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1. Remove Completed Images Switches to the summary view which shows information about all the images in the batch Brings up the Auto Batch Save Settings 5A dialog Brings up a file open dialog that lets you add more images to the batch Removes the current image from the batch Removes all failed images if any from the batch Failed images are those that could not be loaded due to problems with the image file or those where no faces were found Removes all completed images if any from the batch Completed images are those that have been processed and saved 2013 Anthropics Technology Ltd Reference 33 3 14 View Menu The View menu contains the following commands Full Screen Makes the application fill the entire screen to maximize the working area To restore the application to it s windowed state select this command again Faster Rendering Increases the speed at which the enhanced image is calculated This is done by reducing the number of working pixels in the enhanced image This option is useful if the sliders are particularly sluggish on your machine If you find that the enhanced image looks too soft you should turn this option off Note this option only affects how the enhanced image appears within the application It will make no difference to the quality of the image saved when you use the File gt Save Jpg Tiff menu command 3 1 5 Help Menu The Help menu contains the following commands Conte
2. Left Kick Right Kick Smokey Eyes Pout Relights in a waythat makes the subject more attractive Corrects defective lighting on the face only Gives more definition to the cheekbones Pressing the Cheekbones button opens two sub sliders that let you change the left and right cheeks independently Shadows the left side of the face Shadows the right side of the face Adds a kick light to the left side of the face Adds a kick light to the right side of the face Subtle smokey eyes Makes the lips appear more pouting Note these lighting sliders only affect those parts of the picture that are in the skin areal 55 Press the View Lighting Direction Edit Skin Areal 531 button to change the skin area The general lighting direction can be changed by moving the circle in the control at the top of this section Leave itin the center if you don t want to change the lighting direction Eye Controls PortraitPro can automatically brighten whiten and sharpen the eyes The Eye controls allow you to adjust exactly how much effect you get You can also change the color of the eyes Sliders Master Fade Whiten Eyes Clean Eyes This slider is connected to some of the other sliders in this section that perform general enhancements to the eyes You will see the other sliders move as this one is moved Whitens and brightens the white part of the eyes The area affected is controlled by the Whitening Area slider Whitening
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4. processing your image You will then be taken to the Enhance Imagel17stage where the fun begins 2 8 Full Body Enhancement PortraitPro is designed to enhance portrait photos However if your photo includes other parts of the body then you can use the skin enhancement tools on other parts of the skin that can be seen To do this all you need to do is make sure that the PortraitPro knows which parts of the photo are skin This is done using the skin area tools as described in Skin Areal 531 2 9 Plug in Mode Using the PortraitPro Plug in Studio amp Studio Max Editions Only 9 The Studio edition of PortraitPro can enter a plug in mode This is intended for use when PortraitPro has been launched by another application such as Photoshop to enhance an image that is being managed by the 2013 Anthropics Technology Lid Portrait Professional 12 other application PortraitPro then behaves like a plug in to the other application After the plug in has been successfully installed as outlined in the Plug in Installation Guidel 76 you will be able to use PortraitPro as a plug in in any of the supported photo editing applications When PortraitPro is run as a plug in from another application the image or layer in the other application will automatically be loaded into PortraitPro where you can enhance the faces in the usual way Once you are happy with your results press the Return From Plugin button on the toolbar at the
5. Auto Batch Save Options 5 dialog is checked then each image is saved during a third pass At all times this summary screen shows the state of each image Checking the results Click on an image to selectit You will then see that image in the main window Ifthe image has been processed you will be able to view and adjust the enhanced face or faces if there is more than one Itis strongly recommended that you check each image since the automatic face finder can sometimes misplace the outlines which can cause problems with the enhanced image The main things to check for each face in each image are Check that the outlines follow the edge of each feature and the edge of the face especially the chin Check that the skin 55 and hairl 5 areas are correct Check that the gender and age is correct When you are happy with the result for an image clicking on another image or going back to the summary view and the image you were just viewing will be saved To get back to the summary screen shown in the screen shot above either click on the Show Summary button at the top of the film strip or select the Show Summary menu command in the Auto Batch menu 32 Manual Batch Processing Studio Edition Onlyl 9 The Studio edition has manual batch processing that lets you load a batch ofimages and easily work through them To use the manual batch processing select the Open Batch command from the File menul 30 This will bring up the
6. Batch dialog 5 that lets you add files to the batch and set the options for how the images will be saved when you move to the next image in the batch When you use the manual batch processing each image is loaded as if you had opened itin the usual way but without having to keep continually bringing up the file open dialog In addition each image is saved to the folder selected in the Batch dialog without having to use the file save dialog for every image This is done by using the Save And Open Next command after each image has been enhanced This command is in the File menul 30 and is also or by pressing the Save And Open Next button on the toolbar when enhancing a face 1 This command is only shown if a manual batch session is active 2013 Anthropics Technology Ltd Step By Step Guide 2 4 Enhance Face After you have opened an image and the face has been detected you are ready to start enhancing the facel 34 Viewing the result You can choose whether you want to see the before and after image side by side or whether you just want the enhanced image as large as possible Use the tabs above the images to select which option you prefer Whichever option you use you can always flip the enhanced after image back to the original before image to see the changes by pressing and holding the Enter key Important things to check When you get to this stage for the first time with a new face there are a few of things t
7. Best Results If you just read one page in this manual make it this one to get the best results out of PortraitPro Make sure the outlines are accurately placed You will get the best results if the outlines are accurately placed Although the automatic face finder usually does a good job of placing the outlines you can sometimes improve the results by adjusting the positions of the outlines In particular make sure the outlines around the outside of the face follow the edge of the face This is especially important if any skin re lighting is being applied Don t push the sliders up too far Often you can greatly improve a picture with fairly subtle changes Push the sliders up just far enough to get the results you want If you go too far the result can look unnatural or faked 2013 Anthropics Technology Lid Getting Started 9 Don t use the sliders to fix small blemishes You can avoid the need to push the sliders up too far by using the Touch UpI 421tool to clean up spots and blemishes This is better than pushing the sliders further up because that affects the whole face Make sure the skin area is right PortraitPro automatically works out which areas in your picture are skin However you can sometimes improve the results by adjusting the skin area selected Use the skin Extend and Cut BacklI 55tools to paint over any skin areas that are wrong 1 3 Portrait Professional Editions PortraitPro comes in three editions Sta
8. applying too much effect which might over blur the surrounding area When a brush tool is selected controls to set the brush size and strength will appear near the button used to select it Brush Undo When you use any brush tool the last brush stroke can be undone using the Edit Menul 32 Undo command or by pressing Control Z on the keyboard Further undo will undo previous brush strokes and other actions that you have performed going back in the history of the current session After an undo you can also redo to get back where you were from the Edit Menul 3 Redo command or Control Y Tablet Support PortraitPro supports a tablet and stylus If you have a tablet and stylus you will normally find this easier to use when drawing Area Brush Tools The area brush tools are available when you are enhancing an image FA The area brush tools are used to adjust the areas where the skin or hair enhancements are made PortraitPro will automatically select the skin and hair areas but depending on the picture it may not always get these areas exactly right The area brush tools are provided to let you manually fix these areas The area brush tools are smart brushes in that they will automatically detect the edges of regions You will see when you select an area brush tool that the position of the brush is shown by two circles The outer circle is the area where the brush will be applied The inner area is the detector region When you paint w
9. button only appears ifthe face has already been enhanced It lets you make changes to the outlines around the features Note that you can also adjust the outlines at the Enhance Imagel 1 stage but you may prefer to make these changes in the Adjust Outlines 22 stage where you are also shown how the outlines should be positioned in a reference image Gender symbols The gender is shown using one of the following symbols Gender not set If either the Select or Adjust Outlines buttons are pressed when the gender is not set the Select Gender 6 dialog will be shown so that you can set the gender before going to the stage requested Gender is female Gender is male Q o Gender is female and the face is a girl younger than about 12 years old 2013 Anthropics Technology Ltd Portrait Professional 12 2 6 g Gender is male and the face is a boy younger than about 12 years old When one of the child genders is selected this will reduce the changes that can be applied to the shape of the face since generally changing the shape ofa child s face is undesirable Manually Locate A Face If the face in your image was not detected automatically you will need to locate it manually To locate a face manually you first need to press the New Face button at the Select Facel 18 stage This will first ask you to set the gender for the new face as described below Select the gender PortraitPro needs to know the gender o
10. buttons below Selected Item l Delete Default Female Default Male Female Standard A Female Standard No Lighting Female No Sculpt Female Skin Lips Eyes Only Female Glamorous Male Standard Male Standard No Lighting Male No Sculpt Male Skin Lips Eyes Only Male Glamorous Child Female Young Natural Ria Calab This dialog shows all the presets except the built in Reset To Original Image which cannot be changed To rename a preset double click it s name in the list then type the new name To re order the presets you can drag them to new positions in the list To delete a preset click on the one you want to delete so that itis highlighted and then press the Delete button To seta preset as the initial values to use when a new face is loaded click on the one you want and then press either the Default Female or Default Male button Tools Reference This section describes the tools available in PortraitPro These tools are available when enhancing an imagel 1 and work in the enhanced After image view When you change tool you change what will happen if you click in the enhanced image view Each tool has a different cursor shape so that you can easily see which tool is selected 2013 Anthropics Technology Lid 3 4 1 3 4 2 Reference Pan Tool 7 Pans the view of the image This is the default tool if no other tool is selected Brush Tools 73 Let you pa
11. changes you have just made click on Discard Opens Drop Down Menu of Predefined Aspect Ratios a n A Crop Tool Settings y S Commit z Resets The Crop Rectangle To The Whole Image Save Current Changes a E P lt Dis d Sets The Crop Rectangle Around The Face Discard Current Changes TIP Professional photographers will usually place the eyes or the mouth in a portrait on the third lines This gives a more pleasing balance to the picture You can also fix the aspect ratio of the crop using the Fix Aspect Ratio function in the crop control panel For example you may want to print out a 6x9 inch picture this is a standard photographic print size so want to work in this aspect ratio To do this set the Fix Aspect Ratio values by clicking in the To and By boxes and entering the ratio you want Once you have done this the crop grid will automatically stay in the that ratio as you drag it around Plug in Installation Guide Studio amp Studio Max Editions Only 9 Installing the PortraitPro Photoshop Plug in In the Studio amp Studio Max editions of PortraitPro you have the option to use PortraitPro as a plug in 25 from Photoshop and other compatible photo editing suites 2013 Anthropics Technology Lid Reference This option is available to install on the Installation Complete screen of the Studio amp Studio Max editions To begin the plug in installation click Finish on the Install
12. correct the white balance of the picture using knowledge about the correct colors of skin Temperature Adjusts the color of the skin to remove any temperature red blue color cast Adjusts the color of the skin to remove any tint green purple color cast Exposure Adjusts the exposure of the skin Cheek Coloring Adds color to the cheeks Pressing the Cheek Coloring button opens the following sub sliders Cheeks Saturate This is directly connected to the Cheek Coloring parent slider so provides the same control Pressing the Cheeks Saturate button opens two sub sliders that let you add color to the left and right cheeks independently 2013 Anthropics Technology Lid Reference 53 Cheeks Hue Changes the color temperature ofthe cheeks Pressing the Cheeks Hue button opens two sub sliders that let you change the color temperature ofthe left and right cheeks independently Tan Gives the skin area a tanned look Pressing the Tan button opens the following sub sliders Saturate Gives the skin area a richer color Darken Subtly darkens the skin area 3 2 11 Picture Controls These controls affect the whole image and allow you to adjust the overall look of the picture controlling things like the contrast and color temperature You can also crop the image using the Crop tool 7 Sliders Temperature Adjusts the color of the whole image to remove any temperature red blue color cast Tint Adjusts the color of the whol
