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3. S Commit z Resets The Crop Rectangle To The Whole Image Save Current Changes o os 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 Third Party Credits Portrait Professional 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 2012 Anthropics Technology Lid Reference 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
4. e Jer Favorite Links E Documents d Dropbox LR Desktop ms El Recent Places BR Computer E Pictures B Music Recently Changed B Searches di Public Folders a File name PPkey tt Load Key From File Alternatively you can also select Paste Key From Clipboard to manually activate Portrait Professional With this method you need to open the text file by double clicking the PPKey txt file Then press CTRL A to highlight the text in the keyfile Then press CTRL C to copy the text to the clipboard Return to the Manual Activation Screen and then click Paste Key From Clipboard Portrait Professional should then successfully activate O Thank you your license has been activated License Activated O 2012 Anthropics Technology Ltd ea Index DS 1 1 button 35 ech adjust outline 18 aspect ratio 73 B bits per sample 58 60 brightness slider 54 brush tools 71 Le color settings dialog 58 60 contrast slider 54 controls panel 34 crop tool 54 73 cut back skin mask tool 42 D default settings 37 delete saved sliders 67 docking controls panel 34 a Es edit menu 32 enhance image 20 extend skin mask tool 42 eye sliders 46 SE face button 35 face sculpt sliders 40 file extensions 77 2012 Anthropics Technology Ltd file menu 30 file types 77 fit button 35 flipping between enhanced and original 34 G gender 14 group shots 22 H hair a
5. 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 and distribute this software and its documentation 2012 Anthropics Technology Ltd Portrait Professional 11 for any purpose without fee and without written agreement is hereby granted provided that the above copyright notice and the following two paragraphs appear in all copies of this software IN NO EVENT S SPECIAL INCI AND ITS DOCU OF SUCH DAMAG ALL CORNELL UNIVERSITY BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY FOR DIRECT INDIRECT ENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE TATION EVEN IF CORNELL UNIVERSITY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY H D T T Al E T CORNELL UNIVERSITY SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED O THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE HE SOFTWARE PROVIDED HEREUNDER IS ON AN AS IS BASIS AND CORNELL UNIVERSITY HAS NO OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE MAINTENANCE SUPPORT UPDATES ENHANCEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS
6. O 2012 Anthropics Technology Ltd Step By Step Guide 25 If you selected Choose Install Path Manually in the Select Install Location screen you will be taken to the Plug in Destination Folder screen On this 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 portrait Professional plug in installed into Then click Next gt p x na 15 Select Plugin Type Please select the type of plugin to install This needs to be the same as the type of the application that will load the plugin Select Plug in Type On this screen you are prompted to select the version of the plug in you wantto be installed The version should match the program you are installing the plug in into For 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 Ready to Install Setup is now ready to begin installing PortraitProfessional Plugin for Photoshop on your computer Click Install to continue with the installation or dick Back if you want to review or change any settings C Program Files x86 Adobe Adobe Photoshop CS5Plug Ins C Program Files x86 Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 Plug Ins Locations where plugin will be installed Plug in Ready to Install Clicking Install on this screen will i
7. Portrait Professional will load your image and show itin the main working area Learn more about step 1 114 Step 2 Select the gender of the face you want to enhance Click on the female or male button to let Portrait Professional know whether the face is a female or male face If the image is not the right way up click on the orientation button that matches the orientation of your image to rotate your image The orientation buttons are at the bottom of the controls panel Learn more about step 2 15 Step 3 Click on 5 key points on the face Click on each ofthe following points on the face in your image 1 Left Comer of Left Eye 2 Right Corner of Right Eye 4 Left Corner of Mouth 5 Right Corner of Mouth As you click on each point Portrait Professional 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 Learn more about step 3 16 2012 Anthropics Technology Ltd 3 Portrait Professional 11 Step 4 Adjust the outlines of features and face Portrait Professional will automatically locate the features and show outlines around them If any of these have not been found correctly you can click and drag on any of the small circles or squares to move them into the correct position The important points are those
8. Control Panel Open Image DR SESSIONI A 17 VC Open an image To open an image to enhance either e Press the Open Image button or e Selectthe Open command in the File menul 30 This will bring up the File Open panel O 2012 Anthropics Technology Ltd Step By Step Guide 15 r Select File to Open gO Photos 2008 20080723 Jpgs Search Jogs P Organize v New folder ER D 413 Libraries PRIE library Arrange by Folder y pgs me E 3 DE a eee a Music DSC_0033J DSC_0034 DSC_0035J DSC_0036 4 5 Pictures PG PG PG PG My Pictures IF ge Le Public Pictures 4 E Videos DSC_0037J DSC_0038 DSC0039J DSC oun PG PG PG PG ve Se By DSC_0041J DSC_0042J 41 Computer PG PG File name All Supported Files jpg jpeg Browse to the file you want to enhance and press the Open button Alternatively click on one of the example images if you want to try the application and don t have any suitable images to hand 2 2 Select Gender Select the gender Portrait Professional needs to know the gender of 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 female keyboard shortcut f Press the Male button if the face is male keyboard shortcut m If the face is a child under about 10 years old check the Child checkbox This will improv
9. The application may be launched by selecting the installed icons Click Finish to exit Setup Launch Portrait Professional Studio 11 L d Installation Complete Studio Edition To begin the plug in installation click Finish on the Installation Complete screen with the Launch Photoshop Plug in Installer checkbox checked checked as default User Account Control If you started this program continue K PortraitProfessional Plugin for Photoshop Anthropics Technology Ltd User Account Control helps stop unauthorized changes to your computer Windows User Account Control The installer will be signed by Anthropics Technology Lid Select Continue to progress to the installer FE Ga Select the language to use during the installation The language select screen will appear Select your language and click OK to continue 2012 Anthropics Technology Lid 2 Portrait Professional 11 r i5 Setup PortraitProfessional Plugin for Photoshop len Welcome to the PortraitProfessional Plugin for Photoshop Setup Wizard This will install PortraitProfessional Plugin for Photoshop 1 0 on your computer Itis recommended that you dose all other applications before continuing Click Next to continue or Cancel to exit Setup The Welcome Screen will appear click Next gt to move onto the next screen 13 Setup PortraitProfessional
10. 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 O 2012 Anthropics Technology Ltd Reference 3 34 Manage Saved Sliders To bring up this dialog press the MANAGE button in the Saved Sliders 3A Controls Manage Saved Sliders 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 buttons below Selected Item Delete Default Female Default Male Young Woman Glamorous Woman 35 45 Glamorous Woman 35 45 Natural Woman 50 Glamorous Woman 50 Natural Young Man Natural Young Man Glamorous Man 35 45 Glamorous Man 35 45 Natural Man 50 Glamorous Man 50 Natural Tee mers rm Oam mlassinm II This dialog shows all the Saved Sliders settings except the built in Reset To Original Image which cannot be changed To rename a Saved Sliders setting double click its name in the list then type the new name To re order the Saved Sliders you can drag them to new positions in the list To delete a Saved Sliders setting click on the one you want to delete so thatitis highlighted and then press the Delete button To set a Saved Sliders setting 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 3 3 5 Skin Area To bring up this dialog press
11. less intense more gray 2012 Anthropics Technology Ltd Reference Pressing the Vibrance button opens the following sub slider that provides a similar effect Saturation 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 Curve Tone curves are used to change the brighiness of an image in a way that allows different amounts of change in areas that have different brighinesses 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 ifthe slider is moved to the left Pressing the Tone Curve button opens the following sub sliders Fix Flash Retrieve details in blown out highlights Highlights Increases or decreases the brightness of highlights Lights Increases or decreases the brightness of light areas Darks Increases or decreases the brightness of dark areas Shadows Increases or decreases the brightness of shadows Blacks Accentuates black areas Fill Shadows Brightens just the darker areas of the image to bring out detail in the shadow areas Example 2012 Anthropics Technology Lid s Portrait Professional 11 3 2 12 3 2 13 Skin Area Tools Portrai
12. 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 Portrait Professional is making around the eyes To 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 BEFOR 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 Portrait Professional automatically determines the skin area but you will get better results if you check and fix the skin areal56 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 O 2012 Anthropics Technology Ltd Reference NON Imperfections Subtly removes redness and reduces small skin blotchiness within the skin area Thin Wrinkles De emphasizes wrinkles by making them thinner and lighter within the skin area Before Removes pores and smooths within the skin area giving a smooth airbrush effect 2012 Anthropics Technology Ltd Fine Shadows Fades away dark specks and fine wrinkles within the skin are
13. Portrait Professional as a plug in in any of the supported Photo editing suites It will usually be found under Filter gt Anthropics gt Portrait Professional This will then export the file that you are editing in the Photo editor into Portrait Professional An instance of Portrait Professional will open allowing you to markup the subject and edit their appearance as usual Once you ve marked the portrait up and are happy with your results simply select Next or File and then click Save amp Return This will then close Portrait Professional and export the image back to your initial Photo Editor with your Portrait Professional enhancements When Portrait Professional is in plug in mode the following changes occur e The only command in the File menul301is Save amp Return This is because once the image has been enhanced in Portrait Professional all you wantto do is close Portrait Professional and return to the other O 2012 Anthropics Technology Ltd Step By Step Guide application e The crop tool 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 Portrait Professional Examples of applications that can call Portrait Professional as a plug in in this way are Adobe Photoshop when using the Portrait Professional Photoshop plug in 6 and Adobe Lightroom when Portrait Professional has been setas the optional external editor Using Portr
