Perfect Portrait User Guide
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1. 1 Start by opening an image into Perfect Portrait 2 Your subject s face will automatically be detected It will have a white bracket around Select the Face tool and make sure the Face Tool Inspector is visible Press the i to FACES it Face Size Medium show the inspector if it is hidden d Face Only Click and hold on the Face Size pop up A mask showing the the amount of face skin selected will appear If part of the face near the edge of the face is not included try selecting a larger size Next adjust the Blemish Removal slider to reduce the amount of blemishes Usually Blemish Removal 70 80 for females and child or 30 40 for males Then adjust the Skin Smoothing slider Usually 20 40 for females and 10 20 for males and children Mouth Strength Next adjust the Eye Strength This adjusts how much the eyes are enhanced Skin Smoothing Eye Strength Last adjust the Mouth Strength This adjusts how much the teeth and lips are enhanced Finally press apply when you are done Intermediate An intermediate user will follows the same steps as a basic user but also uses the Retouch brush and may use a preset or manual adjustments 9 10 1 Start by opening an image into Perfect Portrait 2 Your subject s face will automatically be detected It will have a white bracket around it 3 4 Click and hold on the Face Size pop up A mask showing the the amount of face skin selected will appear If part2. onOne software Perfect Portrait User Guide User Guide Created Thursday November 10 2011 Perfect Portrait User Guide copyright 2008 2011 onOne Software All rights reserved The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice This document contains proprietary information which is protected by copyright All rights are reserved No part of this document may be photocopied reproduced or translated to another language without the prior written consent of onOne Software Table of Contents Enapler 1 ET Lee LU 1 SOS EE eene 1 ee giele le 2 Contacing onone SOMWANE crol rn aan ne RS ete ANNEE ute eho a nee LR AM CARS EE 2 Chapter 2 Installation usaron aida 3 System Requirements u ers er ul ee ee AE 3 INS CANN UII as ae scent corsage ote eh ct ale CR ae a 3 o a de had EE 4 ACIVAatIion and REGIS AUD use a te de Ad Vtt nan it NN DOE 4 Chapter 3 What is New Perfect Portrait 5 Chapter 4 Getting Started 7 SUDPOMeO RIG DCS EE 7 Opening Penect PONA eene 8 EE EE Ee 9 Navigating Me A en La di de tener CO 10 Chapter 5 Using Perfect Portrait 12 ei let ACES aa en co ci nn naan a Oo eee 13 SING THe elei BC NEE 14 EE Ae NE M ont ne ere mie tance 15 SAS OCR ES a nen 16 Faclal Fealliies nd idad da ee ot 17 Adj sting the Selection MASKS EE 17 BUS OS ONHOIS eebe 19 Refining the Selections LL 20 BT CEET ER HORNVOOM RE EE 23 DAC RIDE SSIS En a SARA A Ve 23 Aperture Se EE Ee 24 Chapt
3. 2 Skin Retouching Hides or shows the Skin Retouching pane Skin Retouching ap 3 SkinTune Opens or closes the SkinTune pane SkinTune SE Ba 5 dates Facial Features GE acial Features Opens or closes the Facial Features pane 5 3 i d Show Hide Inspector Show Hide I nspector Opens or closes the inspector Show Hide Browser gel Show Hide Browser Opens or closes the preset browser Welcome Dialog Welcome Dialog Opens the Welcome Dialog which shows basic step by step instructions for using Perfect Portrait Lexi008 psd 50 8 bit Document Name Shows the name zoom level and bit depth of the open image Perfect Portrait File Edit Mask Preset View Help Keyboard Shortcuts Help Search Not used Mac OSX only Perfect Portrait Help Opens this html help in your default web browser Perfect I nspiration Opens the default web browser and navigates to the Perfect Inspiration Gallery at the onOne website Perfect Portrait Help Check for Updates Checks with the onOne update server to see if you are running the current version If there is a newer version you will be notified and be walked through the update process Perfect Inspiration Activate Deactivate Opens the activation dialog These are used to deactivate Check for Updates your software for moving it to another computer or for a return Deactivate Registration Registration Opens the default web browser and navigates to the registrat
4. Perfect Photo Suite instead then select Perfect Portrait from the module selector Don t select multiple images unless you wish to merge them into a single layered file A If you are using Perfect Portrait as part of the Perfect Photo Suite select clicking control clicking on an image and selecting Edit with gt Perfect Portrait Q You can also access Perfect Portrait from the contextual menu by right See also Supported File Types User Interface Navigating the Preview User Interface Click on any tool or control in the window below to learn its function Adobe Flash Required Perfect Portrait User Guide 10 Getting Started Tip If you work on a smaller display you can open the close the library with the Command down arrow Mac or Control down arrow Win short cut This gives the preview more room so you can use the Masking Brush Supported File Types Opening Perfect Portrait Navigating the Preview Navigating the Preview Navigating the Preview Perfect Portrait provides a number of easy ways to navigate and view your image in the Preview window Hand Tool The Hand tool is used to drag the image within the Preview window whenever the image size is larger than the viewable area To pan scroll in the Preview screen e Select the Hand tool and drag the image until you locate the area you wish to view e With any other tool selected press Spacebar while you drag the image in the window Y Tip Hold
5. Perfect Portrait User Guide 6 What is New Perfect Portrait New Facial Feature Detection More than just finding each face Perfect Portrait also quickly finds the eyes and mouth in a portrait automatically You no longer have to waste time painting in the features or using complicated manual wizards Because the features are identified right away you can quickly get to the task of enhancing those critical features New SkinTune Color Correction Perfect Portrait helps you achieve accurate and natural skin color automatic This color correction technology adjusts color based on the skin color and et of each face in the image New Retouch Brush The brand new retouch brush removes acne stray hairs veins or other large blemishes Just dab the retouch brush on a blemish and it is gone automatically It never been this easy before New Works Where You Do Perfect Portrait works directly with Lightroom and Aperture and even as a standalone application It also works as a plug in to Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Photoshop Elements Lightroom Aperture Perfect Portrait User Guide Getting Started 7 Getting Started This getting started section will give you only the basics of using Perfect Portrait If you have never used Perfect Portrait before this is a good place to start You might also try watching the getting started video tutorial For detailed information on steps and controls mentioned in the getting started secti