13. detected If no faces are detected automatically a dialog will appear to let you know When you close that dialog you will be atthe start of the process to manually locate the facel 201 View the enhanced image and fine tune the results Once you have selected a face you will be taken to the Enhance Facel 1 stage You will see the original portrait on the left of the screen and the enhanced version on the right you can change this using the View Before And Afterand View After Only tabs above the picture Check the outline positions and gender age The outlines will be shown around the face in the before view Move the control points by clicking and dragging if any are in the wrong place As you move a control point the enhanced face in the after view is updated to help you find the best position for the point Occasionally the automatic face detector might find a face where there isn t one If this happens just press the white cross atthe right of the header above the face to delete the outlines You will then be able to manually 2013 Anthropics Technology Lid e Portrait Professional 12 1 2 locate the face The gender and age selected by the automatic gender detector is shown in the bar above the face in the before view If this is wrong use the radio buttons in the header above the face to select the correct one When you move the cursor out of the before view the controls are hidden to help you compare the before
14. has been enhanced and saved x Failed file could not be opened Skipped file was closed without saving You can reset a file s status back to pending by right clicking on the file and selecting Reset Status from the pop up menu Once you have completed all the files in the batch press the Remove Completed button to remove them from the list The files in the batch and the batch settings are saved when PortraitPro is closed so you can carry on working on the files in the batch the next time you run PortraitPro Reorganizing the Files The files will be opened in the order shown in this list If you want to re order the files select one or more files in the list and press the Move Up or Move Down button You can also remove the selected items by pressing the Remove button Note that this only removes the files from the list it does not delete the files from the disk To select more than one file in the list hold down the CTRL key when selecting another file Alternatively you can hold down the SHIFT key to add all files between the current file and the one clicked on Save Options Files are saved in the format shown in the Save Options section Press the Change button to bring up a dialog that lets you change the save format If you check the Also Save Session box then a PortraitPro session file pp extension will also be saved which will save the image along with all the point positions and all the slider values You ca
15. of gamut i e they cannot be represented in the new color space and so they will be lost and also rounding errors could be introduced which would appear as color banding over smooth gradients in the image 2013 Anthropics Technology Ltd e Portrait Professional 12 3 3 5 3 Language Settings To bring up this dialog select the File gt Settings menu command and choose the Language tab General Color Language Plugin Select Language Automatic 8 English Deutsch German Francais French Espa ol Spanish Italiano Italian Portugu s europeu European Portuguese Portugu s brasileiro Brazilian Portuguese Please note that changes to the application language will not take effect until you restart the application If you select the option Automatic the language will be automatically set to the same as the language of your computer ifthat language is supported otherwise English will be selected 3 3 5 4 Plugin Studio amp Studio Max Editions Only 9 To bring up this dialog select File gt Settings menu command and the Plugin tab 2013 Anthropics Technology Lid Reference e General Color Language Plugin Run Photoshop Plug in Installer To use PortraitPro as a plug in from Photoshop the plug in needs to be installed If you did not do this when PortraitPro was first installed or if you have installed a new version of Photoshop you can re ru
16. profile or not the main testis whether you can see both eyes If you can t see one of the eyes due to the head being turned press the Profile View button When you press the Profile View button you will only need to locate one eye point the nose tip and one mouth point Adjust the outlines After you have located the 5 key features PortraitPro will automatically place the outlines over the face and show you the outlines in the Adjust Outlines 24 stage If any of the outlines are misplaced correct these by moving the control points before pressing the Next button to go to the Enhance Facel 17 stage where you can view and adjust the enhanced image Adjust The Outlines Viewing and moving the outlines The Adjust Outlines stage shows the outlines around the current face and lets you adjust their positions Note that this stage is optional since the outlines will be automatically placed around each face when you load 2013 Anthropics Technology Lid Step By Step Guide 23 an image If any of the outlines are misplaced these can be moved at the enhance image stagel 1A in the before view However if the automatic face finder has failed to find a face in your image this stage lets you position the outlines manually This stage is reached in one of these ways Press the Back button at the Enhance Facel 1A stage or Press the Adjust Outlines button over a face at the Select Facel 1 stage or While manually locating a facel 2
17. the control panel can be re sized by dragging the space between them Docking amp undocking the controls The controls panel can be undocked made into a separate window by double clicking on the header at the top When itis undocked it can be freely moved around the screen It can be docked by double clicking on the header again or by dragging it to the left or right edge of the main application window When dragging the controls panel to dock it please note that itis not sufficient to just move the controls window to the left or right edge of the main window itis the cursor that needs to be moved near the edge Viewing the enhanced image The default view when the application is first installed is for the original and enhanced images to be shown side by side as shown in the screen shot above The two tabs above the images control the layout of the working view Click on the View After Only tab to have only the enhanced image shown Click on the View Before And After tab to return to the side by side layout Flipping between the enhanced and original image Whichever layout you have you can press the Enter key at any time to switch the enhanced image view to show the original image The original image is only shown while you hold down the enter key This lets you flip between the enhanced and original image which is a great way to see the changes Alternatively you can click and hold the mouse button down on the button abov
18. trick is not to do too much just enough to make the subject look a bit thinner or as if they have been photographed on a really good day Sliders Master Fade This slider is connected to the other sliders in this section that perform general enhancement to the shape of the face and facial features You will see the other sliders move as this one is moved The sliders that are not connected to the master fade slider are those that control effects that are likely to work well only on specific faces such as the lip plumping and eye widening sliders Face Shape Enhances the shape of the face Pressing the Face Shape button opens the following sub sliders Forehead Enhances the shape of the upper head Jaw Enhances the shape of the jaw Eyes Enhances the shape and position of both eyebrows and eyes Pressing the Eyes button opens the following sub sliders Left Eye Enhances the shape of the left eye only useful for evening out eye shape and size 2013 Anthropics Technology Ltd Reference 1 Right Eye Enhances the shape of the right eye only Eyebrow Shape Enhances the shape of the eyebrows Pressing the Eyebrow Shape button opens two sub sliders that let you control the left and right eyebrow shapes independently Cross Eyed Moves the eyes further apart or closer together Eye Widening Widens or narrows the subject s eyes Pressing the Eye Widening button opens two sub sliders that let you widen the left and righ
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20. 0 If any of the outlines are not shown correctly around the features of the face they should be moved to the correct place Areference image in the control panel shows how the outlines should be positioned de Next Sr Move any blue lines that are not on the outlines of the face by dragging the small squares Adjusting the outline The outline is shown as blue lines overlaid over your image in the main working view The lines can be moved by dragging the control points The control points are shown differently depending on how they were set The small yellow squares these are points that have been placed by the automatic feature finder If any of these points are in the wrong place you will need to move them manually to the correct place The small blue squares these are points that you have placed The light green circles these are points that have been automatically placed based on where the other points are Any of these points may move if any other points are moved Whenever you drag a control point it will turn into a blue square to let you know that itis a point that you have positioned For best results 2013 Anthropics Technology Lid a Portrait Professional 12 Try to move as few points as possible to line up the outline Any points you do move try to move as little as possible If you spend a long time carefully adjusting every point not only are you wasting time but you are likely to en
21. 3 Anthropics Technology Lid Reference 45 Skin texture type There are a selection of skin textures to choose from You will need to zoom in on a skin area to see the effect of changing the skin texture Removing Spots PortraitPro automatically removes spots by default You can adjust the degree to which PortraitPro removes spots using the Spot Removal drop down menu at the top of the Skin Controls If you find that PortraitPro has not removed a spot you can manually touch up an area using the Touch Up brush If PortraitPro has removed a spot that you want to keep you can manually restore it using the Restore brush More information about using brush tools 73 Example The Before and After pictures below show an example of how wrinkles were removed automatically by PortraitPro 3 2 6 Skin Lighting Controls PortraitPro lets you change the lighting on the subject s face via simple controls These controls can provide a very effective way to enhance the appearance of the face Note that some of these controls are quite sensitive to the positions of the outlines around the face If you are not getting a good result try adjusting the outlines T shown over the before view so that they line up with the edges of the face Sliders Contrast Changes the lighting contrast 2013 Anthropics Technology Ltd Portrait Professional 12 3 2 7 Modeling Beauty Cheekbones Left Shadow Right Shadow
22. 73 2013 Anthropics Technology Lid Reference Resizing the Zoom Control The whole control panel including the Zoom Control can be made wider by dragging the right edge of the control panel The Zoom Control can be made taller or shorter by dragging the space between the Zoom Control and the Saved Sliders Control Keyboard Shortcuts Zoom in Zoom out 3 2 2 Presets Presets let you quickly set the values of multiple sliders Press on one of the buttons in the presets control to set the sliders to give the effect described by its name Default Female Symbol Default Male Symbol When PortraitPro is installed itcomes with a number of presets ready for you to use One of the presets is used to set the initial slider values when a face is enhanced The preset used can be different depending on whether the face is female or male and is indicated using the female or male symbol as shown in the screenshot above To change which presetis the default for new faces use the Manage Presets 7A dialog The Presets Header contains the following controls Presets button Lets you collapse the presets control so that just the presets header is shown When itis collapsed the controls in the presets header change to those described below 2013 Anthropics Technology Lid 3 Portrait Professional 12 3 2 3 Click again to expand the Presets control Save Preset button Brings up the Save Presets 7 dialo
23. Enhance Facel t stage This will close PortraitPro and return the enhanced image to the original application When PortraitPro is in plug in mode the following changes occur The only command in the File menul 30 is Return From Plugin The crop tool 75 is not available when in plug in mode since the other application will generally expect the image to still be the same size after ithas been enhanced by PortraitPro Using PortraitPro from Photoshop When the plug in has been installed PortraitPro will appear as a filter in Photoshop In the Photoshop Filter menu you will find a sub menu called Anthropics and in that you will find PortraitPro The PortraitPro filter works like other Photoshop filters in that itis applied to the current selection or the whole area if there is no selection on the current layer When you select the filter the image being filtered will automatically be opened in PortraitPro Last Filter Ctrl F Convert for Smart Filters Filter Gallery Lens Correction Shift Ctrl R Liquify Shift Ctrl X Vanishing Point Alt Ctrl V Artistic Blur Brush Strokes Distort Noise Pixelate Render Sharpen Sketch Stylize Texture Video Other Digimarc VOY Y VA VA VO YO Y Yo vo vv vw Browse Filters Online Plug in Location Filter gt Anthropics gt PortraitPro 2013 Anthropics Technology Lid 2 10 Step By Step Guide Group Shots Working with group shots If there is mo
24. OM OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE E OpenCV Automatic feature finding makes use of the OpenCV library License Agreement For Open Source Computer Vision Library Copyright C 2000 2008 Intel Corporation all rights reserved Copyright C 2008 2011 Willow Garage Inc all rights reserved Third party copyrights are property of their respective owners Redistribution and use in source and binary forms with or without modification are permitted provided that the following conditions are met Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice this list of conditions and the following disclaimer 2013 Anthropics Technology Lid s Portrait Professional 12 Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and or other materials provided with the distribution The name of the copyright holders may not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission This software is provided by the copyright holders and contributors as is and any express or implied warranties including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchanta
25. Portrait Professional User Manual Version 12 0 Anthropics Technology Lid www portraitprofessional com 2013 Anthropics Technology Ltd Contents 3 Table of Contents Part I O N a Part Il OO JO OO RA ODN _ o Part Ill 1 3 Getting Started 6 Quick Start Guide iia a ee as Da weed eg wt Aig eee genes eens eee ees 7 Top Tips For Best ResSultS oooooooonnncccoonnnnnnnnnnnncnonnnnnennnnnnnennnnnnnrrnn rre rn rene nn nn 8 Portrait Professional EditiONS cooncccnnccnnococccnnonnconnonanennnonnnnnnnnnnrnnnnnnrrnnnnnnrnnnrnnnrnanenanenanones 9 Step By Step Guide 14 A O tanccent 14 Automatic Batch Processing snnnnennnnennnnnnneennnnnnennnnnnnee 15 Manual Batch Processing snnennneennennnnnnnennsneneennneenennns 16 Enhance Face sumi A ii at 17 Select Face To Enhance iii nn eine nent M een 18 Manually Locate A Face ici td dae narnia asii 20 Adjust The QUilINES 214555555207 EAEren Nar Aa ALAA NEE ENKER AEA N DENAN IA KENO EEN ia AKAFARA AREA ENIRAN 22 Full Body Enhanceme nt ccecccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeee ee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeseaeseeeseeeseeeseeeeeeeeees 25 Plugin Mode siei Ean NEENA is 25 Group Shots xia e aa AEN REEN a a EAN RNa E a NS 27 Reference 30 Menu Commands Reference aa t aaa aaa aaa ia a ni a anat iaaio iaaiiai iii 30 File Menu Edit Menu Auto Batehy isa a 6 AR A en a daada as aL ar alai 32 WIS WH AAA E E T A T A E 33 Help Menu ico A SR EP CES
26. PortraitPro will automatically enhance your image when you reach this stage See presets 3 for how to configure this default enhancement You can change how the image is enhanced by moving the sliders in the controls panell 34 The sliders are grouped into sections that control various aspects of the face When you first enter this stage the Face Sculpt Controls 4d and Skin Controls 4 sections are open and the others are closed Sections can be opened or closed by clicking on their title button This has a small triangle pointing down if the section is open or right if the section is closed Try moving the Master Fade slider in each section to get an idea of the overall effect controlled by that section The lower sliders in each section give you finer control over the effect 2013 Anthropics Technology Lid Portrait Professional 12 2 5 PortraitPro also comes with a set of presets 37 which set some or all of the sliders to pre defined values to get a particular effect You can go through these to see some of the types of enhancement possible for your photo Saving the result To save the result select the Save command from the File Menu 30 or from the Next button at the top left This lets you save the enhanced image The Save Jpg Tiff Png option allows you to select the file format in which to save the image If you would like to save all the settings so that you can reload your image and continuing adjusting the sl
27. R 33 Controls Panel Reference is 34 Zoom ContrOlunccicicnnitnn coi AAA danna en EA O OT Slider Controls Face Sculpt Controls ESE E EES ESE E E ASE 40 Skin Smoothing Controls dpi 42 Skin Lighting Controls MAA ene ea Mouth amp Nose Controls cinc ascii 49 Hair Controls Skin Coloring Cont ii raid 52 Picture COntrOlS lianas 53 Skin Area Tools Hair Area Tools Dialogs Reference A cisel E nnn den ef ogoco Sen ent page osoenstsnts 56 AUTOMATIC BatChi a EEE E E A E ess nas resre recente tent enr e mens eee tie nee nee res een teste ain 57 Manual Batch an 59 2013 Anthropics Technology Ltd Portrait Professional 12 oN O QU ie o O AT 62 Save Image Options dae o 62 SAS A cs 63 G n ral Settings io ae 64 Colom SENOS tod dica a r cea teh lol A AN NA Re o NC os al er de 66 EAS A 68 Pluginu Curse ao alas ol heed OR ed edo leed cotas eel 68 Save Preset oer E 70 EA A OO 72 Tools Reference cuco li ad a ii entente 72 Pan TOO A A SEREA ETE E EA PES A AN 73 BUS NI TOONS iii AAE O T E u sn SO perse ete a tien sata ss 73 Area Brush TOS iii A Ai AA aa 74 CROP TOOL ssccicestcscsstendsacenssasenssccaansancadanacs snandseas E 75 Plug in Installation Guide ss ssssssssssseeesseeneenssenneennsenneennneenennns 76 Third Party Cr dits ir ntenrerandninendeen rev auenencidoon gere sc eee dd een ras ace nina een trente ess 77 Supported File Types comcitanarcdcac cian iris teen tot 81 Ke
28. Restore Brush Use this to paint over spots in the skin that have been removed but that you would like to keep Brush Controls To selecta brush press the appropriate button Press the button again to deselectthe brush goes back to the Pan tool 73 The brush tools work like a paintbrush You use them to paint an area on the enhanced image to which the brush effectis applied 2013 Anthropics Technology Ltd Portrait Professional 12 3 4 3 To use a brush press the mouse left button while the cursor is in the enhanced image and drag the mouse while holding the button down Release the mouse button to finish the brush stroke The area that the cursor passes over while you do this is the area that you have brushed Brush Size The brush size controls how big an area is affected by the brush You can see how big this area is from the size of the cursor circle when using the brush Brush Strength The brush strength opacity controls how strongly the brush effect is drawn A strength of 100 means the full brush effect is applied in one stroke You can seta smaller strength to make gradual changes For example if you set the strength to 50 when using the Touch Up Brush then when you paint over a spot only half of the maximum spot removal effect will be applied If you release the mouse and paint over the spot again then 50 more spot removal processing will be applied This lets you do just enough to remove the spot but without
29. ages before they can be enhanced Show Label by Cursor When Locating Feature Points check this box and when placing the main 5 points on the face the cursor will have extra text next to the points to help you Skip Zoomed In Steps When Adjusting Outlines check this box to skip the steps where the image is zoomed in to the left eye right eye and nose amp mouth after the first 5 points have been located Note this does not affect profile views where the face is side on Use Point Position Constraints check this box to force some points to lie along particular lines when they are being moved This can help prevent points from being positioned in the wrong place although experienced users may get better results if this is turned off Ask If Mouth Closed When Adjusting Mouth Outline check this box and when adjusting the points on the mouth PortraitPro will prompt you with a question about whether the mouth is open or closed Note that even with this option on you can press the spacebar to select that the mouth is open and move on to the stage of actually moving the mouth points After doing this if the mouth reallyis closed just move the lip points together and they will merge to form a closed mouth shape Show Enhance Skin Only Button this box needs to be checked for the Enhance Skin Only button to be shown at the Select Genderl 6 stage Show Tool Tips uncheck this box to turn off all the tool tips the pop up help that a
30. air Area button Extend Hair Area Cut Back Hair Area 3 4 4 Crop Tool Lets you add to the area that will be treated as hair during enhancement Use this to paint over areas of the photo that are hair but that have not been automatically detected as hair Lets you fix areas that should not be treated as hair during enhancement Use this to paint over areas of the photo that are not hair but that have been automatically detected as hair The Crop tool is available when you are enhancing an imagel 1 To select the Crop tool press the Crop tool button in the Picture Controls 53 section The Crop tool is used to adjust which area of the whole picture you are going to use for your portrait You may need to do this to cut out distractions so that the portrait focuses on the person in the picture When you crop you don t actually lose anything from the picture you just change the area displayed and you can always come back and re adjust the crop if you have got it wrong Upon opening the tool the crop grid will be overlaid on your picture 2013 Anthropics Technology Lid Portrait Professional 12 3 5 This grid shows the part of the picture that will be displayed divided into thirds for reference Adjust the grid by clicking and holding on any point on the grid and dragging it to the position you want Once you are happy with the way the crop looks click on Commit to make the changes If you want to cancel the
31. and after images To bring back the controls move the cursor back into the before view Check the skin and hair areas The skin and hair areas are found automatically You can check that the skin area has been found correctly by pressing the View Edit Skin Area button in the Skin Smoothing or Skin Lighting sections You can check that the hair area has been found correctly by pressing the View Edit Hair Area button in the Hair section If either area is wrong use the brushes to fix the area If the Extend brush is selected then you can add to the area by painting in the after view Ifthe Cut Back brush is selected you can remove from the area Fine tune the enhancements using the sliders Hold down the ENTER key to flip between the before and after picture to see the improvements To try different types of enhancements press the Presets button to open the presets section and then try some of the presets You can quickly and easily fine tune any of the enhancements using the controls on the right hand side of the screen At any time you can now save your enhanced portrait by selecting Save from the File menul 3 at the top left of the screen You can also save the whole project by choosing Save Session this allows you to come back and edit the portrait at a later time Other faces in the photo If there is more than one face in the picture press the Other Faces button to go back to the Select Facel 18 stage Top Tips For
32. are the main way of controlling how your image is enhanced Master Fade A 48 Sliders have no effect if they are set to 0 and an increasing effect as they are moved to the right and left if they have 0 in the center You can double click on a slider to resetits value to 0 Slider Sections The sliders are organized into a number of sections O 2013 Anthropics Technology Ltd Reference s Face Sculpt Controls 40 Subily reshape the face to beautify facial features Skin Smoothing Controls 421 Improve the appearance of the skin Also provides tools to let you refine the areas that PortraitPro treats as skin Skin Lighting Controls 45 Enhance the lighting on the skin Eye Controls 46 Improve the appearance of the eyes Also provides an option to enable red eye removal Mouth 8 Nose Controls 44 Im prove the appearance of the mouth and nose Hair Controls 50 Improve the appearance of the hair Also provides tools to let you refine the areas that PortraitPro treats as hair Skin Coloring Controls 52 Alter the color of the skin Picture Controls 5A Control various aspects of the whole image such as brightness and contrast Also provides a tool that lets you crop the image To reduce clutter on the screen each section can be opened or closed by clicking on it s title button The arrow next to the title points right when the section is closed and down when the section is open Each section can also be
33. ation Complete screen with the Launch Photoshop Plug in Installer check box checked The installer will be signed by Anthropics Technology Ltd Select Continue to progress to the installer The language select screen will appear Select your language and click OK to continue The Welcome Screen will appear click Next gt to move onto the next screen The Select Install Location screen lets you select the programs you want the plug in to be installed into The installer will automatically detect installed software that is compatible with the plug in and display it Check the detected software boxes to install the plug in for that program You can also manually select the installation path by checking the Choose Install Path Manually box which will allow you to install the plug in to a specific folder Once you have selected the options you require click Next gt to progress to the next screen If you selected Choose Install Path Manually in the Select Install Location screen you will be taken to the Plug in Destination Folder screen You will be able to select the folder of any supported program that the plug in has not automatically detected Click Browse and select the plug in folder of the program that you would like the PortraitPro plug in installed to Then click Next gt On this screen you are prompted to select the version of the plug in you want to be installed The version should match the program you are installing the plug in into Fo
34. bility and fitness for a particular purpose are disclaimed In no event shall the Intel Corporation or contributors be liable for any direct indirect incidental special exemplary or consequential damages including but not limited to procurement of substitute goods or services loss of use data or profits or business interruption however caused and on any theory of liability whether in contract strict liability or tort including negligence or otherwise arising in any way out of the use of this software even if advised of the possibility of such damage Machine Learning Framework A machine learning framework is provided by Darwin DARWIN A FRAMEWORK FOR MACHINE H EARNING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT Copyright c 2007 2012 Stephen Gould All rights reserved Redistribution and use in source and binary forms with or without modification are permitted provided that the following conditions are met Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice this list of conditions and the following disclaimer Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and or other materials provided with the distribution Neither the name of the software s copyright holders nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from th
35. case the face was not detected properly This dialog can appear at the following times After loading an imagel 14 when one face has been found When pressing the Select button on a face at the Select Face 18 stage if the gender for that face is not already set Save Image Options When you save an image using the File gt Save Jpg Tiff Png menu command the Save Image Options dialog will appear 2013 Anthropics Technology Lid Reference e Save Image As Type JPEG O TIFF O PNG JPEG Option Quality 95 Low Small File Large File High Cancel This lets you select whether you want to save the image as a JPEG TIFF or PNG file JPEG Format If you select JPEG you can control the quality of the image saved The advantage of choosing a lower quality is that the file size can be much smaller JPEG is usually the best option if you don t plan to do any more editing of the image after you have saved it TIFF Format Saving an image as a TIFF will usually resultin a larger file than saving itas a JPEG However TIFF stores the exact image there is never any loss in quality This is the best option if you plan to open the image to edit further in another image editor TIFF images can be stored either uncompressed or losslessly compressed The recommended setting is for compressed because the only reason for not selecting this would be if you wanted to open the TIFF file in another application that did not su
