exported 3 LR Only ignore non embedded color profiles Perfectly Clear is fully color managed so it will automatically read and apply embedded color profiles But some other photo editors can create invalid images by writing the image data in sRGB but leave the image tagged ina previous color space most commonly Adobe RGB This affects a very small number of images but this option can help prevent that This is the same logic that Adobe Photoshop uses Chapter 4 The Power of Presets Page 19 The Power of Presets Perfectly Clear provides an amazing amount of automatic image correction technology a
18. limming for both corrections Face Slimming For those times when a slimmer natural looking face is desired The correction is made naturally so the final image does not look overly manipulated and the content and detail around the face is preserved Blemish Removal Unlike common approaches that simply employ a blur over the targeted area and have a limited effect on hot spots blemishes or pimples our solution scans the skin area for these sorts of imperfections and employs a localized correction that does not affect the surrounding skin areas Shine Removal Removes the bright sheen from flash light and oily skin Light Diffusion The Light Diffusion setting has been developed for portrait photos weddings and close facial shots It will smooth the blemishes in the face and create a more diffused softer picture with less contrast Skin tones will often be slightly warmer or red when this algorithm is enabled Beautify Eyes Auto Red Eye Athentech has teamed up with FotoNation Tessera Technologies to include their patented technology as part of the Perfectly Clear image correction suite Using advanced recognition techniques the presence of red eye is automatically detected and removed The technology is so sophisticated that it carefully retains those important glints and sparkles in the subjects eyes Eye Enhance Eye Enhancement will brighten and sharpen eyes in your photographs without distorting any other
19. ll packaged into a few different Presets to let you tune how you want your images to look To apply these presets to your image just click the button in the right panel for the Preset you d like to use Beautity Let s take a look at the pre loaded Presets called system presets Fix Dark Fix Noise TA Fix Tint Landscapes Details amp Vivid The top two presets are our most popular and they have both been updated for this version 2 release Details and Vivid are very similar and provide a great starting point for many different kinds of images These presets include great starting points automatic exposure contrast sharpening color vibrancy and also include a small amount of our new Beautify corrections Details utilizes our new High Definition Contrast which will provide more details in dark shadows better details in bright highlights like faces and wedding dresses and more pleasing skin tones Overall the photo will have less punch to it than the Vivid preset Vivid the only difference is our High Contrast is applied what was in version 1 of our Plug ins The Vivid preset will render a photo with more depth and pop to it Athentech Imaging Perfectly Gear Plugin Perfectly Clear Athentech Imaging Perfectly Gear Plugin Perfectly Clear Beautify amp Beautify This preset works wonders on portraits and shots of people It automatically scans each face in the
20. n order to install Perfectly Clear into your image editing application of choice On Windows you may get a message similar to the one below just press Run or Yes Open File Security Warning Do you want to run this file A Name 1 1 0 19 PerfecthyClearPluginSetup1 1 0 19 exe Publisher Athentech Imaging Type Application From 9 S vAthentech Perfectly Clear Software Product RB Always ask before opening this file rs gt While files from the Intemet can be useful this file type can D potentially ham your computer Only un software from publishers i you trust What s the isk Figure 1 Run Application Windows After accepting the End User License Agreement the installer will automatically attempt to locate all installed versions of Adobe Photoshop Adobe Photoshop Elements and Corel PaintShop Pro and then display the location where the files will be installed If the installer was unable to locate a version of Photoshop or PaintShopPro or if you are using a different image editing application you will need to manually locate the appropriate plug in installation location For Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Photoshop Elements the install location is as follows For Windows this is one or both depending if you are running 64 bit C Program Files Adobe Adobe Photoshop Plug Ins C Program Files x86 Adobe Adobe Photoshop Plug Ins For Mac this is Macintosh HD Applications Adobe Photoshop Pl