14. Studio 11 lola Installing Please wait while Setup installs Portrait Professional Studio 11 on your computer Extracting files C Program Files x86 Portrait Professional Studio 11 SkinTextures Img0451 jpg Installation Progress Bar A Installation Screen The installer will finish setting up Portrait Professional on your computer and then take you to the Installation Complete Screen e Click Finish to complete the installation i FE a a Setup Portrait Professional Studio 11 l a Completing the Portrait Professional Studio 11 Setup Wizard Setup has finished installing Portrait Professional Studio 11 on your computer The application may be launched by selecting the installed icons Click Finish to exit Setup F Launch Portrait Professional Studio 11 O 2012 Anthropics Technology Ltd Installation Guide ss Installation Complete After successfully installing Portrait Professional you will be required to activate Portrait Professional before you can begin using it Automatic Activation When you first start Portrait Professional you will be greeted with an Activation Screen You will be required to enter your activation token which was sentto you with your Purchase Confirmation mail This application needs to be activated before it can be used You will have received a license token when you bought Portrait Professional Studio which is a c
15. around the eyes and mouth The remaining points do not need to be marked accurately so you should only need to spend a few seconds on this step Generally the smaller the adjustments you make here the better the results Once the outlines are in the correct position or if no adjustment is necessary press the space bar or click on the Next button Learn more about step A Jg Step 5 View the enhanced image and fine tune the results Portrait Professional will now start its automatic photo enhancement processing Depending on the power of your PC this should only take a few seconds When finished 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 After and View After Only tabs at the top right of the picture Hold down the ENTER key to flip between the before and after picture to see the improvements Many people are happy with this initial enhancement in which case you have just finished retouching your first picture using Portrait Professional However you can very quickly and easily fine tune any of the enhancements using the controls on the right hand side of the screen to get any result you want from heavily airbrushed glamour effects to natural beauty At any time you can now save your enhanced portrait by selecting Save from the File menu ah at the top left of the screen You can also save the whole project by choosing Save
16. extension is pp They include the image along with all the point positions slider settings and masks This command is only available at the enhance image stage 20 Close Closes the current session If there are any unsaved changes you will be prompted to save or discard these The Close command returns you to the Welcome screen t Enhance Another Face Goes to the Select Facel 21 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 20 stage See Group Shots 224 for more information about this command Settings Brings up the Settings 60 dialog 2012 Anthropics Technology Lid 32 Portrait Professional 11 3 1 2 3 1 3 3 1 4 Print Brings up the Print dialog that lets you print outthe enhanced image 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 22 then the only command in the File menu is Save amp Return which saves over the original image and then closes the application Edit Menu The Edit menu contains the following commands Undo 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 d
17. on the cursor Alternatively you can turn on a magnifier by moving the magnifier size slider to the right The magnifier shows the area in a circle around the cursor at a larger size when the cursor is over the image The size of the magnifier circle and the amount of magnification can be adjusted using the sliders 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 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 Outline Viewing and moving the outline After the main feature points have been located 18 you can adjust the outlines around those features so that Portrait Professional knows more accurately where each feature is d Ba y Line up the blue outline with the outline of the face 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 O 2012 Anthropics Technology Ltd Step By Step Guide to The control points are shown differently depending on how they were set e The light green circles these are points that have been automatically placed based on
18. the Recalculate Skin Area button at the bottom of the Skin Selection Tools 58 or choose the Change Skin Selection Area command from the Full Body Skin 321 menu 2012 Anthropics Technology Ltd e Portrait Professional 11 Skin Area 3 3 6 Select one of the options below and then press OK to re run the automatic skin detector The options control how far below the face the automatic skin detector will look for skin tones Note that if you have made any changes to the skin area using the brush tools these will be lost when you recalculate the skin area Recalculate Skin Area High Neckline Standard Neckline Low Neckline Full Body lo JT cms teo The Show Skin Area checkbox lets you show or hide the skin area as a blue overlay on the enhanced image This is the same as the Show Skin Area button in the Skin Controls 4A section To recalculate the skin area select one ofthe options and press the Recalculate button The options control how far below the face that Portrait Professional will look for skin tones An alternative to recalculating the skin area is to use the Extend and Cut Back tools in the Skin Controls section Note if you recalculate the skin area any changes you previously made using any of the tools in the Skin Controls section will be lost Batch Studio Edition Onlyl10 To bring up this dialog select File gt Open Batch menu command O 2012 Anthropics Technology Lt
19. 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 If your photo has red eye caused by a flash illuminating 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 2012 Anthropics Technology Ltd Reference 4 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 Portrait Professional 3 2 7 Mouth amp Nose Controls Portrait Professional 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 Brighten Teeth Brightens the teeth The area affected is controlled by the Whiten Area slider This control is not shown ifthe mouth is closed Whiten Area Changes
20. the teeth area affected by the Whiten 8 Brighten Teeth sliders This control is not shown if the mouth is closed Sharpen Mouth Sharpens the outline and details ofthe mouth Press the Sharpen Mouth button to 2012 Anthropics Technology Ltd am Portrait Professional 11 3 2 8 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 Example BEFORE Skin Coloring Controls The skin coloring controls let you selectively make changes to the color of the skin Portrait Professional automatically determines the skin area but you will get better results if you check and fix the skin areal 581 Sliders Auto White Balance Automatically adjusts the color of the skin to remove any color cast If the skin areas already have a good white balance this slider will have little or no effect For manual control over the white balance of the skin areas use the Temperature and Tint sliders in this section Auto Exposure Automatically adjusts the exposure of the skin If the skin areas already have good exposure this slider will have little or no effect For manual control over the exposure of the skin areas use the Exposure slider in this section Adjusts t
21. 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 support compressed TIFFs although itis unlikely any modern software would not support this format Studio Edition Onlyl10 TIFFs can store either 8 or 16 bits per color sample If you are working with a 16 bps image then you will get the option to save a TIFF with either 8 or 16 bps You will be working with a 16 bps image if either your Color Settings 60 are setto Always Use 16 bps or you loaded an image that contains 16 bps and your Color Settings are setto Use Same Bit Depth As Input Picture Settings To bring up this dialog select File gt Settings menu command General Sc General Settings Colorf 60 Color Settings Language 63 Language Settings Plugin 6 Lets you install the Photoshop filter plug in that lets Portrait Professional be used as a filter from Photoshop 2012 Anthropics Technology Ltd Reference s 3 3 2 1 General Settings
22. 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 itto fit you may geta 2012 Anthropics Technology Lid Portrait Professional 11 2 5 better result by moving the points less even if the eyebrow outline no longer goes around the eyebrow accurately 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 Mouth Open Or Closed panel will appear provided it has not been turned off in the General Settings 5 This panel has two buttons Mouth Open Press this button ifthe 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 m
23. Plugin for Photoshop The following versions of Photoshop have been detected on your system The Portrait Professional plugin will be installed for all those checked If you have any other applications compatible with Photoshop plugins or if your installation of Photoshop has not been automatically selected please check Choose Install Path Manually Photoshop Elements 10 E Choose Install Path Manually Select Plug in Install Location The Select Install Location screen is where 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 as in the image above Check the detected software boxes to install the plug in for that respective program You can also manually selectthe installation path by ticking the Choose Install Path Manually checkbox which will allow you to direct the plug in installation to a specific folder Once you have selected the options you require click Next gt to progress to the next screen Please select the path where you want to install the plugin This needs to be the path where Photoshop or a compatible program looks for plugins This may be a folder called Plug Ins in the application s folder If you are unsure refer to the documentation for the application Browse Enter path ta folder where plugin should be installed here Select Destination Folder for Plug in