36. ctly or if you are enhancing a group shot with several faces in one image Open An Image The PortraitPro Welcome screen When you run PortraitPro it begins with the welcome screen Working and Viewing Window Control Panel Open Single Image O PortraitPro Studio Max Edition Open a single image To open an image to enhance either Press the Open Single Image button or Select the Open command in the File menul 3h This will bring up the File Open panel Browse to the file you want to enhance and press the Open button Image types that PortraitPro can open eh 2013 Anthropics Technology Lid Step By Step Guide 15 Once the image has been opened PortraitPro will automatically detect all faces in the image and determine their gender If one face is found then you will be taken to the Enhance Facel t stage If more than one face is found you will be taken to the Select Facel 18 stage If no faces are found you will be asked to manually locate the facel 20 Open a batch of images If you have the Studio or Studio Max edition of PortraitProl 9 you will be able to open batches of images for faster working The Studio Max edition has automatic batch processing 15 The Studio edition has manual batch processing 18 2 2 Automatic Batch Processing Studio Max Edition Onlyl 9h The Studio Max edition has automatic batch processing that lets you load a batch ofimages and have them all processed automatical
37. d up with a worse result Start by moving points that are already fixed those shown as small yellow or blue squares The more points you can leave as small green circles the better To adjust the outlines around the eyes or mouth more accurately click inside the dotted rectangles to zoom in on that feature Click again to zoom back out Once the outlines are correctly positioned or if no adjustment is necessary press the space bar or click on the Next button gt Next Spacebar Adjusting the iris and pupil outlines Two circles are shown inside the eye The smaller green circle should fit around the pupil the black part in the middle of the eye The larger blue circle should fit around the iris the colored part of the eye These circles are positioned automatically so you will not usually need to adjust them To move the circles drag the pointin the center of the circles To resize the circles drag the outline in or out If the iris is not exactly circular you can drag on the four small blue squares on the iris outline to make it an ellipse If the center of the iris and the pupil are not exactly the same you can move the pupil independently of the iris by first clicking on the pupil circle and then dragging the center point To go back to moving the iris and pupil together either click on the iris circle or move the cursor away from the eye and back again Adjusting the outline for each feature For g
38. e image to remove any tint green purple color cast Exposure Adjusts the overall exposure brightness of the whole image Pressing the Exposure button opens the following sub slider that provides an alternative exposure control Color Preserving Adjusts the overall exposure brightness of the whole Exposure image in a way that prevents the color changes that can occur when highlights become blown Brightness Adjusts the brightness of the whole image This control has most effect on the mid tones of the image Smart Contrast Increases or decreases the contrast of the whole image in such a wayso as to bring out the detail but leave the average brightness and color of the image unchanged Pressing the Smart Contrast button opens the following sub sliders that provide alternative contrast controls Contrast Adjusts the overall contrast of the whole image using the standard simple technique Color Preserving Adjusts the overall contrast of the whole image in a way 2013 Anthropics Technology Lid s Portrait Professional 12 Vibrance Tone Curve Contrast that prevents color changes that the standard contrast slider can introduce Adjusts the overall vibrance of the whole image Increasing the vibrance will make the colors in the picture more intense Decreasing the vibrance will make the colors less intense more gray Pressing the Vibrance button opens the following sub slider that provides a similar effect Satura
39. e the images that says Hip To Before 3 2 1 Zoom Control The Zoom Control is part of the control panel in the enhance photo stage It lets you see what part of the whole image is visible in the working view lt also provides controls to let you zoom in and out or pan the current view 2013 Anthropics Technology Ltd 36 Portrait Professional 12 Zoom Button The screenshot above shows the Zoom Control The Zoom Control Header contains the following controls Zoom Button Lets you collapse the Zoom control so that just the Zoom Control Header is shown Click again to expand the Zoom control Zoom Slider Lets you zoom in slide to the right or out slide to the left Fit Button Zooms the view so that the whole image is visible Face Button Zooms the view to the face 1 1 Button Sets the zoom scale so that a pixel in the original image is one screen pixel Zoom In Out Button Shows a drop down menu with various zoom scales The current zoom scale is checked The ratios are image pixels to screen pixels as shown by these examples 4 1 means 4 screen pixels are filled by 1 image pixel the image is zoomed in by a factor of 4 1 4 means 1 screen pixel is covered by 4 image pixels so the image is zoomed out by a factor of 4 The rectangle in the Zoom Control can be dragged to pan the view Clicking outside the rectangle will center the view on that point The view can also be panned by using the Pan Tool
40. e them lighter Lip Contrast Increases the contrast within the lip area giving the lips more impact Sharpen Mouth Sharpens the outline and details of the mouth Press the Sharpen Mouth button to open the following sub sliders that let you control the amount of sharpening applied to the different parts of the mouth independently Top Lip Sharpens the top lip only Teeth Sharpens the teeth only Bottom Lip Sharpens the bottom lip only Nose Contrast Increases the contrast within the nose to draw attention to it Moisten Lips Adds some shine to the lips Changes the color of the lips Example BEFORE 3 29 Hair Controls PortraitPro lets you enhance the hair of the subject by moving sliders Please note that before doing this itis important to have the hair area set reasonably accurately see Hair Areal 581 Sliders Hair Recolor Amount Controls how much hair recoloring to apply 2013 Anthropics Technology Lid Reference The color is set by selecting one of the hair patches in the Hair Recolor drop down list This slider will be automatically set to 100 if itis atO when a hair color is selected in the Hair Recolor drop down list Makes the hair more or less shiny Lighten Makes the hair lighter or darker Redden Alters the coloring of the hair Higher values are redder while negative values tend to make the hair grayer Increasing the vibrance will make the color of the hair more intense Hair Tidyi
41. equire more memory and processor power Picture Bit Depth to Use Internally Always Use 8 Bits Faster O Use Same Bit Depth As Input Picture 8 Always Use 16 Bits Higher Quality Color management helps to ensure thatthe colors you see on your monitor are as close to how they should appear as possible In addition you can configure what working color profile PortraitPro Studio uses internally This affects the color O 2013 Anthropics Technology Ltd Reference gamut which is the range of colors that can be represented For maximum speed select the High Performance option This allows PortraitPro Studio to optimize the use of color profiles for the screen when being used interactively Regardless of this setting your chosen working profile will be used when saving files You can also configure the color depth used by PortraitPro Studio This is the number of bits used to represent each color sample Each pixel consists of 3 color samples red green and blue so 8 bits per color sample is 24 bits per pixel 16 bits per color sample is 48 bits per pixel Note this dialog is only available in the Studio editions of PortraitPro The standard edition of PortraitPro works with Color Management turned off and 8 bits per color sample What this means is that colors displayed on the screen may not be accurate however color profiles are preserved which means that the images saved from PortraitPro will have
42. es and have 0 in the center For these sliders move the slider away from the center to increase the effect or back towards the center to decrease the effect As you drag a slider the enhanced image is updated in real time so you can see what effect it has Ifa slider is at 0 then the effect it controls will make no change to the image Sliders with 0 in the center will snap to 0 which means they go to 0 if they are moved near 0 If you want to get a value near to 0 but are finding the slider is snapping to 0 you can hold the CTRL key to prevent the slider from snapping to 0 Instead of dragging a slider you can click on its number value and use the up down control to change the slider position or type a numeric value or use the up down cursor keys To find out what an individual slider does hover over it with the mouse Face Sculpt Controls PortraitPro is the only photo editing software that gives you the ability to subtly reshape and beautify facial features simply by moving sliders Some people regard this unique ability of PortraitPro to actually change the shape of the face as going too far when enhancing someone s picture For those people the shape sliders can of course be left at 0 and PortraitPro will not change the shape However before dismissing this effect as cheating we urge you to try it you will be amazed that sometimes a subtle change to the shape can lead to a dramatic improvement to the subject One good
43. f the face being enhanced This is because some of the enhancements depend on the gender to give the best result possible Press the Female button if the face is an adult female keyboard shortcut f Press the Male button if the face is an adult male keyboard shortcut m Press the Girl button if the face is an adult female keyboard shortcut g Press the Boy button if the face is an adult male keyboard shortcut b PortraitPro will automatically advance to the next step once you have selected the gender Select Gender A 8 Or Fix Orientation arar Ifthere is no face in the picture press the Enhance Skin Only button When you press this button you will then be asked to select the skin area by painting over it using brush tools Enhancing skin only 2013 Anthropics Technology Ltd Step By Step Guide This option is only intended to be used if you want to use the skin enhancing when there is no face in the picture If there is a face you will get much better results if you select the gender and follow the usual steps to position the lines over the face This will also usually be quicker since the skin area will be automatically selected If the Enhance Skin Only button is not shown you need to enable it using the Show Enhance Skin Only Button check box in the General Settings 64 dialog Adjust the image orientation If your image is not the right way up click on one of the buttons at the bottom of the contr
44. fix this check the Restore Glasses Shape box which will reduce any shape changes around the eyes so that the glasses are not distorted Example These pictures show how face sculpting can improve the appearance of a face 3 2 5 Skin Smoothing Controls The skin smoothing controls let you selectively remove or reduce wrinkles spots and other skin defects while retaining the original skin texture And all this can be done just by moving sliders You can also reduce fine shadows and shine PortraitPro automatically determines the skin area but you will get better results if you check and fix the skin areal 55 Sliders Master Fade This slider is connected to the other sliders in this section that perform general enhancements to the skin You will see the other sliders move as this one is moved Around Eyes Reduces bags under the eyes and reduces crows feet the wrinkles that appear next to the outer corners of the eyes Pressing the Around Eyes button opens the 2013 Anthropics Technology Ltd Reference 4 following sub sliders that let you control these enhancements independently Lighten Eye Bags Reduces the appearance of bags under the eyes bylightening the skin colorinthe area where eyebags appear Press the Lighten Eye Bags button to open two sub sliders that let you control the left amp right eyes independently Smooth Eye Bags Reduces the appearance of bags under the eyes bylightening the skin colori
45. g This lets you save the current slider values as a new preset Manage button Brings up the Manage Presets 72 dialog This lets you rename re order or delete presets It also lets you change the default female and male presets Help button Brings up this help page Note each preset does not necessarily affect all the sliders This means that if you select one preset then select another one and then select the first one again you will not necessarily restore all sliders to the same values you had after you selected the first preset originally This is because any sliders that are affected by the second preset but not the first will not be set back The collapsed presets control When the presets control is collapsed by pressing the Presets button it looks like this Select Preset Button The Save Preset button and the Manage button are replaced by a Select Preset button This lets you select presets even though the control is collapsed When you press on the Select Preset button a drop down menu containing all the presets appears Click on one ofthe presets in the menu to set the sliders to the values in that preset Resizing the presets control The whole control panel including the presets control can be made wider by dragging the right edge of the control panel The presets control can be made taller or shorter by dragging the space between the presets control and the main sliders control Slider Controls Sliders
46. gs 37 delete saved sliders 72 docking controls panel 34 Es edit menu 32 enhance image 17 extend skin mask tool 42 eye sliders 46 Fa face button 35 face sculpt sliders 40 2013 Anthropics Technology Ltd file extensions 81 file menu 30 file types 81 fit button 35 flipping between enhanced and original 34 G gender 14 group shots 27 a hair area 50 hair sliders 50 help menu 33 image orientation 14 introduction 6 cals keyboard shortcuts 83 ae language dialog 68 manage sliders dialog 72 mouth sliders 49 multiple faces 27 N navigator 35 s Portrait Professional 12 O opacity brush open image P pan tool 73 picture sliders presets 37 Q quick start guide 7 R 73 14 53 mi ge view after only 34 view before and after view menu 33 View Edit Skin Area 7e zoom control 35 radius brush 73 red eye removal 46 rename saved sliders 72 re order saved sliders 72 restore tool 42 rotate image 14 save image options 62 save sliders dialog 70 saved sliders 37 select gender 14 shape sliders 40 skinarea 42 Skin Coloring Controls 38 skin lighting 45 skin sliders 42 sliders 38 stat 6 re tiff 62 touch up tool 42 34 45 2013 Anthropics Technology Ltd