21. ntech Perfectly Clear Plug in LR v2 Or C Program files x86 Athentech Perfectly Clear Plug in LR v2 Select the file called PCPlugin this is a exe file You will see the Application now says PCPlugin exe Now under the preset drop down choose Save Current Settings as New Preset and type Perfectly Clear and press the Create button Mac Application Athentech PerfectlyClear Plug in for Lightroom v2 PerfectlyClearLR app Then press ok exit Lightroom and re launch and Perfectly Clear should now appear under Edit In Export to Perfectly Clear You can automatically batch correct lots of photos by pressing the Export button or File gt Export and then choosing Athentech Perfectly Clear from the Export To drop down menu Simply follow the on screen instructions to choose your export format and where to save it to Please note that if you don t select Hide Perfectly Clear Window option then our plug in will appear so you can view and tweak each photo just like for option 1 above Export One File S32 Export To Athentech PerfectlyClear z eset Export One File gt Lightroom Presets Y Athentech PerfectlyClear gt User Presets Use preset System Presets Default Z A carefully chosen set of robust default values that works very well for a wide variety of photos developed S over time working with our lab customers and licensee
22. of color vibrancy and depth Our Fidelity Vivid algorithm is turned on to enable this and red eye is turned off Athentech imaging Perfectly Clear Plugin of P 9 Beautify E S Fix Dark Fix Tint Perfectly Clear Customizing your Presets The eight system presets assigned to the preset buttons provide a great starting point for your image correction work But you might find that you need a customized set of adjustments for your photos No problem that s simple to do To create your own Preset 1 Start with one of the System Presets or a custom preset you have imported from someone else 2 Onthe Tweak tab make adjustments to any of the correction tools you like Experiment with several different images and see how the various corrections adapt to your image content 3 When you like what you see click Create at the bottom of the Presets and Adjust panel You ll see this screen Athentech Imaging Perfectly Clear Plugin Please Enter Preset Name My Great Preset Descripton Started vii Fix HD then adjusted the vibrancy exposure and Portrait settings ka Figure 9 New Preset Screen 4 Entera name and quick description so you can remember what you adjusted That s all there is to it Now you ll see that Preset in the top dropdown menu under the User Presets section To Modify a User Preset 1 Simply select the Preset you d like to modify 2 Make any adjus
23. otos before using other filters plug ins or correction tools If you are using raw files please perform minimal adjustments in Adobe Camera Raw or Lightroom to bring the photo into Perfectly Clear with as much of the original information as possible Step 1 Automatically Correct with Perfectly Clear Our automatic corrections should get you 80 to 100 of the corrections that you require Fine Tune with Perfectly Clear If the automatic correction from Step 1 didn t get you 100 there then re open the image and try a different Preset or switch to Tweak and experiment with the other corrections Apply your Creative Talent With a natural amazing looking image as your starting point you can use other filters or tools Photoshop Batch Processing with Actions Photoshop is designed to work on images one ata time But with the help of Actions you can quickly develop a very fast batch processing workflow An Action in Photoshop is like a script first your record the steps you want to automate then you can play those steps on one image or on hundreds Here s the process to record an Action to automatically apply Perfectly Clear Step One Create the Actions 1 Open the Actions Window in Photoshop Window gt Actions ow wee Default Actions Vignette selection Actions ka 2 Create a new Action Set by clicking the folder icon at Frame Channel 50 the bottom of the Actions Window Name it any
24. photo and determines just how much of each of the Portrait and Eyes corrections to apply to each face Beautify is more gentle with Beautify applying more corrections and higher values of other corrections These also work great on images of newborns Perfectly Clear io co of e 9 Beautify aes Fix Dark d Perfectly Clear aan af e 9 Beautify aS Fix Dark d Fix Dark This preset is great when working with dark images it boosts the exposure more than Details or Vivid enables Noise Correction and makes several other subtle changes to give you a great looking image Athentech Imaging Perfectly Gear Plugin Perfectly Clear Fix Noise The Fix Noise Preset enables noise correction without boosting the exposure like Fix Dark can This is great when working with indoor photos in low light where the camera was able to expose the image properly by boosting the camera ISO sensitivity That high ISO setting is what is creating the noise so let the Fix Noise preset take care of that Athentech imaging Perfectly Clear Plugin Perfectly Clear Tint correction is one of the most difficult corrections to apply automatically This Preset allows you to enable tint correction quickly when you see a color cast or improper white balance in your photos Athentech imaging Perfectly Gear Plug Perfectly Clear 9 Beautify e Fix Dark l Use this if you want a photo with lots