24. Portrait Professional User Manual Version 11 0 Anthropics Technology Lid www portraitprofessional com 2012 Anthropics Technology Ltd Contents 3 Table of Contents Part Getting Started 6 1 Quick Start Guide iii a dai 7 2 Top Tips For Best Results ss rn 9 3 Portrait Professional EditiONS conconconconnoncccnonconnonconnoncnnroncnaroncnaronrnnrnnrnaroncnaronenaronenanones 10 Part Il Step By Step Guide 14 A scene EAA EENAA O EAA EANA 14 P ETI O T EE T E A E E sg 15 3 Locate The Main Features its Entre danser nan Rai lens iaaiiai eaan 16 4 Adjust The Outline een ii 18 5 Enhance The iIMage iii darias ee dis 20 6 Select Another Face To Enhannce ccccsscceeseceeesnceeeenseeeenseeensensensessensensensestenseeeensensenes 21 e T E AE ceca TA 22 8 Full Body Enhanceme nt cccccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ee RRE rn erre 22 9 Plugin le E 22 Part Ill Reference 30 1 Menu Commands Reference yciiieicciictcceccssadicisudses ereccdvecsduecsacrvuencevnsscssceusnetvisnsuesonesutncceusuerva 30 File EI US Edit Menu ee Neen Full Body Skin View Menu een Help Men iii cinco nao rar ninia danna eaea Parhon raorao ne Kaea oa peN dadas che env ane aaa ea dard dada bic ocn 2 Controls Panel Reference ee ue lt e EE NAS EE Slider Controls seess keeeeEee Face Sculpt Controls Skin Smoothing Controls Eye Controls ou cesses Mouth amp Nose Controls Skin Coloring Control
25. Select the language you would like your installation to be in and click OK Ca installation Language Select Screen Once the installer has been opened you will be greeted bythe Welcome page e Select Next gt to progress to the Anthropics End User License Agreement 2012 Anthropics Technology Ltd Installation Guide es r a Setup Portrait Professional Studio 11 crama Welcome to the Portrait Professional Studio 11 Setup Wizard This will install Portrait Professional Studio 11 0 on your computer It is recommended that you dose all other applications before continuing Click Next to continue or Cancel to exit Setup Next gt Cancel comcel Le 4 Welcome Screen You cannot install Portrait Professional unless you agree to the terms of the license e To accept the license agreement and continue installation select I accept the agreement and then click Next gt 5 Setup Portrait Professional Studio 11 each License Agreement N Please read the following important information before continuing Please read the following License Agreement You must accept the terms of this agreement before continuing with the installation ANTHROPICS SOFTWARE END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT IMPORTANT THIS AGREEMENT or EULA IS A LEGAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PERSON COMPANY OR ORGANIZATION THAT HAS LICENSED THIS SOFTWARE YOU OR CUSTOMER AND ANTHROPICS B
26. Session this allows you to come back and edit the portrait at a later time without having to go through Steps 1 4 again 2012 Anthropics Technology Lid Getting Started 9 Occasionally inaccurate positioning of the face points can cause problems such as distortion of the face or lips To correct this you can adjust the outlines that are shown on the Before view As you drag points around in the Before view you can immediately see what effect these changes are having in the After view Ifthere is more than one face in the picture press the Other Faces button to go to the Select Face stage Learn more about step 5 120 1 2 Top Tips For Best Results If you just read one page in this manual make it this one to get the best results out of Portrait Professional Don tspend too long adjusting the outline The Adjust The Outlinel 18 stage shouldn t take you very long You don t need to painstakingly position every point In fact you will get better results if you don t The only points that need to be accurately positioned are those around the eyes and mouth For other points if itis automatically placed in roughly the right place resistthe urge to make tiny changes to its position Move points as little as possible When adjusting the outline 18 move points as little as possible to get them to the right place For example when moving the points around the mouth or around the face just move them in or out to get them o
27. To bring up this dialog select File gt Settings menu command 8 Settings General Color Language Plugin File Save Settings Y Don t Save Over Original Image File Add Suffix To Image Filename _pp Recent Files Settings E Don t Save List of Recent Files When Application Closed User Interface Settings v Use Dark User Interface Style Show Examples on Welcome Screen Y v Show Label by Cursor When Locating Feature Points d Y Ask If Mouth Closed When Adjusting Mouth Outline Show Skip To Final Step Button Show Enhance Skin Only Button Y Show Tool Tips Updates Y 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 V Auto Plug in Mode loc Jl cm Il sw File Save Settings Don t Save Over Original Image File check this box and when saving a picture Portrait Professional 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 2012 Anthropics Technology Ltd ER Portrait Professional 11 3 3 2 2 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 fi
28. Y INSTALLING AND USING THE SOFTWARE CUSTOI Select I accept the agreement to ACCEDTS THE SOETIWARE ANN ACREES TA THE continue installation I do not accept the agreement K 4 End User License Agreement The next screen will ask you to select the installation location The installer will automatically choose a location for Portrait Professional but you can also select a Custom install location for Portrait Professional e Once you have selected the installation path click Next gt You will then be asked to select a name for the Portrait Professional Start Menu folder This will be the name of the folder that the Portrait Professional program shortcuts will be located e Once you have selected the Start Menu path click Next gt 2012 Anthropics Technology Lid e Portrait Professional 11 r T a 13 Setup Portrait Professional Studio 11 cama Select Start Menu Folder Where should Setup place the program s shortcuts a Q i Setup will create the program s shortcuts in the following Start Menu folder To continue dick Next If you would like to select a different folder dick Browse ortrait Professional Studio 11 Browse L Select Start Menu Folder The Ready to Install screen will ask you to confirm the installation settings that you have chosen e Click Install to confirm your settings and begin the installation a Setup Portrait Professional
29. a a Portrait Professional 11 Softens shiny areas within the skin area by making them pinker Before 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 following sub sliders that let you control these enhancements independently Lighten Eye Bags Reduces the appearance of bags under the eyes by lightening the skin color in the 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 by lightening the skin color in the 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 Skin Smoothing Removes larger imperfections from the skin while keeping fine detail Before 2012 Anthropics Technology Lid Reference 45 Shading Bleed Adjust this slider to get a good compromise between removing blemishes and avoiding dark areas bleeding into light areas Texture This controls how much skin texture to apply in areas wh
30. ait Professional from Photoshop When the plug in has been installed Portrait Professional will appear as a filter in Photoshop In the Photoshop Filter menu you should find a sub menu called Anthropics and in that you will find Portrait Professional The Portrait Professional filter works like other Photoshop filters in thatitis 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 Portrait Professional which will be run in plug in model 2 Once you have enhanced the image in Portrait Professional selectthe Save amp Close command from the File menu and Portrait Professional will close and the enhanced image will be transferred back to Photoshop Filter Unsharp Mask Ctri F Convert for Smart Filters Filter Gallery Lens Correction Shift Ctri R Liquify Shift Ctrl X Vanishing Point Alt Ctrl V Artistic Blur Brush Strokes Distort Noise Pixelate Render Sharpen Sketch Stylize Texture Video Other e e e e e ss ss ss yy Portrait Professional Digimarc Browse Filters Online Plug in Location Filter gt Anthropics gt Portrait Professional Plug in was not installed Ifthe plug in is not visible in your choice of compatible Photo editing software it may not have installed correctly Often this is caused by the plug in being installed into the incorrect directory whi
31. anel 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 Saved Sliders Saved Sliders let you quickly set the values of multiple sliders Press on one of the buttons in the Saved Sliders control to set the sliders to give the effect described byit s name Saved Sliders Header Default Female Symbol Default Male Symbol When Portrait Professional is installed itcomes with a number of Saved Sliders ready for you to use One of the Saved Sliders setting is used to set the initial slider values when a face is enhanced The setting 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 Saved Sliders setting is the default for new faces use the Manage Saved Sliders 6A dialog The Saved Sliders Header contains the following controls 2012 Anthropics Technology Lid 3 Portrait Professional 11 3 2 3 Saved Sliders Button Lets you collapse the Saved Sliders control so that just the Saved Sliders Header is shown When itis collapsed the controls in the Saved Sliders Header change to those described below Click again to expand the Saved Sliders control Save Sliders Button Brings up the S
32. arpening 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 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 R Lash 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 Sharpens the subject s eyebrows Pressing the Sharpen Eyebrows button opens two sub sliders that let you sharpen the left and right eyebrows independently Press the Change Eye Color button to open the sub sliders that let you change the color if the irises Amount of Change 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 setthe amount of change for the left and right eyes independently Color Sets the color of the eyes provided the Amount of Change slider is not 0 Press the Color button to open two 4 Portrait Professional 11 Brighte
33. ave Sliders 65 dialog This lets you save the current slider values as a new Saved Sliders setting Manage Button Brings up the Manage Saved Sliders 6A dialog This lets you rename re order or delete Saved Sliders It also lets you change the default female and male Saved Sliders Help Button Brings up this help page Note each Saved Sliders setting does not necessarily affect all the sliders This means that if you select one Saved Sliders setting 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 setting originally This is because any sliders that are affected by the second setting but not the first will not be set back The collapsed Saved Sliders control When the Saved Sliders control is collapsed by pressing the Saved Sliders Button it looks like this Select Saved Sliders Button The Save Sliders Button and the Manage Button are replaced by a Select Saved Sliders Button This lets you select Saved Sliders settings even though the control is collapsed When you press on the Select Saved Sliders Button a drop down menu containing all the Saved Sliders appears Click on one of the Saved Sliders in the menu to set the sliders to the values in that Saved Sliders setting Resizing the Saved Sliders control The whole control panel including the Saved Sliders control can be made wider by dragging the right edge of