47. hat you should check before trying different presets or adjusting the sliders These are Check the outlines The outlines will have been automatically placed around the face These are shown over the face in the before view so make sure the View Before and After tab is selected If the outlines do not appear move the mouse into the before view to make them reappear The outlines should follow the edges of the features and the edge of the face If any are wrongly positioned move them into the correct place by moving the control points To move a control point move the mouse over it until you see an orange cross then click and hold down the mouse left button Move the mouse to reposition the point and then release the button Check the skin and hair areas The skin and hair areas will have been automatically detected To check these use the skin areal 5 and hair areal 5 tools Check the gender and age category The gender and age category adult or child will have been automatically detected This is shown in the header above the face If this is wrong move the mouse into the header to open it if itis not already open and you will be shown a setof radio buttons that let you changed the gender and age category Note that this setting is used to help create the best result when enhancing the face It cannot be used to change the appearance of the face to be the opposite gender or to change the apparent age Changing the result
48. her countries Mac is a trademark of Apple Computer Inc registered in the United States and other countries All trademarks noted herein are the property of their respective owners Adobe XMP SDK The Adobe XMP SDK is used by the Adobe DNG SDK Copyright 2009 Adobe Systems Incorporated and others All rights reserved The original version of this source code may be found at http adobe com Icms library ICC color profile handling is provided by lems Little CMS Copyright c 1998 2007 Marti Maria Saguer Permission is hereby granted free of charge to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files the Software to deal in the Software without restriction including without limitation the rights to use copy modify merge publish distribute sublicense and or sell copies of the Software and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so subject to the following conditions The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software HE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT TORT OR OTHERWISE ARISING FR
49. iders select the Save Session command from the File Menul 30 This saves the original image all the point positions the skin and hair areas and all the sliders values into a proprietary ppx file Select Face To Enhance After you have opened an image PortraitPro shows the image in the Select Face stage if either more than one face was detected or no faces were found You can also go to this stage at any time by selecting the Enhance Another Face In This Photo command in the File menu or by pressing the Other Faces button in the toolbar at the Enhance Facel 1Astage Select Face To Enhance Outlines are shown around each face Check the gender and age category for the face and then press the Continue button over the face to enhance that face You will be taken to the next stage where you can check and adjust the outlines 22 If you come back to this stage after a face has already been enhanced you will see an extra button over the face called Adjust Outlines Press this button to go the stage where you can adjust the outlines The Continue button will take you straight to the Enhance Facel 1A stage when the face has already been enhanced Sometimes you may find that a face has been detected in part of the image where there is no face You can 2013 Anthropics Technology Lid Step By Step Guide 1 justignore these extra faces since no changes will be made to that part of the image provided you don t select that face Y
50. ing preset it will be replaced If you also want to make the current slider values the default for female or male faces then check the appropriate box before pressing OK By default all slider values are saved If you want to save just a subset of the sliders press the Select Sliders To Save button This will expand the dialog as shown below 2013 Anthropics Technology Lid Reference Enter a new name to save sliders under or select an existing one to overwrite Name Also Set As Default C Female C Male Choose which sliders you want saved from the list below Sliders 4 Main Sliders Face Sculpt Controls Section Skin Smoothing Controls Section Skin Lighting Controls Section Eye Controls Section Mouth amp Nose Controls Section Hair Controls Section gt Skin Coloring Controls Section Picture Controls Section gt Hair Tidying Sliders lt lt Hide Sliders To Save Click in the checkbox next to each slider to toggle between saved checked and not saved unchecked If you click in the checkbox of a slider that has sub sliders all the sub sliders will be set to the same 2013 Anthropics Technology Ltd Portrait Professional 12 3 3 7 Manage Presets 3 4 To bring up this dialog press the MANAGE button in the Presets 32 Controls Drag and Drop items to reorder Double click on an item to rename it Click an item to select it before pressing one of the
51. intin the enhanced image to touch up or restore spots Area Brush Tools 74 Let you paintin the enhanced image to refine the skin or hair areas Crop Tooll 73 Used to crop the picture Pan Tool The Pan tool is available when you are enhancing an imagel 17 The Pan tool is the defaulttool when no other tool is selected To use the Pan tool click and drag in the enhanced image to change which part of the image is visible The Pan tool can be used as an alternative to the Zoom Control 33 The Pan tool is the only tool that also works in the original image view if you have the side by side layout selected Brush Tools The brush tools are available when you are enhancing an imagel 1 They are called brush tools since they work like a paintbrush You need to move the cursor over the area where you want to paint with the brush then press and hold the left mouse button while you drag the mouse over the area you want to affect There are two types of brush tools This page describes the standard brush tools which are used for making changes to how the skin is enhanced in particular areas The other type is the Area Brush Tools 172 which are used for selecting the areas where the skin and hair enhancements are made Touch up and Restore Brushes The following brushes are available from the bar above the main image view Touch Up Brush Use this to paint over spots or blemishes in the skin that have not been eliminated automatically
52. ion Menu Commands CTRL O File gt Open command F4 Studio Edition Only File gt Open Batch command CTRL S File gt Save command Start Screen SPACE BAR Brings up File Open dialog to let you select the file to open Select Gender Sets face as female then goes to Locate Features step Sets face as male then goes to Locate Features step Locate Features No keyboard shortcuts Adjust Outline SPACE BAR Goes to the next feature to adjust PU Skip to the end of the Adjust Outline stage Enhance Photo ENTER Flips enhanced image view to show original image while held a Shows Hides Skin Area E Selects Touch Up tool 2013 Anthropics Technology Ltd e Portrait Professional 12 tc nena tn ata a stc adn Mtro i oo w Make brush radius smaller when a brush tooll 7 is selected while held SHIFT When a brush tool is selected temporarily switches to the opposite brush while held ALT When a smart brush is selected temporarily locks the detector This is useful when while held brush fine detail such as strands of hair 2013 Anthropics Technology Ltd tes FT Index 1 1 button 35 A adjust outline 22 aspect ratio 75 automatic batch 30 B bits per sample 63 66 brightness slider 53 brush tools 73 C color settings dialog 63 66 contrast slider 53 controls panel 34 crop tool 53 75 cut back skin mask tool 42 D default settin
53. is software without specific prior written permission THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS AS IS AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIE OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT INDIRECT INCIDENTAL SPECIAL EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED T B O PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES LOSS OF USE DATA OR PROFITS OR USINESS INTERRUPTION HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY WHETHER IN CONTRACT STRICT LIABILITY OR TORT INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF HE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE Boost General classes are provided by boost Boost Software Licens Version 1 0 August 17th 2003 2013 Anthropics Technology Ltd Reference er Permission is hereby granted free of charge to any person or organization obtaining a copy of the software and accompanying documentation covered by this license the Software to
54. is software for any purpose without fee is hereby granted provided that this entire notice is included in all copies of any software which is or includes a copy or modification of this software and in all copies of the supporting documentation for such software THIS SOFTWARE IS BEING PROVIDED AS IS WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY IN PARTICULAR EITHER THE AUTHORS NOR AT amp T MAKE ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND CONCERNING THE MERCHANTABILITY OF THIS SOFTWARE OR ITS FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE T T 3 7 Supported File Types PortraitPro can read and write the following types of files Type Extension Description JPEG jpg jpeg Image file type that uses lossy compression TIFF tif tiff Image file type that is uncompressed or uses loss less compression Note TIFF files containing images that have 16 bits per color sample 48 bits per pixel are only supported in the Studio edition PPX Ppx Proprietary file type used by PortraitPro to store a session 2013 Anthropics Technology Lid ez Portrait Professional 12 Studio Edition In addition PortraitPro Studio supports reading the following camera RAW files pj gt CAN a CN mo 2013 Anthropics Technology Lid Reference es 3 8 Keyboard Shortcuts PortraitPro provides the following keyboard shortcuts at the various stages of the applicat
55. ith the brush the detector region is painted as normal The region between the inner circle and the outer circle will only be painted for areas which are a similar color to the color in the inner region This means that if you are painting along an edge all you need to do is keep the detector region completely inside the area you are painting and the brush will automatically paint up to the edge but not beyond it even if the outer circle of the brush goes beyond the edge While you are painting with a smart area brush you can press and hold the ALT key to lock the position of the detector This is very useful when painting very fine detail such as strands of hair 2013 Anthropics Technology Lid Skin Brushes Reference To view or fix the skin areal 55 press the Show Skin Controls button to open the Skin Controls 42 section and then press the View Edit Skin Area button Extend Skin Area Cut Back Skin Area Hair Brushes Lets you add to the area that will be treated as skin during enhancement Use this to paint over areas of the photo that are skin but that have not been automatically detected as skin Lets you fix areas that should not be treated as skin during enhancement Use this to paint over areas of the photo that are not skin but that have been automatically detected as skin To view or fix the hair areal 56 press the Show Hair Controls button to open the Hair Controls 50 section and then press the View Edit H
56. ition only the enhanced image will be saved as a TIFF If you opened a session file pp extension the session file will be saved From then on this command will save the same type of file as previously saved If this command is being used for the first time and a new file is being created a File Save panel will appear to let you select where to save the file This command is only available at the enhance image stagel 1 Save As Saves the current file This is similar to the Save command except that a File Save panel is always shown to let you select where to save the file This command is only available at the enhance image stagel 1 Save Jpg Tiff Brings up the Save Image Options 62 panel to let you save the enhanced image as a JPG or TIFF image file and to setsave options AFile Save dialog will then appear to let you select where to save the file This command is only available at the enhance image stagel Save Session Saves the current session so that it can be opened again in PortraitPro PortraitPro sessions files are saved in a proprietary format that cannot be loaded into any other applications The file extension is ppx They include the image along with all the point positions slider settings and masks This command is only available atthe enhance image stagel T Close Closes the current session If there are any unsaved changes you will be prompted to save or discard these The Close command retu
57. ly Itlets you easily view each one to make any adjustments needed Opening a batch ofimages To open a batch ofimages to process automatically press the Open Image Batch button on the start screen This will bring up a File Open panel Browse to the folder containing the files you wantto enhance and selectthe images you wantto enhance You can select more than one image in the File Open panel by holding down the CTRL key while clicking on each image you wantto add or by dragging a box around several images Set the save options Once you have selected one or more images to open you will see the Auto Batch Save Options 5 dialog Use this to set where and how the enhanced images should be saved and defaults for gender age and the presetto use Press OK on this panel to continue Note if you cancel the panel at this stage the auto batch will be closed Processing While an automatic batch is open you will see a film strip panel that shows thumbnails of all the images in the batch El The screen shot above shows the film strip on the left It also shows the summary view in the main window and the auto batch controls in the control panel The images will be processed automatically The processing is performed in two passes The first pass just 2013 Anthropics Technology Lid 16 Portrait Professional 12 2 3 finds all the faces in each image The second pass enhances each face Ifthe Auto Save check box on the
58. n open a session file to continue enhancing an image without having to position the face points again The session file will be saved in the same folder and with the same name as the enhanced image but it will have a pp extension The files will be saved to the same folder as the original file if Save to Same Folder As Original File is checked If you want to save the enhanced images to a different folder uncheck the box and enter a path in the Folder Path field You can press the Browse button to bring up a folder dialog that lets you select a folder to save to The enhanced image will be saved to a file with the same name as the original file If you have specified a suffix to add in the File Save Settings 64 this will also be added 2013 Anthropics Technology Lid amp Portrait Professional 12 3 3 3 3 3 4 Select Gender This dialog appears when the gender of a face has not been set Select Gender Press a button below to select the gender and age of the face Boy For children younger than about 12 years old Press the Female or Male buttons to set the gender or Girl or Boy ifthe face is ofa young child This will dismiss the panel and let PortraitPro continue to the next step Press the Cancel button if you do not want to set the gender and this will return to the previous step If the dialog was shown automatically when a single face was detected it will also have the Discard Outlines button in