25. powerful setting for most camera corrections Page 33 B Camera Phone a special engine has been added in to correct the grainy quality of most camera phone pictures C Night Scene The night setting is optimized for shots where dark areas of the image are mixed with illuminated and potentially detail intensive areas We find that the lower frequency noise is the biggest and solvable concern for these types of shots with potential noise blotches and color banding D Portrait The emphasis is to retain the structural and natural color composition but remove larger noise artifacts and blemishes while avoiding the over processed plastic look E Strongest This forces the maximum amount noise reduction In addition you can adjust the overall strength of the noise removal process by sliding the single slider bar greater processing strength occurs the more the slider bar is to the right Details slider bar can also adjust the amount of detail preservation a ee E a ai rga Ea TUUL Wg tee About the Beautify Corrections The Beautify corrections in the Portrait and Eyes sections individually apply specific corrections tuned to each face found in your photos First the photo is analyzed to determine the gender race age and other characteristics of each face Then the various correction parameters are tuned individually for each face For example in a portrait of aman and a woman th
26. r 1 What s new in Version 2 0 System Requirements What s new in Version 2 0 Version 2 0 provides a major update to all of our core processing technology and also provides an easier to use better looking interface The major updates include ee ee Faster re engineered algorithms deliver at nearly 2x the speed Our Most Powerful auto correction yet new algorithms New Noise engine removes noise even more accurately Next generation Beautify gives you 10 ways to look your best Easier Access to Presets Import and Export Presets to share your results with friends Overall Opacity Control Makes it easy to fade out the Perfectly Clear effect to provide even more correction control Many Workflow and Interface Improvements a b C Zoom to 100 accurately judge fine detail when sharpening or removing noise Split View more ways to visualize your corrections to ensure the best final product More keyboard control Z to toggle zoom CTRL to zoom in or out Space to toggle before after view F to toggle full screen view Import amp Export Presets to make it easy to get the exact same corrections on all the computers you use Check for Updates to make sure you re aware of all future updates and improvements New Presets Panel to make selecting and applying your favorite Presets fast and easy System Requirements Microsoft Windows Mac OSX Mountain Lion 10
27. s If you re new to Perfectly Clear then start with this E setting F Hide PerfectlyClear Window Y Export Location Export To Same folder as original photo F Put in Subfolder export r 790 F Add to This Catalog Add to Stack Below Original Existing Files Ask what to do z Y File Naming i Rename To Filename Plug in Menage Figure 6 Export to Perfectly Clear There are several options you can choose when exporting including 1 Hide the Perfectly Clear Window this allows you to batch correct a large number of images without the plugin waiting for any interaction 2 Export Location choose where the new files are saved to There is an option in this section to automatically add the exported files to your Lightroom catalog 3 File Naming choose what the name the new files File Settings choose the output image format Export Troubleshooting If you do not see Athentech Perfectly Clear under the Export To drop down menu then press the Plug in Manager button on the bottom left then select Athentech Perfectly Clear from the listing on the left and press the Add button Make sure the status is enabled If Perfectly Clear does not appear in the list then press the Add button and navigate to Windows Win 7 or Win 8 C Users lt user name gt AppData Roaming Adobe Lightroom Modules PerfectlyClearv2 Irplugin and s