34. brush press the appropriate button Press the button again to deselectthe brush goes back to the Pan tool 71 The brush tools work like a paintbrush You use them to paint an area on the enhanced image to which the 2012 Anthropics Technology Lid Portrait Professional 11 3 4 3 brush effect is applied To use a brush press the mouse left button while the cursoris in the enhanced image and drag the mouse while holding the button down Release the mouse button to finish the brush stroke The area thatthe 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 bythe brush You can see how big this area is from the size ofthe cursor circle when using the brush Brush Strength The brush strength opacity controls how stronglythe brush effectis drawn A strength of 100 means the full brush effectis 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 applying too much effect which might over blur the surrounding area When a brush tool is selected controls to setthe brush size and strength w
35. but you make prefer to make these changes in the Adjust Outlines MA stage where you are also shown how the outlines should be positioned in a reference image 2012 Anthropics Technology Lid 22 Portrait Professional 11 2 7 2 8 2 9 Enhancing another face To enhance another face in the image for the firsttime press the New Face button in the controls panel This will take you to the Select Gender 15 stage from where you continue through the normal process until you reach the Enhance Image 20 stage Removing all changes to a face If you want to remove all changes to a face this can be done by pressing the cross icon on the right of the header at the top of the face This will remove the outlines from the face and the face will then be left unchanged by Portrait Professional Group Shots Working with group shots Ifthere is more than one face in your image you simply need to go through the enhancement process with each face one by one Start by locating the feature points on one of the faces and then go through the remaining steps until you are happy with how the face has been enhanced You can then repeat the process for any other faces in the image To go to the stage where you can select another face to enhance either e Select the menu command File gt Enhance Another Face In This Photo keyboard shortcut CTRL E or e Press the Other Faces button in the toolbar at the Enhance Imagel20 stage Either of these a
36. ceptual intent beta sRGB IEC61966 2 1 withBPC Picture Settings Portrait Professional 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 require more memory and processor power Picture Bit Depth to Use Internally Always Use 8 Bits Faster Use Same Bit Depth As Input Picture 9 Always Use 16 Bits Higher Quality Las E 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 Portrait Professional Studio uses internally This affects the color gamut which is the range of colors that can be represented For maximum speed selectthe High Performance option This allows Portrait Professional 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 Portrait Professional 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 2012 Anthropics Technology Ltd 62 Portrait Professional 11 e 8 bits per color sample is 24 bits per pixel e 16 bits per color sample is 48 bits per pixel Note this dialog is o
37. ch sometimes occurs if the photo editing suite is installed into a custom directory To rectify this first we must locate the correct directory for the plug in to be installed into To do this we have to locate the install directory of your chosen program Usually the default install location is C Program Files NAME OF PHOTOEDITOR Plug ins for example C Program Files Adobe Photoshop CS5 Plug ins Then run the plug in Installer from the settings menu of Portrait Professional This can be found under File gt Settings gt Plugin gt Run Plug in Installer 2012 Anthropics Technology Lid z Portrait Professional 11 Once you ve located this folder simply follow the steps outlined in the Setting Plug in quidel 63 for the custom installation and enter the custom path 13 Setup PortraitProfessional Plugin for Photoshop Please select the path where you want to install the plugin This needs to be the path where Photoshop or a compatible program looks for plugins This may be a folder called Plug Ins in the application s folder If you are unsure refer to the documentation for the application C Program Files x86 Adobe Adobe Photoshop CS5 Plug Ins Custom Plug in Installation O 2012 Anthropics Technology Ltd s Portrait Professional 11 3 Reference This section provides information about the different menu commands and controls in Portrait Professional The Menu Commands Beierencel 301 describes
38. ctions takes you to the Select Facel 21M stage where you can either start enhancing another face in the image or selecta 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 Full Body Enhancement Portrait Professional is designed to enhance portrait photos However if your photo includes other parts of the body then you can use the skin enhancementtools on other parts of the skin that can be seen To do this all you need to do is make sure that the Portrait Professional knows which parts of the photo are skin This is done using the skin area tools as described in Skin Areal s t Plug in Mode Installing the Portrait Professional Plug in Studio only Studio Editions Only 10 O 2012 Anthropics Technology Ltd Step By Step Guide 23 In the Studio amp Studio 64 editions of Portrait Professional you also have the option to use Portrait Professional as a plug inl2 for Photoshop Aperture and other major photo editing suites This plug in allows you to integrate Portrait Professional into these photo editing suites This option is available to install on the Installation Complete screen of the Studio 8 Studio 64 editions nr SN 13 Setup Portrait Professional Studio 11 Completing the Portrait Professional Studio 11 Setup Wizard Setup has finished installing Portrait Professional Studio 11 on your computer
39. d Reference e r PortraitProfessionalStudio Add Files Remove Completed DSC_0014 NEF C Users Mark Pictures Test Images DSC_0424 NEF C Users Mark Pictures Test Images Move Up Save Options Save As Tiff Lossless Compressed 16 Bits Per Sample T Also Save Session pp file Save Folder V Save to Same Folder As Original File Folder Path This dialog lets you setup 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 listthat 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 307 menu This will save the current image using the options selected and then automatically open the next file in the list Ifyou 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 2012 Anthropics Technology Ltd Portrait Professional 11 3 4 Pending file is waiting to be processed Y Completed file has been enhanc
40. dens the whole nose Eyes Enhances the shape and position of both eyebrows and eyes Pressing the Eyes button opens the following sub sliders Left Eye Right Eye Eyebrow Shape Cross Eyed Enhances the shape of the left eye only useful for evening out eye shape and size Enhances the shape of the right eye only 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 Moves the eyes further apart or closer together 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 of the 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 2012 Anthropics Technology Lid 42 Portrait Professional 11 IN let you control the upper and lower lips independently 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 right eyes independently Neck Lengthens the neck
41. e the results when enhancing children Portrait Professional will automatically advance to the next step once you have selected the gender 2012 Anthropics Technology Lid 16 Portrait Professional 11 2 3 r examplel jpg Portrait Professional army Select Gender E B Fix Orientation elo Enhancing skin only If there 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 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 checkbox in the General Settings 5 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 controls 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 Portrait Professional automatically advances to the next step when you select the gender Locate The Main Features After you have ope
42. each menu command The Controls Referencel 3 describes each of the controls available when you enhance an imagel 207 The Dialogs Referencel5A 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 Portrait Professional example1 jpg Portrait Professional File Edit Full Body Skin View Help File Menu at Commands to open and save files print or change settings Edit Menul 32 Undo amp Redo Full Body Skin Menul32 This contains a single command Change Skin Selection Area View Menul 32 Commands to control the view of the image Help Menul 33 Commande 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 7 Ifa 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 Only Opens the Batch 68 dialog Save And Open Next Studio Edition Only This command only appears when working on an image opened from the Batch 68 dialog Saves the current image and opens the next one in the batch 2012 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 bu
43. ed 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 Portrait Professional is closed so you can carry on working on the files in the batch the next time you run Portrait Professional 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 listand 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 Ifyou check the Also Save Session box then a Portrait Professional session file pp extension will also be saved which will save the image along with all the point positions and all the sl
44. equired by simply moving sliders In fact due to the innate knowledge of human beauty built into Portrait Professional the highest quality photo touch up can be achieved by anyone in just a few minutes Portrait Professional is available in three editions 101 Standard Studio and Studio64 All editions are covered by this manual Portrait Professional is available for Windows and Mac computers This manual is for the Windows Portrait Professional Getting Started Take a look at the Quick Start Guidel 7 to see a quick overview of how to use Portrait Professional The Step By Step Guidel1 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 support ticket system The support ticket system lets you send a question to our support staff 2012 Anthropics Technology Ltd Getting Started 1 1 Quick Start Guide Portrait Professional will guide you through each step but have a look at the quick start guide below to familiarize yourself with the stages Step 1 Select the image to enhance When you open Portrait Professional you will get the welcome screen To edit your own picture click on the Open 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 If you don t have an image to hand you can click on one of the example pictures instead
45. ere 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 Size Makes the synthetic skin texture pattern larger or smaller 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 Portrait Professional automatically removes spots by default You can adjustthe degree to which Portrait Professional removes spots using the Spot Removal drop down menu at the top of the Skin Controls If you find that Portrait Professional has not removed a spot you can manually touch up an area using the Touch Up brush If Portrait Professional has removed a spot that you want to keep you can manually restore it using the Restore brush More information about using brush tools FA Example The Before and After pictures below show an example of how wrinkles were removed automatically by Portrait Professional 2012 Anthropics Technology Ltd Portrait Professional 11 3 2 6 Eye Controls Portrait Professional can automatically brigh