59. n the installer by pressing the button below Run Plug in Installer This dialog lets you install the plug in filter that makes PortraitPro available in Photoshop You will have been offered the option to install the plug in when PortraitPro was installed This panel lets you re run the plug in installer This lets you install the plug in if you chose not to install it when PortraitPro was installed or if you have since installed a new version of Photoshop The plug in installer will automatically detect which version s of Photoshop you have installed You just need to check the box next to each application that has been detected to install the plug in for that application You will also be offered the option to select a folder into which to install the plug in This is useful if you want to install the plug in for other applications that you know are compatible or if you have an install of Photoshop that was not detected automatically for some reason 2013 Anthropics Technology Lid Portrait Professional 12 3 3 6 Save Preset To bring up this dialog press the Save Preset button in the Presets Controls 3 Enter a new name to save sliders under or select an existing one to overwrite Name Also Set As Default C Female Male Select Sliders To Save gt gt Cancel Enter a name and when you press OK the current slider values will be saved with the other presets If you enter the name of an exist
60. ndard Studio and Studio Max The Standard edition is intended for more casual users or amateur photographers The Studio edition is intended for enthusiast or professional users The Studio Max edition has all the features of the Studio edition and adds an automatic batch facility for photographers who process a lotofimages This manual covers all editions with features that are only available in some editions indicated in one of these ways Studio Max Edition Onlyl 9 Studio amp Studio Max Editions Only 9 Studio Edition Only 9 The following table shows the main features of PortraitPro and which editions they are in Standard Studio Studio Max Automatic batch facility Manual batch facility u Available as a Photoshop plug in u Available as an Aperture plug in u Available as a Lightroom plug in Read camera RAW format 2013 Anthropics Technology Ltd to Portrait Professional 12 2013 Anthropics Technology Lid Getting Started 1 1 2013 Anthropics Technology Ltd m Portrait Professional 12 2 2 1 Step By Step Guide This section of the manual describes the various stages that you may need to go through when you use PortraitPro The mostimportant stage is the Enhance Facel 1A stage which is where you view and can adjust the enhanced image Most of the other stages are only needed if the automatic face detector did not find the face in your image corre
61. ng Mode Further controls are located in Hair Tidying Mode Click on Go to Hair Tidying Mode to access these sliders Fill Hair Shadows Fills out shadows within the hair caused by hair clumping Before After Press the Fill Hair Shadows button to open the following sub sliders to give finer control over the enhancement Shadow Brightness Controls how bright to make the shadows brightened by the Fill Hair Shadows slider Shadow Texture Controls how much texture to reveal in the shadows brightened by the Fill Hair Shadows slider Smooths out stray hairs 2013 Anthropics Technology Ltd 52 Portrait Professional 12 Before After Press the Smooth Hair button to open the following sub slider that gives further control over the way the hair is smoothed Smoothing Softness Alters the degree to which the Smooth Hair slider makes the hair appear soft Leave Hair Tidying Mode by pressing the OK button 3 2 10 Skin Coloring Controls The skin coloring controls let you selectively make changes to the color of the skin PortraitPro automatically determines the skin area but you will get better results if you check and fix the skin areal 53 Sliders Color Correct Corrects the skin color to a natural skin tone If the skin color already looks good this slider will have very little or no effect Color Correct Outside Copies the relighting that was applied to the face onto the rest of the picture This Face will
62. nhanced image If this color does not make it easy to see the hair area in your picture you can choose another color from the drop down list Ifthe hair area is wrong manually adjust it using the Hair Area Brushes 74 Press the OK button to return to the hair controls Dialogs Reference This section describes the dialogs in PortraitPro Automatic Batch Save Options 5A Studio Max Editio ly 9 Options when using automatic batch Manual Batch 5 Studio Edition Only Controls for using manual batch processing Select Gender 62 Manual selection of gender and age of a face O 2013 Anthropics Technology Ltd Reference Save Image Options 6A Options when saving image as JPEG TIFF or PNG General Settings 64 Settings that control various parts of PortraitPro Color Settings 661 Color Profile settings Studio edition only Language Settings 68 User interface language setting Multi lingual versions only Save Sliders 70 Used to save the current slider values Manage Saved Sliders 72 Manage the Saved Sliders settings rename re order or delete 3 3 1 Automatic Batch Studio Max Edition Onlyl9 This dialog appears when you start a new automatic batch 15 You can also bring it up after a batch has started Select the Change Settings menu command from the Auto Batch menu Click the Change Settings button in the control panel when viewing the automatic batch summary 2013 Anthropics Technology Ltd s Portrait P
63. not allow the original image to be overwritten by the enhanced image so if you set this option you must also enter either a prefix or suffixin the next section Enhanced Image Filename The enhanced images will be saved with the same filename as the original image unless some text is entered 2013 Anthropics Technology Lid Reference s in the prefix or suffix boxes If the prefix boxis not empty this is added to the start of the filename If the suffix boxis not empty this is added to the end of the filename Saved Image Type Press the Change button to select the file format to use when saving the enhanced images Gender Age of All Faces This should usually be left on automatic for both gender and age However if you know that all the faces in all the images have the same gender or are all in the same age category then you can set this here to avoid the risk of the automatic gender finder or age finder getting it wrong Apply Presets Use the drop down controls to select which preset to apply to each female and each male face that is enhanced You can select a face in the film strip view 15 after it has been processed to view itin the enhanced face stage MA and then change the preset applied if you want different presets for different faces 3 3 2 Manual Batch Studio Edition Only 9 To bring up this dialog select File gt Open Batch menu command 2013 Anthropics Technology Ltd so Portrait Professi
64. nthe area where eyebags appear Press the Smooth Eye Bags button to open two sub sliders that let you control the left amp right eyes independently Smooth Crows Feet Smooths the areas to the left of the left eye and to the right of the right eye where crows feet appear Press the Smooth Crows Feet button to open two sub sliders that let you control the left amp right eyes independently Imperfections Subtly removes redness and reduces small skin blotchiness within the skin area Before Thin Wrinkles De emphasizes wrinkles by making them thinner and lighter within the skin area Pa Fine Shadows Fades away dark specks and fine wrinkles within the skin area 2013 Anthropics Technology Ltd NN Portrait Professional 12 Before Remove Pores Removes pores and smooths within the skin area giving a smooth airbrush effect Before Remove Shine Before Texture This controls how much skin texture to apply in areas where skin texture is being corrected This texture goes into touch up brush strokes and areas where the sliders have had an effect You will need to zoom in the picture to see the effect of changes to the skin texture Pressing the Texture button opens the following sub sliders Brightness Finer control over skin texture brightness Saturation Finer control over skin texture saturation The greater the saturation the more intense the color Makes the synthetic skin texture pattern larger or smaller 201
65. nts Launches the online help showing the table of contents Quick Start Guide Launches the online help showing the Quick Start Guide 77 Keyboard Shortcuts Launches the online help showing the Keyboard Shortcuts 83 Disable All Pop up Help Turns of all pop up help messages This command only appears if any pop up help messages are enabled Re Enable Pop up Help Turns on all pop up help messages that have been disabled This command only appears if you have disabled any pop up help messages Check For Updates Launches the default web browser to show whether you have the latest version of PortraitPro If updates are available links will be provided for you to download them Support Launches the default web browser to show the PortraitPro support pages You can use this to find answers to common questions or to contact the PortraitPro supportteam Forum Launches the default web browser to show the PortraitPro user forum This is where you can join the PortraitPro community in discussions about the product and photography in general 2013 Anthropics Technology Ltd s Portrait Professional 12 About PortraitPro Brings up the About Box which shows the version of PortraitPro that you have 3 2 Controls Panel Reference This section describes the main controls available when you are enhancing an image Enhance Image Controls Overview Zoom Control Slider Controls Zoom Control 35 Lets
66. ols panel This will rotate your image in the direction shown by the arrows Note that you need to change the orientation before selecting the gender since PortraitPro automatically advances to the next step when you select the gender Locate 5 key features on the face After you have selected the gender the next step is to locate the positions of 5 key features on the face 4 Back Click on the left corner of the left eye of your subject The 5 key features are 2013 Anthropics Technology Ltd 22 Portrait Professional 12 2 7 1 Left Comer of Left Eye 2 Right Corner of Right Eye 4 Left Comer of Mouth 5 Right Corner of Mouth Locating the feature points As you click on each point PortraitPro will automatically move on to the next point You will be shown an example image to help you know where to place each point You can adjust the position of any points you have already marked by clicking on one of those points and dragging it The cursor will have a small text label next to it to remind you which point you are locating These labels can be turned off if you don t like them using the General Settings 6 panel Zooming In To help you to position the points more accurately you can hold down the CTRL key to zoom in on the cursor Profile views If the face is viewed side on press the Profile View button at the bottom of the control panel If you are not sure whether the face is being viewed in
67. onal 12 Remove All Remove Completed DSC_3848 NEF C Users Mark Pictures Test Images DSC_3849 NEF C Users Mark Pictures Test Images DSC_3850 NEF C Users Mark Pictures Test Images Selected Item s Remove Move Up Move Down Save Options Save As Tiff Lossless Compressed 16 Bits Per Sample C Also Save Session ppx file Save Folder Save to Same Folder As Original File Folder Path This dialog lets you set up a list of files to work through You can also set the save options to use when each file is saved Adding Files To add files to the batch list press the Add Files button This brings up a file open dialog that you can use to select the files to add The files in the batch are shown in the list at the top of the dialog Using the Batch List When you press the OK button your changes are saved and the first file in the list that has not already been completed will be opened When you have finished enhancing that image select the Save And Open Next command from the File 301 menu This will save the current image using the options selected and then automatically open the next file in the list If you open the Batch dialog again you will see a check against the file you have just completed The following icons can appear next to the files in the list MN Pending file is waiting to be processed O 2013 Anthropics Technology Ltd Reference s Y Completed file
68. ou can always delete any set of outlines around a face by clicking on the cross atthe top right of the face Enhancing a face that was not detected automatically If the face you want to enhance was not detected so there are no outlines around it press the New Face button in the control panel This will let you locate a face manually Controls for each face For each face that has been located whether automatically or manually the outlines will be shown around that face In addition a header bar will be shown above the face and below this the Select and Adjust Outline buttons The header bar will be blue for faces that have not yet been enhanced and green for those that have Control Description Gender Indicator Selector This is shown in the header bar When you move the mouse into the header bar it will open to let you set the gender and age category of the face PortraitPro needs to know the gender of the face since it has been trained separately on what makes female and male faces attractive Delete Button This is the cross atthe right of the header bar Press this to delete all the data that PortraitPro has stored for this face Continue Button Selects the face to be enhanced The first time a face is selected this will take you to the Adjust Outlines 2 stage where you can view and adjust the outlines Ifthe face has already been enhanced you can press this button to make further changes Adjust Outlines Button This
69. ppears when you hover the mouse over a control Updates Settings Automatically Check for Updates if this is checked then PortraitPro will periodically check to see if a new version of PortraitPro is available If an update is available a button will be shown on the Welcome screen When you click the update button your web browser will be opened showing information about the update that is available Plug in Mode Settings Auto Plug in Mode Studio amp Studio Max Editions Onlyl 9 If Auto Plug in Mode is set PortraitPro will enter 2013 Anthropics Technology Lid 6 Portrait Professional 12 plug in model 25 if a path is specified on the command line when launching the application 3 3 5 2 Color Settings Studio amp Studio Max Editions Onlyl 9 To bring up this dialog select File gt Settings menu command and the Color tab Language Plugin Color Settings PortraitPro Studio lets you set what color space is used when processing pictures Enable Color Management High Performance Display Choose the working color RGB profile Use profile from picture Adobe RGB 1998 Apple RGB ColorMatch RGB 150 22028 2 ROMM RGB profile sRGB v4 ICC preference perceptual intent beta sRGB IEC61966 2 1 withBPC Picture Settings PortraitPro Studio can store images internally using either 8 or 16 bits per color sample red green and blue Using 16 bits per sample will give higher quality images but will r