28. s at a time Select one or a few images in Lightroom and right click or select the Photo menu and select Edit in gt Perfectly Clear Lightroom 5 Catalog Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Library File Edit Library Photo Metadata View Window Help Add to Quick Collection B Open in Loupe Enter Libra ry Show in Explorer Ctrl R Go to Folder in Library Lock to Second Window Ctrl Shift Enter z Edit In P Edit in Adobe Photoshop CC 2014 Ctrl E ro fae Edit in PCPlugin exe Ctrl Alt E Create Virtual Copy Ctrl PerfectlyClear o POT EO Open as Smart Object in Photoshop Rotate Left CCW Ctrl Merge to Panorama in Photoshop Rotate Right CW Ctrl Merge to HDR Pro in Photoshop Flip Horizontal Open as Layers in Photoshop Flip Vertical Set Flag gt Set Rating gt rr dll Set Color Label gt Auto Advance Figure 4 Launching Perfectly Clear from Edit in Lightroom will ask you if you would like to 1 Edita Copy With Lightroom adjustments This is the only option available if you are working with raw files This option applies any adjustments you ve made in Lightroom creates a new image file and sends that new image to Perfectly Clear 2 Edita Copy This duplicates the original image file and sends it unaltered to Perfectly Clear 3 Edit Original This sends the original file to Perfectly Clear which will then alter the original image and Lightroom
29. stments To enrich color vibrancy simply slide the slider bar to the right Increasing Color Vibrancy may cause some clipping at the low end of the RGB spectrum but it will never cause clipping at the bright end of the spectrum Moving the slider to zero will increase the color density less and result in zero chance of clipping You will note that on many images there is no increase in color vibrancy This is because the camera sensors have already captured true color There is a difference between a setting of O and turning the algorithm OFF Color Fidelity Digital capture devices are currently incapable of reproducing the full visual soectrum of colors the eye sees Point any digital camera at a purple object Laker s jersey FedEx box blue morning glory flower for example and compare the image on screen with the original purple object in front of you What do you see The purple object will appear blue on the screen For example see the two photos below the photo on the left is an uncorrected photo directly from the digital camera The jerseys are actually purple but have been captured as blue by the camera The photo on the right has been corrected with Digital Color Fidelity and correctly restores the proper purple exactly as seen by the human eyes in the real world Since True Color is fundamental to preserving precious memories perfectly Athentech has partnered with Tribeca Labs to provide you with Digital Color Fidelity
30. thing you want for example Perfectly Clear Wood Frame 50 pi Cast Shadow type 3 Create a new Action in that Set by clicking the New Action button and give it a name for example Fix HD Water Reflection ty 4 When the new action is created it will start recording Cimin RGR in Bra automatically All the steps you do in Photoshop or in aa the Perfectly Clear plugin will be recorded so just open the Perfectly Clear plugin apply the Fix HD Preset and Sep TSIEN oat Quadrant Colors click OK to return to Photoshop 5 Once you are back in Photoshop remember to stop i i i i i i i i i a a k ae i Gradient Ma recording the Action by clicking the stop icon far left in imitans Mixer Brush Cloning ee Pertec Cear wf wf wf al al il al wf wf wf wf wf wf wf the Actions window That s all there is to it You can create separate Actions to apply Fe HD different Presets or you can switch to the Tweak panel and apply specific corrections that are not part of a Preset Record each of these as its own Action If you make a mistake simply stop recording delete the action last icon at the bottom of the Actions Window and start again from Step 3 above Step Two Batch Process with your new Actions Once your actions are created it s simple to run this action on a large number of photos You can do this within Photoshop from the File gt Scripts gt Image Pro
31. tments you need to 3 Click Modify at the bottom of the Presets panel You ll see the same screen as above edit the description so you remember what you changed Chapter 5 Tweak Fine Tuning Perfectly Clear Page 26 Tone Controls Exposure Perfect Exposure is the most important algorithm and forms the core for all other corrections Perfect Exposure optimizes the light exposure in every pixel This patented approach corrects the image to emulate what the photographer and subjects saw at the time of taking the photo A quick note on overexposed photos We distinguish between overexposed which will benefit from the Perfectly Clear process and clipped images The clipped portions of an image are considered to be those portions that exceed 255 on the RGB spectrum Portions of the image which meet these criteria have no data in these areas and where this occurs Athentech doesn t hallucinate what might have been there PERFECT EXPOSURE adjustments By default when Perfect Exposure is ON so is Automatic Strength Selection This means that Perfectly Clear will independently look at each photo and suggest a specific amount of exposure correction unique to that photo You can adjust how aggressive the Automatic Strength Selection is Low Medium High In general a higher setting means a greater exposure correction per photo You can also manually set the exposure by turning Auto Strength off This allows you to overrid