46. fan image containing 16 bits per color sample is saved to a JPEG file it will automatically be converted to 8 bits per color sample Color profile supportl60 Images can contain extra information about the color space that is used by the RGB color values If this information is ignored the colors that appear on the screen and the colors in any file saved out may not be correct Only the Studio edition reads writes and applies this color space information Improved work flow when enhancing multiple The Studio edition allows you to select multiple files using images 68 the file browser to set up a list of files to work through This speeds up your work flow since you can use a single command after enhancing each image to save the result and load the next one 2012 Anthropics Technology Ltd Getting Started 2012 Anthropics Technology Ltd m Portrait Professional 11 2 2 1 Step By Step Guide To enhance an image with Portrait Professional you just need to follow a simple five step process The following sections describe each step in detail Step 1 Open An Image hA Step 2 Select Gender Step 3 Locate The Main Features 10 Step 4 Adjust The Outline 18 Step 5 Enhance The Imagel20 Open An Image The Portrait Professional Welcome screen When you run Portrait Professional it begins with the welcome screen y Portrait Professional Lo meza ody Skin Working and Viewing Window
47. he 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 e Adjusts the exposure of the skin 2012 Anthropics Technology Lid Reference 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 Cheeks Hue Changes the color temperature of the cheeks Pressing the Cheeks Hue button opens two sub sliders that let you change the color temperature of the left and right cheeks independently Balance Hue Gives a more even coloring within the skin area If the skin areas already have even coloring this slider will have little or no effect 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 29 Skin Lighting Controls Portrait Professional lets you enhance the lighting on the subject s face via simple controls You can adjust highlights adjust shadows and adjust contrast Sliders Cheekbo Gives more definition to the cheekbones Pressing the Cheekbones button opens two sub nes sliders that let you change the left and right cheeks
48. held Selects Crop tool Make brush radius smaller when a brush tooll7Mis selected Make brush radius larger when a brush tool is selected Change brush strength when touch up or restore brush tool is selected De selects the currently selected tool When a brush tool is selected temporarily switches to the pan tool When a brush tool is selected temporarily switches to the opposite brush When a smart brush is selected temporarily locks the detector This is useful when brush fine detail such as strands of hair 2012 Anthropics Technology Lid ER Portrait Professional 11 4 Installation Guide Once you ve downloaded Portrait Professional the installer will guide you through the process This section will help you through the various points ofthe installation procedure Step 1 Running the Installer Navigate to the folder the installer was saved to and double click the file to begin the installation process Windows will ask you if you want to run the file it will be signed by Anthropics Technology Ltd Select Continue to progress to the installation J e E Q A program needs your permission to continue you started this program continue CE Portrait Professional 10 Installer WEE Select Continue to begin Installation User Account Control helps stop unauthorized changes to your computer Continue Cancel Windows User Account Control Step 2 Installing Portrait Professional e
49. ider values You can 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 5 this will also be added Tools Reference This section describes the tools available in Portrait Professional These tools are available when enhancing an image 20 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 2012 Anthropics Technology Ltd 3 4 1 3 4 2 Reference Each tool has a different cursor shape so that you can easily see which tool is selected Pan Tool obt Pans the view ofthe image This is the default tool if no other tool is selected Brush Tools 7 Let you paintin the enhanced image to touch up or restore spots Area Brush Tools 72 Let you paint in the enhanced image to refine the skin or hair a
50. ill appear near the button used to selectit Brush Undo When you use any brush tool the last brush stroke can be undone using the Edit Menul 3 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 ofthe current session After an undo you can also redo to get back where you were from the Edit Menul3 Redo command or Control Y Tablet Support Portrait Professional 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 imagel2 The area brush tools are used to adjust the areas where the skin or hair enhancements are made Portrait Professional 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 with the brush the detector region is painted as normal The region between the inner circle and the outer circle will only be pain
51. independently Shadows Reduces the dark shadow areas within the skin selection moien Corrects defective lighting on the face only 2012 Anthropics Technology Ltd 52 Portrait Professional 11 Contrast Adjust the overall contrast within the skin selection Darkens any bright area of skin within the skin selection Note these lighting sliders only affect those parts of the picture that are in the skin areal5 Press the View Edit Skin Areal 561 button to change the skin area E t e Example 3 2 10 Hair Controls Portrait Professional 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 set Sliders Hair Recolor Amount Controls how much hair recoloring to apply The coloris 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 me Makes the hair more or less shiny Lighten Makes the hair lighter or darker 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 2012 Anthropics Technology Lid Reference 53 Hair Tidying Mode Further controls are located in Hair Tidying Mode Clic
52. ion can be found in the Installation guide 82 This application needs to be activated before it can be used You will have received a license token when you bought Portrait Professional which is a code that starts with PLS Tf this machine is connected to the Internet please select Automatic Activation enter the token and press OK If this machine does not have Internet access or you have a firewall that is blocking this application from accessing the Internet please select Manual Activation and follow the instructions _Automatic Activation wl Manual Activation Go to the following URL in a web browser www portraitprofessional com activate You will need to enter your license token and this system fingerprint SA23 T3S3 4Q6C CEMA KCLM UYRU The web page will then provide you with the license key that you need to activate the application If you have saved the license key to a text file press this button and use Load Key From File the file open panel that appears to open the file Alternatively if you have copied the license key text to the dipboard press Paste Key From Clipboard this button to read the key from the clipboard PPL F en v 10 2 3 Manual Activation Screen If you cannot activate Portrait Professional using the Automatic Activation click the Manual Activation tab to begin the manual activation process Begin by writing down the provided system fingerprint which is the 24 digit code on the manual activa
53. ional 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 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 2012 Anthropics Technology Ltd Reference ar Nose Enhances the shape ofthe nose Pressing the Nose button opens the following sub sliders Shorten Nose Shorten Philtrum Shortens or lengthens the nose bychanging the size ofthe head 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 ofthe nose Slim Tip Shrinks or enlarges the tip of the nose Slim Nose Narrows or wi
54. is dialog press the Save Your Sliders button in the Saved Sliders Controls 37 Save Sliders Enter a new name to save sliders under or select an existing one to overwrite Name Also Set As Default Female 7 Male Select Sliders To Save gt gt Las Il ce Enter a name and when you press OK the current slider values will be saved with the other Saved Sliders If you enter the name of an existing Saved Sliders setting 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 2012 Anthropics Technology Lid 6 Portrait Professional 11 Save Sliders Enter a new name to save sliders under or select an existing one to overwrite Name Also Set As Default Female Male Choose which sliders you want saved from the list below Sliders 4 Main Sliders Face Sculpt Controls Section Skin Controls Section d Eye Controls Section Y Mouth amp Nose Controls Section V Hair Controls Section gt Y Skin Lighting Controls Section gt Y Picture Controls Section D Hair Tidying Sliders lt lt Hide Sliders To Save Las 1 es Click in the checkbox next to each slider to toggle between saved
55. k 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 bythe Fill Hair Shadows slider Smooths out stray hairs 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 2012 Anthropics Technology Lid s Portrait Professional 11 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 73 Sliders Auto White Balance Auto Exposure Temperature Tint Exposure Brightness Smart Contrast Vibrance Automatically adjusts the color ofthe whole image to remove any color cast using the skin as a reference color Ifthe skin area is already a natural skin color this slider will have little or no effect Automatically adjusts
56. le 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 boxto use a dark color scheme or uncheck this box for a more conventional Windows style Show Examples on Welcome Screen check this boxto see the example images on the Welcome Screen 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 Ask If Mouth Closed When Adjusting Mouth Outline check this box and when adjusting the points on the mouth Portrait Professional 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 selectthatthe mouth is open and move on to the stage of actually moving the mouth points After doing this if the mouth really is closed just move the lip points together and they will merge to form a closed mouth shape Show E
57. n 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 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 2012 Anthropics Technology Ltd 4 Portrait Professional 11 3 2 4 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 b
58. n Iris Darken Pupil Remove Pupil Reflection Nudge Reflections Red Eye Removal sub sliders that let you setthe color for the left and right eyes independently Intensity 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 Brightens or darkens the iris the colored part of the eye Pressing the Brighten Iris button opens two sub sliders that let you brighten or darken the left and right irises independently 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 This slider blackens the pupil area to remove reflections This can be used with the Add Reflection drop down list to 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 Left Eye Horiz Moves the reflection in the left eye horizontally left amp right Left Eye Vert Moves the reflection in