70. pport compressed TIFFs although itis unlikely any modern software would not support this format PNG Format PNG is another format that uses lossless compression Bits Per Color Sample setting Studio amp Studio Max Editions Only 9 TIFFs and PNGs can store either 8 or 16 bits per color sample which is 24 or 48 bits per pixel respectively If you can see artefacts such as banding in the enhanced image this can usually be fixed by using 16 bits per color sample instead of 8 However using 16 bits per color samples will generally double the file size compared with 8 Also not all programs can read images with 16 bits per color sample 3 3 5 Settings To bring up this dialog select File gt Settings menu command 2013 Anthropics Technology Lid e Portrait Professional 12 Plugin 68 Lets you install the Photoshop filter plug in that lets PortraitPro be used as a filter from Photoshop 3 3 5 1 General Settings To bring up this dialog select File gt Settings menu command General Color Language Plugin File Save Settings Don t Save Over Original Image File Add Suffix To Image Filename _pp Recent Files Settings C Don t Save List of Recent Files When Application Closed User Interface Settings Use Dark User Interface Style Automatically Find Faces In Images Show Label by Cursor When Locating Feature Points Skip Zoomed In Steps When Adjusting Outlines Use Point Position Const
71. r 32 bit applications select the 32 bit plug in and the 64 bit plug in for 64 bit applications When you have made your selection click Next gt Clicking Install on this screen will install the PortraitPro plug in into the chosen programs Note The plug in can be installed from PortraitPro at any time under File gt Settings gt Plug in gt Run Plug in Installer 3 6 Third Party Credits PortraitPro uses a number of third party libraries which are acknowledged here We offer our thanks to the authors for providing these valuable resources dcraw RAW image reading is provided by dcraw Copyright 1997 2012 by Dave Coffin dcoffin a cybercom o net tifflib TIFF image reading and writing is provided by libtiff Copyright c 1988 1997 Sam Leffler Copyright c 1991 1997 Silicon Graphics Inc Permission to use copy modify distribute and sell this software and its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee provided that i the above copyright notices and this permission notice appear in all copies of the software and related documentation and ii the names of Sam Leffler and Silicon Graphics may not be used in any advertising or publicity relating to the software without the specific prior written permission of Sam Leffler and Silicon Graphics THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED AS IS AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EXPRESS IMPLIED OR 2013 Anthropics Technology Lid Portrait P
72. r support staff 2013 Anthropics Technology Ltd Getting Started 1 1 Quick Start Guide PortraitPro will guide you through the process of enhancing a face You can use this quick start guide to familiarize yourself with the stages Select the image to enhance When you open PortraitPro you will get the welcome screen Click on the Open Single Image button or select Open from the File menu This brings up the file open dialog where you can select the image you want to load PortraitPro will load your image and show it in the main working area and then automatically find all the faces in your image Select the face you want to enhance The next step depends on how many faces are automatically detected in your image If one face is detected The face is processed and shown in the Enhance Facel 1 stage Occasionally the automatic gender detector may be uncertain about the gender in which case the Select Genderl 62 dialog appears Press the Female or Male button to select the gender or Girl or Boy if the face is that of a young child If more than one face is detected You will be shown all the faces that were detected You can select one to enhancel 18 or you can manually locate a facel 2H if one was not detected automatically After enhancing the first face press the Other Faces button at the Enhance Facel 17 stage to return to the Select Facel t stage where you can select the next face to enhance If no faces are
73. raints Ask If Mouth Closed When Adjusting Mouth Outline Show Enhance Skin Only Button Show Tool Tips Updates Automatically Check for Updates Plug in Mode Settings If Auto Plug in Mode is set the application will automatically enter plug in mode if a path is specified on the command line when the application is launched Auto Plug in Mode Help 2013 Anthropics Technology Lid Reference 65 File Save Settings Don t Save Over Original Image File check this box and when saving a picture PortraitPro will create a default filename that is different from the original file name Add Suffix to Image Filename with the above option turned on the new filename for saved files will be the same as the old filename with the text here added to it By the default the suffix added is _pp so for example if a file called picture jpg is loaded then the default saved file would be picture_pp jpg Recent Files Settings Don t Save List Of Recent Files When Application Closed check this box and no history of files opened will be saved when the application is closed User Interface Settings Use Dark User Interface Style check this box to use a dark color scheme or uncheck this box for a more conventional Windows style Automatically Find Faces In Images check this box to have faces automatically found in images when they are opened If this boxis unchecked you will need to manually locate all faces in your im
74. re than one face in your image you simply need to go through the enhancement process with each face one by one If the automatic face detector found more than one face you will arrive at the Select Facel 18 stage after opening the image Press the Select button over one of the faces to enhance it in the Enhance Facel 1 stage To enhance another face in the image return to the Select Face stage by Pressing the Other Faces button in the toolbar at the Enhance Imagel 1Astage or Selecting the menu command Enhance Another Face In This Photo from the File Menul 30 keyboard shortcut CTRL E Either of these actions takes you to the Select Facel stage where you can either start enhancing another face in the image or select a face you have already enhanced to make further adjustments You can repeat this process as manytimes as you need until every face in the image has been enhanced 2013 Anthropics Technology Lid s Portrait Professional 12 3 Reference This section provides information about the different menu commands and controls in PortraitPro The Menu Commands Referencel 3 describes each menu command The Controls Referencel 3 describes each of the controls available when you enhance an imagel 1 The Dialogs Referencel 58 describes the main dialogs that are used by the application 3 1 Menu Commands Reference These are the commands available on the menu bar in PortraitPro File Menul 30 Command
75. reater accuracy you can ask PortraitPro to show a zoomed in view of the main parts of the face to make it easier to check the positions of the outlines This is done byclearing the Skip Zoomed In Steps When Adjusting Outlines check box in the General Settings 64 panel This will happen automatically for profile side on faces regardless of this setting since the automatic feature finder does not support profile views PortraitPro will take you to each of the features in turn so that you can check and if necessary adjust the positioning of the selected outline of each feature The features are shown in the following order Left eye and eyebrow The left eye outline is set automatically If it does not go correctly around the eye adjust it by moving the control points Depending on the shape of the eyebrow it can be difficult to get the outline to fitaround the eyebrow In these cases itis best to not worry about it and just get the position roughly correct Even if you are able to get the outline to fit around the eyebrow reasonably well if you had to move the points a lot to get it to fit you may get a better result by moving the points less even if the eyebrow outline no longer goes around the eyebrow accurately 2013 Anthropics Technology Ltd Step By Step Guide 25 Right eye and eyebrow The same comments about the left eye and eyebrow apply to the right eye and eyebrow Nose and Mouth When you get to this stage the Mou
76. rns you to the Welcome screen 14 Enhance Another Face Goes to the Select Facel 1 amp stage so that another face in the same image can be In This Photo enhanced The same command is available on the Other Faces button in the toolbar at the enhance image stagel Settings Brings up the Settings 6 dialog Print Brings up the Print dialog that lets you print out the enhanced image 2013 Anthropics Technology Lid 32 Portrait Professional 12 Exit Closes the application If there are any unsaved changes you will be prompted to save or discard these Plug in Mode If the application is in plug in model 25 then the only command in the File menu is Return From Plugin which returns the enhanced image to the calling application and closes PortraitPro 3 1 2 Edit Menu The Edit menu contains the following commands Undo Redo 3 13 Auto Batch Studio Max Edition Onlyl 9 Provides undo for changes to slider values and changes made with the brush tools This means itis safe to experiment with different saved settings or try moving any sliders since you can always go back to the result you had earlier if you don t like the changes This command is only available at the enhance image stagel 17 Lets you redo an operation that has been undone with the Undo command The Auto Batch menu contains the following commands Show Summary Change Settings Add Images Remove Current Image Remove Failed Images
77. rofessional 12 Auto Batch Save Options Auto Save Save Folder 8 Save to Subfolder of Source Folder pp Save to Specific Folder C Users Mark Pictures Browse Enhanced Image Filename Add Prefix Add Suffix Saved Image Type JPEG Quality 90 Very High Gender Age of All Faces Set Gender Automatically Set Age Automatically Apply Presets Default Preset for Female Faces Female Standard Default Preset for Male Faces Male Standard Auto Save If this check box is checked then each image will be saved automatically after it has been enhanced The enhanced image will be saved to the folder set in the Save Folder section and with the named set in the Enhanced Image Filename section If itis not checked then the images will be enhanced but won t be saved out automatically This can be useful if you want just a few of the images loaded to be saved To do this make sure this check boxis not checked when you first load all the images You can then review all the image and remove those that you don t want The bring up this panel again and check this box Save Folder The folder where the enhanced images are saved can either be specified exactly or you can make ita subfolder of the folder where the original image is stored To save to the same folder as the original image select Save to Subfolder of Source Folder and clear the text box next to that option However note that PortraitPro will
78. rofessional 12 OTHERWISE INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE IN NO EVENT SHALL SAM LEFFLER OR SILICON GRAPHICS BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL INCIDENTAL INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE DATA OR PROFITS WHETHER OR NOT ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGE AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF HIS SOFTWARE jpeglib JPEG image reading and writing is provided by jpeatiff This software is based in part on the work of the Independent JPEG Group This software is copyright C 1991 2011 Thomas G Lane Guido Vollbeding pnglib PNG image reading and writing is provided by pnglib zlib Zlib compression support is provided by Zlib C 1995 2012 Jean loup Gailly and Mark Adler Adobe DNG SDK DNG reading is provided by the Adobe DNG SDK Lossless JPEG code adapted from Copyright C 1991 1992 Thomas G Lane Part of the Independent JPEG Group s software Copyright c 1993 Brian C Smith The Regents of the University of California All rights reserved Copyright c 1994 Kongji Huang and Brian C Smith Cornell University All rights reserved Permission to use copy modify
79. s to open and save files print or change settings Edit Menul 3 Undo amp Redo Auto Batch 32 Studio Max Edition Only 9 This only appears when an automatic batch 15 is active It contains commands to add and remove images from the batch and to change settings View Menul 33 Commands to control the view of the image Help Menul 33 Commands to launch help check for updates get support or view about box 3 1 1 File Menu The File menu contains the following commands Open Opens a file see Supported File Types s If a file is already open with unsaved changes you will be prompted to save or discard the changes before the new file is opened Open Batch Studio Edition Onlyl 9 Opens the Batch 5 dialog Save And Open Next Studio Edition Onlyl 9 This command only appears when working on an image opened from the Batch sh dialog Saves the current image and opens the next one in the batch 2013 Anthropics Technology Lid Reference 31 The folder where the file is saved and the file formatis set from the Batch dialog This command may appear as just Open Next if an image is opened from the batch but is then closed using the File gt Close command Save Saves the current file The first time this command is used after opening a file the following rules apply If you opened a JPEG file the enhanced image will be saved as a JPEG If you opened a TIFF file or any RAW file type Studio ed
80. so you should always check the skin area and fix it if necessary To check and fix the skin area click the View Edit Skin Area button which is at the top of each of the sections that contain sliders that enhance the skin area These sections are Skin Smoothing F4 Skin Lighting 45 and Skin Coloring 52 This will switch to the skin area selection tools The skin area will be shown by default as a translucent blue overlay over the enhanced image If this color does not make it easy to see the skin area in your picture you can choose another color from the Color drop down list Ifthe skin area is wrong manually adjust it using the Skin Area Brushes 74 You can also get PortraitPro to recalculate the skin area by clicking on the Recalculate Skin Area button 2013 Anthropics Technology Lid s Portrait Professional 12 Press the OK button to return to the slider controls 3 2 13 Hair Area Tools 3 3 PortraitPro automatically finds the area in the image thatis hair This is the area that will be affected bythe hair sliders Itis important to get this area fairly accurate otherwise the hair sliders will not work as well as they can To check and fix the hair area Press the Show Hair Controls button to open the Hair Controls 5A section Click on the View Edit Hair Area button at the top of the Hair Controls This will switch to the hair area selection tools The hair area will be shown as a translucent pink overlay over the e