32. to save your images to If you choose the None option the images will remain open in Photoshop so be careful if you choose this with very many images selected d File Naming set the filename parameters any way you like Click OK and the batch processing will start with each image you selected in Bridge Cancel Lightroom Correcting Single Images If you have a small number of photos to correct the simplest way to do this is with the Edit in option described earlier in this guide This is limited to about 20 images though that number might be smaller in some cases As such this method is best used when you have a small number of photos to correct The Perfectly Clear interface will open and all of your selected images will be loaded into the Plugin Move through your images with the navigation controls in the lower right and when you are satisfied with the corrections on all the images click Save to apply Perfectly Clear and save the results Lightroom Batch Processing Batch processing large volumes of photos is incredibly easy with the Perfectly Clear Lightroom Plugin using the Export method described above Simply select the photos you want to correct in Lightroom then File gt Export and select the Perfectly Clear plug in the Export to dropdown at the top of the window that appears Export One File Athentech PerfectlyClear Preset Export One File Lightroom Presets Y Athentech
33. top field Click Site Certificate to create a unique identifier for this computer and user Click Copy to copy this certificate to the clipboard Now do one of the following a Email that site certificate text to helo athentech com b Visit the following site to enter this site certificate yourself http www athentech com ps offline activate oe a or http www athentech com Ir offline activate 5 Follow the instructions on that page Offline De activation The process to de activate offline is identical to offline activation so follow the steps above but refer to this page for the form you will need to enter http www athentech com ps offline deactivate or http www athentech com Ir offline deactivate Chapter 3 Let s Start Correcting Page 16 About the Perfectly Clear Interface Let s take a look at the plugin interface to understand its key elements e00 Athentech Imaging Perfectly Clear Plugin Perfectly Clear T Presets Details 9 Beautify Fix Dark Fix Noise j Fix Tint Landscapes Details Create About Help Watch Tutorials 0 Cancel Figure 7 Getting to know the Plugin Interface Let s take a look at each of the major areas of the plugin interface 1 View Mode buttons these control the Preview Window in the plugin From left to right the buttons are Single Image view Dual Image View Split View Horizontal Vertical toggle Single Image View shows th
34. ug Ins Filter Running the Perfectly Clear Plugin for Photoshop Perfectly Clear is a plugin you can t run the plugin directly you need to open an image in PhotoShop or PhotoShop Elements then select the Perfectly Clear Plugin from the filter menu to access the plugin PS Fie Edit Image Layer Type Select Filter 3D View Window Help Last Filter rt o W F j Feather 0px Convert for Smart Filters Lake Original jpg 16 7 RGB 8 x Filter Gallery Adaptive Wide Angle Alt Shift Ctril A Camera Raw Filter Shift Ctrl A Lens Correction Shift Ctrl R Liquify Shift Ctrl X Oil Paint Vanishing Point Alt Ctrl V Adjustments Add an adjustment 0 wis BE BV 20S amp amp diez Blur Distort Noise Pixelate Render Sharpen Stylize Video Other Pune Se ee Pe Digimarc Browse Filters Online nPE NARDI The plugin will open with your image loaded in the Preview Window e200 Athentech Imaging Perfectly Clear Plugin Perfectly Clear ooi w Fix Noise J Fix Tint Landscapes Details Create Click on preview for original About Help Watch Tutorials 0 Cancel Running the Perfectly Clear Plugin for Lightroom Perfectly Clear is a plugin you can t run the plugin directly you need to open an image in Lightroom then launch the plugin from there There are two ways to use Perfectly Clear Edit in Perfectly Clear This method is great for correcting small numbers of photo
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