59. n the perimeter Try to avoid moving the points around the perimeter The exception is corner points The points at the corners of the eyes or the corners of the mouth must go in the right place 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 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 Up 4 tool 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 Portrait Professional automatically works out which areas in your picture are skin However the automatic area selected can sometimes be adjusted to improve the results Use the skin Extend and Cut Back 581tools to paint over any skin areas that are wrong 2012 Anthropics Technology Lid 10 Portrait Professional 11 1 3 Portrait Professional Editions Portrait Professional comes in three editions Standard Studio and Studio 64 The Standard edition is intended for more casual users or amateur photographers The Studio edition is intended for enthusiast or professional users The Studio and Studio 64 editions have all of the same features The difference is that while the Studio edition is a 32 bit application Studio 64 is a 64 bi
60. ndow 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 screenshot above The two tabs above the images control the layout of the working view e Click on the View After Only tab to have only the enhanced image shown e 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 above the images that says Hold Button or Enter To Flip To Original 3 2 Zoom Control The Zoom Control is part of the control panel in the enhance photo stage I
61. ned an image and selected the gender the next step is to locate the positions of 5 key features on the face 2012 Anthropics Technology Lid Step By Step Guide examplel pg Portrait Professional lola File Edit Full Body Sk Click on the left corner of the left eye of your subject The 5 key features are 1 Left Comer of Left Eye 2 Right Corner of Right Eye 3 Tip of Nose 5 Right Corner of Mouth 4 Left Corner of Mouth Locating the feature points In the controls panel you can see an example of which point you need to click on next as an image and as a text description Click on the corresponding position in your image If you hold down the mouse button when clicking in your image you can see across appear You can then drag the mouse to reposition the cross The cross 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 5f panel As soon as you release the mouse after clicking Portrait Professional automatically asks you to select the next feature position However if you want to adjust the positions of any of the points you have already located you can click on them and drag them 2012 Anthropics Technology Lid Portrait Professional 11 2 4 Zooming In To help you to position the points more accurately you can hold down the CTRL key to zoom in
62. nhance Skin Only Button this box needs to be checked for the Enhance Skin Only button to be shown at the Select Genderl151stage Show Tool Tips uncheck this boxto turn off all the tool tips the pop up help that appears when you hover the mouse over a control Updates Settings Automatically Check for Updates if this is checked then Portrait Professional will periodically check to see if a new version of Portrait Professional 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 edition only If Auto Plug in Mode is set Portrait Professional will enter plug in model 22 if a path is specified on the command line when launching the application Color Settings Studio Edition Only 10 To bring up this dialog select File gt Settings menu command and the Color tab 2012 Anthropics Technology Ltd Reference s Settings General Color Language ge Color Settings Portrait Professional Studio lets you set what color space is used when processing pictures Y Enable Color Management Y High Performance Display Choose the working color RGB profile Use profile from picture Adobe RGB 1998 Apple RGB ColorMatch RGB ISO 22028 2 ROMM RGB profile sRGB v4 ICC preference per
63. nly available in the Studio editions of Portrait Professional The standard edition of Portrait Professional 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 Portrait Professional will have 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 management is turned on Portrait Professional 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 wo
64. nstall the Portrait Professional plug in into the chosen programs 18 Setup PortraitProfessional Plugin for Photoshop Completing the PortraitProfessional Plugin for Photoshop Setup Wizard Setup has finished installing PortraitProfessional Plugin for Photoshop on your computer Click Finish to exit Setup 2012 Anthropics Technology Ltd Portrait Professional 11 Plug in Installation Complete Note The plug in can be installed from Portrait Professional at any time under File gt Settings gt Plug in gt Run Plug in Installer General Color Language Plugin Run Photoshop Plug in Installer To use Portrait Professional as a plug in from Photoshop the plug in needs to be installed If you did not do this when Portrait Professional was first installed or if you have installed a new version of Photoshop you can re run the installer by pressing the button below Run Plug in Installer Using the Portrait Professional Plug in Studio Edition Only 101 The Studio edition of Portrait Professional can enter a plug in mode This is intended for use when Portrait Professional has been launched by another application to enhance an image thatis being managed by the other application Portrait Professional then behaves like a plug in to the other application After the plug in has been successfully installed as outlined in the Installation Guidel 82 you will be able to use
65. ode that starts with PLM If this machine is connected to the Internet please select Automatic Activation enter the token and press OK If this machine does not have Internet access or you have a firewall that is blocking this application from accessing the Internet please select Manual Activation and follow the instructions Please enter the license token you were given when you bought Portrait Professional Studio and then press the Activate button Token PPmaxL F en v11 0 17 Automatic Activation Screen Activating Portrait Professional using the Automatic activation method requires an active Internet connection If you require manual activation please refer to the Manual Activation guide below Once you re at the Automatic Activation screen type in the Activation token that was provided in the purchase confirmation mail and click Activate Once your token has been verified Portrait Professional will start up and be ready for use Ifyou want to activate your Portrait Professional license on a computer without an Internet connection please refer to the Manual Activation Guide oct 2012 Anthropics Technology Ltd ER Portrait Professional 11 4 1 Manual Activation Manual Activation Manual activation is for use in cases where there is no active Internet connection lfyou are connected to the Internet during the activation process itis recommended to use Automatic Activation Instructions on Automatic Activat
66. on t like the changes This command is only available at the enhance image stagel 20 Redo Lets you redo an operation that has been undone with the Undo command Full Body Skin The Full Body Skin menu contains the following command Change Skin Selection Area This command brings up the Skin Selection 67 panel for changing the skin area This command is only available at the enhance image stagel 20 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 2012 Anthropics Technology Ltd Reference 33 This is done byreducing the number of working pixels in the enhanced image This option is useful ifthe 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 Contents Launches the online help showing the table of contents Quick Start Guide Launches the online help showing the Quick Start Guidel 7 Keyboard Shortcuts Launches
67. ontrols 38 The main slider controls that give you total control over the way the image is enhanced These are grouped into the following sections e Face Sculpt Controls 40 Let you control how the shape of the face is altered Skin Controls MA Let you control how the skin is enhanced Eye Controls 461 Let you control how the eyes are enhanced Mouth amp Nose Controls MA Let you control how the mouth lips and nose are enhanced Hair Controls 524 Let you control how the hair is enhanced Skin Lighting Controls 51 Let you adjust the lighting on the skin e Picture Controls 54 Controls that affect the whole image such as brightness contrast and cropping Original Photo Shows the original Before image Enhanced Photo Shows the enhanced After image Viewing the controls The main sections in the controls panel on the right in the screenshot 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 2012 Anthropics Technology Lid Reference 35 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 the control panel can be resized by dragging the space between them Docking amp undocking the controls The controls panel can be undocked made into a separate wi
68. ove on to the next stage note you can ju 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 The face outline does not need to be set accurately The same rule applies here that you will get the best results if you only move those points that need it and move those as little as possible 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 Portrait Professional processing your image You will then be taken to the Enhance Imagel20 step where the fun begins Enhance The Image After you have adjusted the outline around the face in your image you are ready to start enhancing the image 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 Changing the result Por
69. ports reading the following camera RAW files 2012 Anthropics Technology Ltd Portrait Professional 11 Sec e p e pooo CS CE 3 7 Keyboard Shortcuts Portrait Professional provides the following keyboard shortcuts at the various stages of the application e rw f f Menu Commands CTRL O File gt Open command 2012 Anthropics Technology Lid Reference F4 Studio Edition Only 10 File gt Open Batch command CTRL S File gt Save command CTRL W File gt Close command CTRL E File gt Enhance Another Face In This Photo command CTRL Z Edit gt Undo command CTRL Y Edit gt Redo command Start Screen SPACE BAR Brings up File Open dialog to let you select the file to open Select Gender E 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 Skip to the end of the Adjust Outline stage Enhance Photo ENTER Flips enhanced image view to show original image while held Shows Hides Skin Area Selects Touch Up tool Selects Restore tool Selects Extend Hair Area tool Selects Cut Back Hair Area tool BE RK E Stee BtendSkinwetih en bunn 2012 Anthropics Technology Ltd s Portrait Professional 11 c 0 9 ESC SPACE BAR while held SHIFT while held ALT while