81. t eyes independently Mouth Shape Enhances the overall shape of the mouth Pressing the Mouth Shape button opens the following sub sliders Smile Changes the mouth shape to make it look like a smile Upper Lip Enhances the shape of the upper lip only Lower Lip Enhances the shape ofthe lower lip only Expression Changes the mouth expression Blur Lip Line Blurs the line between the teeth and the lips to prevent a jagged look that can occur when face sculpting This slider does not appear if the mouth is closed Plump Lips Makes the lips fatter Pressing the Plump Lips button opens two sub sliders that let you control the upper and lower lips independently Nose Enhances the shape of the nose Pressing the Nose button opens the following sub sliders Shorten Nose Shortens or lengthens the nose bychanging the size of the head Shorten Philtrum Shortens or lengthens the philtrum which is the gap between the bottom of the nose and the top of the upper lip by changing the length of the nose Slim Tip Shrinks or enlarges the tip of the nose Slim Nose Narrows or widens the whole nose 2013 Anthropics Technology Ltd 42 Portrait Professional 12 Mek Lengthens the neck which can make the subject look more attractive Restore Glasses Shape If the subject is wearing glasses then there may be visible distortions to the shape of the glasses due to the shape changes that PortraitPro is making around the eyes To
82. t of change for the left and right eyes independently Sets the color of the eyes provided the Amount of Change slider is not 0 Press the Color button to open two sub sliders that let you setthe color for the left and right eyes independently Sets the intensity of the eye color Press the Intensity button to open two sub sliders that let you setthe intensity for the left and right eyes independently This slider blackens the pupil area to remove reflections This can be used with the Add Reflection drop down listto add new eye reflections Pressing the Remove Pupil Reflection button opens two sub sliders that let you remove catch light reflections from the left and right pupils independently If you have added a reflection to the eye using the Add Reflection drop down list you can press the Nudge Reflections button to open up sliders that let you move the position of the reflections in the eyes If you have not added a reflection from the drop down list these sliders will have no effect 2013 Anthropics Technology Ltd Reference 4 Left Eye Horiz Moves the reflection in the left eye horizontally left amp right Left Eye Vert Moves the reflection in the left eye vertically up amp down Right Eye Horiz Moves the reflection in the right eye horizontally Right Eye Vert Moves the reflection in the right eye vertically Red Eye Removal If your photo has red eye caused by a flash ill
83. takes any color out of the whites of the eyes leaving them a shade of gray when the slider is at the top Pressing the Whiten Eyes button opens two sub sliders that let you whiten the left and right eyes independently Cleans up veins and other discolorations in the whites of the eyes The 2013 Anthropics Technology Ltd Reference area affected is controlled by the Whitening Area slider Pressing the Clean Eyes button opens two sub sliders that let you clean the left and right eyes independently Whitening Area Changes the area of the eye that will be whitened or cleaned by the Whiten Eyes or Clean Eyes sliders Pressing the Whitening Area button opens two sub sliders that let you change the area for the left and right eyes independently Darken Pupil Darkens the pupil the black part in the middle of the eye in the eyes Pressing the Darken Pupil button opens two sub sliders that let you darken the left and right pupils independently Darken Pupil Size Use to change the size of the pupil when darkening Pressing the Darken Pupil Size button opens two sub sliders that let you change the left and right pupils independently Sharpen Eyes Sharpens the subject s eyes Pressing the Sharpen Eyes button opens the following sub sliders that let you control the amount of sharpening applied to different parts of the eyes Upper L Lash Sharpens the upper left eye lashes Lower L Lash Sharpens the lower left eye lashes Left Eye Sharpens
84. th Open Or Closed panel will appear provided it has not been turned off in the General Settings 64 This panel has two buttons Mouth Open Press this button if the mouth of the face you are enhancing is open You will then see four lines between the corners of the mouth The top two should be positioned around the upper lip and the bottom two around the lower lip If the line along the bottom of the top lip is placed close to the line along the top of the bottom lip you will see the line along the top of the bottom lip disappear leaving just the control pointin the middle The mouth will then be treated as closed anyway Mouth Closed Press this button if the mouth is closed You will then see only three lines between the corners of the mouth The center line should be placed along the line where the lips meet If you are used to pressing the spacebar to quickly move on to the next stage note you can also use this to dismiss the dialog asking if the mouth is open or closed If this happens the mouth will be selected as being open If the mouth is in fact shut you can either press the Back button followed by the Next button and the panel will appear again or you can simply move the middle two lines together Face outline Try to avoid moving the face outline points around the face just move them towards or away from the center of the face Once you have been through all the features press the Next button one more time to start PortraitPro
85. the left eye Left Lash Area Changes the size of the area that the left eye sharpening influences Upper R Lash Sharpens the upper right eye lashes Lower RLash Sharpens the lower right eye lashes Right Eye Sharpens the right eye Right Lash Area Changes the size of the area that the right eye sharpening influences Sharpen Eyebrows Sharpens the subject s eyebrows Pressing the Sharpen Eyebrows button opens two sub sliders that let you sharpen the left and right eyebrows independently Brighten Iris Brightens or darkens the iris the colored part of the eye 2013 Anthropics Technology Ltd 4 Portrait Professional 12 Pressing the Brighten Iris button opens two sub sliders that let you brighten or darken the left and right irises independently Change Eye Color Remove Pupil Reflection Nudge Reflections Press the Change Eye Color button to open the sub sliders that let you change the color if the irises Amount of Change Color Intensity If this slider is O the color of the eyes will be unchanged the Color and Intensity sliders will be ignored Set this to 100 to set the eye color selected by the Color and Intensity sliders Lower values will blend between the selected color and the original eye color If this slider is at O itis automatically set to 100 whenever the Color or Intensity sliders are moved Press the Amount of Change button to open two sub sliders that let you set the amoun
86. the same color profiles as the images that were originally loaded If using these images in other color managed programs the colors will look correct An explanation of color management When color managementis turned on PortraitPro will ensure that the colors on the screen are correctly displayed according to the color profile specified in the image and your monitor profile For the very best results calibrate your monitor rather than using the profile that is provided by the manufacturer of the monitor For example if you have a picture on your disk that you have saved with an sRGB profile and you also have the same picture saved with an Adobe 1998 profile then they will be displayed with slightly different colors with color management turned off but when color managementis on they will look the same In fact with color management on the two pictures could still look slightly different due to out of gamut colors being lost when the images were created or rounding errors caused by the different color profile conversions in the process of displaying the images However any changes would be very slight and normally not noticeable If you print a lot then a good rule of thumb is to use Adobe 1998 as your working profile or if you mainly view images on your monitor then sRGB is more suitable In either case itis best not to convert from one color profile to another without a reason because during the conversion there may be colors that become out
87. tion Adjusts the overall color saturation color intensity of the whole image Vibrance and Saturation are similar effects the difference is that vibrance has less effect than saturation on colors that are less intense Neither slider affects areas that are black white or gray Tone curves are used to change the brightness of an image in a way that allows different amounts of change in areas that have different brightnesses The Tone Curve slider is connected to several of the sub sliders that combine to produce an overall brightening effect when the slider is moved to the right or a darkening effect if the slider is moved to the left Pressing the Tone Curve button opens the following sub sliders Fix Fash Highlights Lights Darks Shadows Blacks Fill Shadows Retrieve details in blown out highlights Increases or decreases the brightness of highlights Increases or decreases the brightness of light areas Increases or decreases the brightness of dark areas Increases or decreases the brightness of shadows Accentuates black areas Brightens just the darker areas of the image to bring out detail in the shadow areas 2013 Anthropics Technology Ltd Reference 55 Example 3 2 12 Skin Area Tools PortraitPro automatically determines which areas of the picture are skin This is the area that will be affected by the skin and skin lighting sliders For some pictures PortraitPro may not get the skin area exactly right
88. turned on or off by pressing the on off button to the right of the section s title button When a section is turned off ithas no effect on the enhanced image This can be useful to see what effect a section is having Slider Organization Sliders are organized in a hierarchy Most sections have a Master Fade slider that controls all the main sliders in that section This lets you quickly see how the controls in that section affect your image Underneath each master slider is a hierarchy of sliders that give you fine control over all aspects of the enhancement Ifa slider has more sub sliders underneath it then the slider s label will be a button with a triangle to the left of the label Press this button to open the sub sliders When you move a slider that has sub sliders underneath it the sub sliders will move too When you move a sub slider you will also see the parent slider moves too but to a lesser extent This is because the parent sliders always show a weighted average of the sliders underneath This gives a rough indication of the values of the sub sliders even when the sub sliders are closed Using Sliders Each slider controls the effect described by it s label For most sliders you increase the effect by moving the slider to the right and decrease the effect by moving the 2013 Anthropics Technology Lid 4 Portrait Professional 12 3 2 4 slider to the left The exception is those sliders that allow negative valu
89. uminating the insides of your subject s eyes this can be automatically removed by checking the Red Eye Removal box at the top of the Eye controls Add Reflection You can choose from a selection of reflection images catch lights to be added to the eyes Example The Before and After pictures below show an example of how the model s eyes were whitened and sharpened automatically by PortraitPro 3 2 8 Mouth amp Nose Controls PortraitPro automatically whitens the teeth and enhances the color of the lips The Mouth 8 Nose controls allow you to adjust these effects to get exactly the look you want Sliders Master Fade This slider is connected to some of the other sliders in this section that perform general enhancements to the mouth and nose areas You will see the other sliders move as this one is moved Whiten Teeth Removes any color from the teeth The area affected is controlled by the Whiten Area slider This control is not shown if the mouth is closed Clean Teeth Cleans the teeth The area affected is controlled by the Whiten Area slider This 2013 Anthropics Technology Lid s Portrait Professional 12 control is not shown if the mouth is closed Whiten Area Changes the teeth area affected by the Whiten amp Clean Teeth sliders This control is not shown if the mouth is closed Lip Saturation Makes the lips more colorful Lip Darken Move this slider to the right to darken the lips or to the left to mak
90. yboard Shortcuts wcici cecccecccccsceccececcteecctitccvetdcctoectetconestencaseeutelanvencccdoeedetconentenchoecutubaevences 83 Index 85 2013 Anthropics Technology Ltd 6 Portrait Professional 12 1 Getting Started Introduction PortraitPro is the easiest and fastest way to re touch portraits allowing you to achieve professional results in minutes PortraitPro works in a completely different way to ordinary airbrushing and photo editing software normally used by the pros PortraitPro has been trained with hundreds of examples of human beauty and as a result you can add as much or as little photo enhancement as required by simply moving sliders Due to the innate knowledge of human beauty and expert lighting techniques that is built into PortraitPro the highest quality photo touch up can be achieved by anyone in just a few minutes PortraitPro is available in three editions 9 Standard Studio and Studio Max All editions are covered by this manual PortraitPro is available for Windows and Mac computers This manual is forthe Windows PortraitPro Getting Started Take a look at the Quick Start Guidel 7 to see a quick overview of how to use PortraitPro The Step By Step Guidel 14 provides more detailed information about each step If you need further help please visit www portraitorofessional com support where you see the latest FAQ and access our supportticket system The support ticket system lets you send a question to ou
91. you select the area ofthe image thatis shown Presets 37 Lets you save groups ofsliders as presets Slider Controls 3 The main slider controls that give you total control over the way the image is enhanced These are grouped into the following sections Face Sculpt Controls 401 Let you control how the shape of the face is altered Skin Smoothing Controls 4A Let you control how the skin is enhanced Skin Lighting Controls 45 Let you adjust the lighting on the skin Eye Controls 461 Let you control how the eyes are enhanced Mouth amp Nose Controls 491 Let you control how the mouth lips and nose are enhanced Hair Controls 50 Let you control how the hair is enhanced Skin Coloring Controls 52 Let you adjust the skin colors Picture Controls 53 Controls that affect the whole image such as brightness contrast and cropping Original Photo Shows the original Before image O 2013 Anthropics Technology Ltd Reference 35 Enhanced Photo Shows the enhanced After image Viewing the controls The main sections in the controls panel on the right in the screen shot above can be opened or closed by clicking on the buttons in the header of each section These buttons have a small triangle next to them which points down if the section is open or to the right if the section is closed Resizing the controls The control panel can be made wider or narrower by dragging the right edge of the control panel The main sections in

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