70. r Controls 52 section Click on the View Edit Hair Area button atthe top ofthe Hair Controls This will switch to the hair area selection tools The hair area will be shown as a translucent pink overlay over the enhanced 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 O 2012 Anthropics Technology Ltd Reference If the hair area is wrong manually adjust it using the Hair Area Brushes TA Press the OK button to return to the hair controls 3 3 Dialogs Reference This section describes the dialogs in Portrait Professional Save Image Options eh Options when saving image as JPEG or TIFF General Settings 59 Settings that control various parts of Portrait Professional Color Settings 60 Color Profile settings Studio edition only 3 3 1 Save Image Options When you save an image using the File gt Save Jpg Tiff menu command the Save Image Options dialog will appear 2012 Anthropics Technology Ltd s Portrait Professional 11 Save Image Options 3 3 2 Save Image As Type O JPEG TIFF JPEG Option Quality Low Small File This lets you select whether you want to save the image as a JPEG or TIFF 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
71. rea 52 hair sliders 52 help menu 33 image orientation 14 introduction 6 keyboard shortcuts 78 aa language dialog 63 locate features 16 manage sliders dialog 67 mouth sliders 49 multiple faces 22 N navigator 35 neckline 67 ER Portrait Professional 11 O opacity brush open image P pan tool 71 picture sliders presets 37 Q quick start guide 7 R radius brush 71 red eye removal 46 rename saved sliders re order saved sliders restore tool 42 rotate image 14 Se save image options save sliders dialog saved sliders 37 select gender 14 shape sliders 40 skin area 42 71 14 54 Skin Coloring Controls skin lighting 51 skin selection dialog skin sliders 42 sliders 38 start 6 Ts tiff 57 touch up tool 42 mi ge view after only 34 view before and after view menu 32 View Edit Skin Area 7e zoom control 35 67 67 57 65 38 67 34 51 2012 Anthropics Technology Ltd
72. reas Crop Tool z Used to crop the picture Pan Tool The Pan tool is available when you are enhancing an Image zg The Pan tool is the default tool 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 357 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 Image 20 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 7A 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 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
73. rofessional 11 r Settings General Color Language Plugin Run Photoshop Plug in Installer To use Portrait Professional as a plug in from Photoshop the plug in needs to be installed If you did not do this when Portrait Professional was first installed or if you have installed a new version of Photoshop you can re run the installer by pressing the button below Run Plug in Installer This dialog lets you install the plug in filter that makes Portrait Professional available in Photoshop You will have been offered the option to install the plug in when Portrait Professional 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 Portrait Professional 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 2012 Anthropics Technology Lid Reference e 3 3 3 Save Sliders To bring up th
74. s Skin Lighting Controls Hair Controls csssscesssseeees Picture Controls ccconcocccnccanancnnnns SKIN ALE a TOS ii A aa Reed ee aes Half Area Tools iba 3 Dialogs Rete rence cocina id ENEE Eed Save Image OPtiONS inmi 57 GL CS General Settings 2012 Anthropics Technology Lta Portrait Professional 11 5 6 7 Part IV y elle le EE 60 Language Sends 045 TOTO 63 Plugin Save Sliders Manage Saved SI EE 67 SKIN Area seins EEEE EEE tn A it eue 67 Batch hs Nm tire Eege cn See ess 68 Tools Reference iii didas 70 Pan Tool Brush Tools Ss AresBrusch TO iii A sn dame nous ne ea du den Dune ENEE 72 CROP STOOL A ie tn anna at a ne otage nas ee Eeer 73 Third Party Cr dits di 74 Supported File Types Eege EES EES 77 Keyboard ShortQutS s ns anaana inaia araia EA aie 78 Installation Guide 82 Manual Activati TEE 86 Index 89 2012 Anthropics Technology Ltd 6 Portrait Professional 11 1 Getting Started Introduction Portrait Professional is the easiest and fastest way to re touch portraits in just five easy steps allowing you to achieve professional results in minutes Portrait Professional works in a completely different way to ordinary airbrushing and photo editing software normally used by the pros Portrait Professional 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 r
75. ssional 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 corner of the left eye is in the position you selected in the previous step locating the main features Me You may want to adjust it now that the image is zoomed in more closely on the eye along with the other points around the eye Two blue circles are shown inside the eye The smaller circle should fit around the pupil the black part in the middle of the eye The larger 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 If they are in the wrong place wait until the eye outline has been set before adjusting them since the circle positions may be fixed once the eye outline is correct If you do need to move the circles click on the point in the center of the circles This lets you reposition the circles If you click on the eye center point two more points appear one on each circle These points let you adjust the sizes of the circles so that they fit around the pupil and iris respectively The positions of these points around the circle don t matter they are only used to set the sizes of the circles Depending on the shape of the eyebrow it can be difficult to get the outline to fit around the eyebrow
76. stick so that it can be transferred to the computer without an Internet connection The file should be named PPkey txt PortraitProfessional Portrait Professional Manual Activation Thank you your key has been generated Download Key Next Step Download the key as a text file and load it into the manual activation panel in the application by pressing the Load Key From File button If the machine running Portrait Professional has no network access the best way to transfer the key file to that machine would be to copy it onto a USB memory stick Alternatively you can open copy all the contents of the key text file to the clipboard and then press the Paste Key From Clipboard button on the manual activation dialog support www portraitprofessional com 11 Anthropics Technology Ltd Key Download Site Insert the USB key with the PPKey tx file into the computer that has Portrait Professional installed Open Portrait Professional once again and return to the Manual Activation screen Atthis point you have two choices on how you would like to activate Portrait Professional The easier method is to click the Load Key From File button and select the PPKey file from the USB stick as shown below After selecting the PPKey file Portrait Professional should then successfully activate 2012 Anthropics Technology Ltd Portrait Professional 11 Select License File CHA Documents Manual Activation Key sea Views 1 de
77. t Professional automatically determines which areas ofthe picture are skin This is the area that will be affected bythe skin and skin lighting sliders For some pictures Portrait Professional may not getthe skin area exactly right so you should always check the skin area and fix itif necessary To check and fix the skin area click the View Edit Skin Area button which is atthe top of each of the sections that contain sliders that enhance the skin area These sections are Skin SmoothingI4A Skin Coloringl 50 and Skin Lighting 5 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 TA You can also get Portrait Professional to recalculate the skin area by clicking on the Recalculate Skin Area button This will bring up the Skin Areal 6 dialog Press the OK button to return to the slider controls Hair Area Tools Portrait Professional automatically finds the area in the image that is hair This is the area that will be affected by the 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 fixthe hair area Press the Show Hair Controls button to open the Hai
78. t application This means ithas access to all of the memoryin your computer and so can handle larger images The Studio 64 edition can only run on a 64 bit edition of Windows The Studio edition can run on both 32 or 64 bit editions of Windows This manual covers all editions with features that are only available in the Studio Studio 64 edition indicated like this Studio Edition Only The main differences between the Standard and Studio editions are listed below Photoshop plug in supportl 63 The Studio edition comes with a Photoshop plug in component This allows you to open an image in Portrait Professional Studio directly from within Photoshop When you have finished enhancing the image in Portrait Professional the result is automatically loaded back into Photoshop Read RAW image files 7A and Adobe DNG Onlythe Studio edition can read RAW image files and Adobe files DNG files 16 bits per color sample support 48 bits per The Studio edition can work with images containing 16 bits pixel per color sample 48 bits per RGB pixel The Standard edition is limited to 8 bits per color sample 24 bits per RGB pixel RAW images typically contain more than 8 bits per color sample so the Studio edition allows this extra information to be preserved The Studio edition can read and write TIFF files containing 16 bits per color sample The Standard edition cannot The JPEG file format does not support 16 bits per color sample so i
79. t lets you see what part of the whole image is visible in the working view It also provides controls to let you zoom in and out or pan the current view 2012 Anthropics Technology Ltd 36 Portrait Professional 11 Zoom Button The screenshot above shows the Zoom Control The Zoom Control Header contains the following controls Zoom Button Zoom Slider Fit Button Face Button 1 1 Button Zoom In Out Button Lets you collapse the Zoom control so that just the Zoom Control Header is shown Click again to expand the Zoom control Lets you zoom in slide to the right or out slide to the left Zooms the view so that the whole image is visible Zooms the view to the face Sets the zoom scale so that a pixel in the original image is one screen pixel 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 e 4 1 means 4 screen pixels are filled by 1 image pixel the image is zoomed in by a factor of 4 e 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 z 2012 Anthropics Technology Ltd 3 2 2 Reference Resizing the Zoom Control The whole control p
80. ted 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 2012 Anthropics Technology Lid Skin Brushes Reference To view or fixthe skin area 561 press the Show Skin Controls button to open the Skin Controls 4A 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 58 press the Show Hair Controls button to open the Hair Controls 521 section and then press the View Edit Hair 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 d
81. ten 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 Whiten Eyes Brighten Eyes Brightening Area Sharpen 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 the white part of the eyes The area affected is controlled by the Brightening Area slider Whitening 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 Brightens the white part of the eyes Brightening increases the brighiness while maintaining the color Pressing the Brighten Eyes button opens two sub sliders that let you brighten the left and right eyes independently Changes the area of the eye that will be whitened or brightened by the Eye Whiten or Eye Brighten sliders Pressing the Brightening Area button opens two sub sliders that let you change the brightening area for the left and right eyes independently Sharpens the subject s eyes Pressing the Sharpen Eyes button opens the following sub sliders that let O 2012 Anthropics Technology Ltd Sharpen Eyebrows Change Eye Color 2012 Anthropics Technology Ltd Reference you control the amount of sh
82. 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 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 THIS SOFTWARE T jpeglib JPEG image reading and writing is provided by jpegtiff 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 zlib Zlib compression supportis provided by zlib C 1995 2012 Jean loup Gailly and Mark Adler Adobe DNG SDK DNG reading is provided by the Adobe DNG SDK
83. the control panel The Saved Sliders control can be made taller or shorter by dragging the space between the Saved Sliders control and the main Sliders Control Slider Controls Sliders are the main way of controlling how your image is enhanced Master Fade L 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 O 2012 Anthropics Technology Ltd Reference s You can double click on a slider to resetits value to 0 Slider Sections The sliders are organized into a number of sections Face Sculpt Controls 407 Subily reshape the face to beautify facial features Skin Smoothing Controls 4A Im prove the appearance of the skin Also provides tools to let you refine the areas that Portrait Professional treats as skin Eye Controls 46 Improve the appearance of the eyes Also provides an option to enable red eye removal Mouth 8 Nose Controls 4 Im prove the appearance of the mouth and nose Skin Coloring Controls 50 Alter the color of the skin Skin Lighting Controls 51 Enhance the lighting on the skin Hair Controls 527 Improve the appearance of the hair Also provides tools to let you refine the areas that Portrait Professional treats as hair Picture Controls 54 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 scree
84. the exposure ofthe image using the skin as a reference Ifthe skin area already has a good exposure this slider will have little or no effect Adjusts the color ofthe whole image to remove any temperature red blue color cast Adjusts the color of the whole image to remove any tint green purple color cast Adjusts the overall exposure brightness ofthe 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 Adjusts the brightness of the whole image This control has most effect on the mid tones ofthe image Increases or decreases the contrast ofthe 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 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
85. the online help showing the Keyboard Shortcuts 787 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 Portrait Professional If updates are available links will be provided for you to download them Support Launches the default web browser to show the Portrait Professional support pages You can use this to find answers to common questions or to contact the Portrait Professional supportteam Forum Launches the default web browser to show the Portrait Professional user forum This is where you can join the Portrait Professional community in discussions about the product and photography in general About Portrait Professional Brings up the About Box which shows the version of Portrait Professional that you have 2012 Anthropics Technology Ltd 34 Portrait Professional 11 3 2 Controls Panel Reference This section describes the main controls available when you are enhancing an image Enhance Image Controls Overview f WM DR example jpg Portrait Professional oo s Zoom Control Enhanced Photo Photo A pp Saved Sliders i Slider Controls Zoom Control 354 Lets you select the area of the image thatis shown Saved Sliders BA Lets you set groups of sliders to saved values Slider C
86. tion screen and is unique to your computer On a computer with an active Internet connection go to http www portraitprofessional com activate and enter both the Activation Token provided in the purchase mail and the System Fingerprint provided on the Manual Activation screen 2012 Anthropics Technology Lid Installation Guide IPortraitProfessional Portrait Professional Manual Activation This page lets you manually activate an installation of Portrait Professional To use this page you need two things System fingerprint To find this value run Portrait Professional and select the Manual Activation tab in the dialog that appears This will show you the system fingerprint which consists of groups of 4 characters separated by dashes Example M813 34XW 56VU 78TS 3ARQ You will have received a token when you bought Portrait Professional This consists of 5 groups of 3 characters separated by dashes Example PLM 012 345 678 901 After you have entered these two values press Get Key and you will be given a key to enter into the Manual Activation dialog in the Portrait Professional application E REH PLS 000 000 000 000 support www portraitprofessional com 2011 Anthropics Technology Ltd Manual Activation Web Page Enter the System fingerprint amp the Activation token on the site amp click Get Key This will provide you with a link to the Download Key e Click Download Key and save the file on a USB
87. tis 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 Ifyou opened a JPEG file the enhanced image will be saved as a JPEG Ifyou opened a TIFF file or any RAW file type Studio edition 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 atthe enhance image stagel20 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 20 Save Jpg Tiff Brings up the Save Image Options 57 panel to let you save the enhanced image as a JPG or TIFF image file and to set save options A File Save dialog will then appear to let you select where to save the file This command is only available at the enhance image stagel 20 Save Session Saves the current session so that it can be opened again in Portrait Professional Portrait Professional sessions files are saved in a proprietary format that cannot be loaded into any other applications The file
88. trait Professional will automatically enhance your image when you reach this stage See Saved Sliders B A for how to configure this default enhancement 2012 Anthropics Technology Lid Step By Step Guide 21 You can change how the image is enhanced by moving the sliders in the Controls panell z i The sliders are grouped into sections that control various aspects of the face When you first enter this stage the Face Sculpt Controls 40 and Skin Controls 4A 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 ifthe 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 Portrait Professional also comes with a set of Saved Sliders BA settings 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 Fixing problems Most problems with the enhanced images are caused either by one or more sliders being pushed up too far or by the skin or hair areas being wrong Use the Brush tools 7fto fix the skin and hair areas Other problems can occur if the outlines are not positioned correctly over the face This can be corrected by moving the con
89. tribution 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 merchantability 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 3 6 Supported File Types Portrait Professional 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 Portrait Professional to store a session Studio Edition In addition Portrait Professional Studio sup
90. trol points on the before image Saving the result To save the result select the Save command from the File Menul30 or from the Next button at the top left This lets you save the enhanced image as a JPEG image file The Save Jpg Tiff option allows saving JPEG files with extra options and also TIFF file saving If you would like to save all the settings so that you can reload your image and continuing adjusting the sliders select the Save Session command from the File Menu This saves the original image all the point positions the skin and hair areas and all the sliders values into a proprietary pp file 2 6 Select Another Face To Enhance If there is more than one face in your photo that you want to enhance select the menu command File gt Enhance Another Face In This Photo This takes you to the Select Face stage where you can see the faces that have already been located and enhanced in the photo These are shown with a heading that indicates whether the face has been set as Female or Male and also shows the outlines around the features Move the cursor over a face and two buttons appear Select Selects this face and takes you back to the Enhance Imagel20 stage where you can make further adjustments to how this face is enhanced Adjust Outlines Takes you to the Adjust Outlines M amp A stage where can make changes to the outlines around the features Note that you can also adjust the outlines at the Enhance Imagel2A stage
91. uld 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 thatbecome out 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 2012 Anthropics Technology Ltd Reference e 3 3 2 3 Language Settings To bring up this dialog select the File gt Settings menu command and choose the Language tab e Settings General Color Language Select Language English Deutsch German Francais French Espa ol Spanish Italiana Italian Portugu s 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 if that language is supported otherwise English will be selected 3 3 2 4 Plugin Studio Edition Only 10 To bring up this dialog select File gt Settings menu command and the Plugin tab 2012 Anthropics Technology Ltd e Portrait P
92. uring 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 imagel20 To select the Crop tool press the Crop tool button in the Picture Controls 54 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 gotitwrong Upon opening the tool the crop grid will be overlaid on your picture 2012 Anthropics Technology Ltd Portrait Professional 11 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 changes you have just made click on Discard Opens Drop Down Menu of Predefined Aspect Ratios a r lt a Crop Tool Settings y
93. where the other points are Any of these points may move if any other points are moved e The small blue squares these are points that you have placed To begin with just the 5 points that you located in the previous step are blue e 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 Whenever you drag a control point it will turn into a blue square to let you know thatitis a point that you have positioned For best results 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 likelyto end up with a worse result After you have adjusted each position or if no adjustmentis necessary press the space bar or click on the Next button Adjusting the outline for each feature For greater accuracy you can ask Portrait Professional 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 by clearing the Skip Zoomed In Steps When Adjusting Outlines check box in the General Settings 5 panel This will happen automatically for profile side on faces regardless of this setting since the automatic feature finder does not support profile views Portrait Profe
94. y it s label For most sliders you increase the effect by moving the slider to the right and decrease the effect by moving the slider to the left The exception is those sliders that allow negative values 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 O 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 Portrait Professional 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 Portrait Professional 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 Portrait Profess

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