6. Window Help Keyboard Shortcuts Mask Show Hide Mask Toggles the current mask view mode on or off Show Mask Flyout menu with mask preview options Perfect Portrait File Edit Preset View Window Help Keyboard Shortcuts Preset E ZS Undo Stroke Redo Stroke Cut Copy Paste Reset All Show Hide Mask M Show Mask gt Menus 27 SE tHe ae ood COZ E nf d ap 5 V Perfect Portrait User Guide 28 Menus Save Preset Saves the current Effect Stack as a new preset Save Preset 5 I mport Preset Opens the import preset dialog to help you import presets you have downloaded Import Preset Show Presets Folder Show Presets Folder Opens a Finder or Explorer window showing the presets folder Delate Pre ar t regel Delete Preset Deletes the current preset Edit Preset Into Edit Preset I nfo Opens the preset dialog so you can edit the name author or description information Perfect Portrait File Edit Mask View Window Help Keyboard Shortcuts View Zoom In Zooms the preview window in one increment This will make the preview image larger Zoom Out Zooms the preview window out one increment This will make the preview images smaller Fit to Screen This sets the preview image so that the entire image is on screen at once Think of this as an overview of the entire image This is the setting you will use most of t
7. Deleting presets removes them from your hard drive and you will no longer be able to use them If you need to reload a preset you have deleted follow the instructions in the sharing presets section I mporting and Sharing Presets You can import presets you have downloaded from the onOne website or other site using these steps Perfect Portrait User Guide eS Ye Using Perfect Portrait 23 Download and if needed unzip the presets Perfect Portrait presets will have a ONPortrait extension Simply double click on a preset If you want to add multiple presets at the same time select all of them first Perfect Portrait will open and you will be asked which category you want to place the presets into Select a category That s it next time you use Perfect Portrait the new presets will be located in the category you selected You can delete the files you downloaded they have been copied into Perfect Portrait You can share presets like you would share any other file such as email or posting them to a website First you need to find the preset files The easiest way it to open Perfect Portrait then from the Preset menu select Show Presets Folder A Finder Mac or Explorer Win window will open and will display the presets folder In the presets folder are sub folders for your preset categories Inside each sub folder are the individual preset files with a ONPortrait extension You can copy these presets to another computer attach them to
8. SkinTune automatically color corrects the entire image based on the skin color of your subject When Perfect Portrait finds the first face in the scene it analyses the average skin color of that face and compares it to libraries of hundreds of thousands of color correct skin color samples Keep in mind that SkinTune is designed for whole image color correction not for local color changes SkinTune only needs to be performed on one person in a scene If you have multiple people they all have the same color cast issues Using SkinTune on one person will correct the others as well The SkinTune pane contains the following controls SkinTune ethnicity Caucasian I Ethnicity The ethnicity pop up determines which color library to use for the color correction Every ethnicity has difference hue characteristics no matter how bright or saturated the skin is For the best results use the ethnicity library for the face that is selected If you are not sure use the All option which is an average of all ethnicities Color Shift i 34 Evenness i Ds Strength Adjusts the overall strength of the correction The default is 90 Decrease this is the correction is too strong Warmth Warmth is set automatically based on the image but can be adjusted up or down based on personal preference Underexposed images may have too much warmth where open open sky or overexposed images may not be warm enough Color Shift SkinTune does its bes
9. The Faces Tool is the first tool in the tool well It is used to select which face you want to work on if you have more than one face in your image It is the default tool selected when you open Perfect Portrait The currently selected face will have a white bracket around it The inspector for the Faces Tool contains all the basic adjustments you need to get started using Perfect Portrait Face Size The Face Size control used to adjust the overall size of the face skin mask To adjust it click and hold on the pop up The current automatic face skin mask is shown If important skin areas at the edges of the face are not included select a larger size It may take a second or two to render the updated mask Keep the pop up held down so you can see the results of your selection Keep in mind you always refine the skin mask using the Skin Refine Tool Face Only The face only toggle limits the skin retouching to just the skin of the face This is on by default and is recommended for most uses This will prevent other flesh colored areas in your scene from being retouched This include things like hair or other people Their are two occasions when you would want to disable the face only toggle e If you are working on a single subject with little or no clothing and you wish to apply the skin retouching to all of the subjects skin e Your are working on a large group portrait where it is impractical to adjust each face FACES Face Size Medium
10. Y Face Only Skin Smoothing Blemish Removal separately You can instead disable the face only option and apply the same Eye Strength retouching to everyone in the scene Mouth Strength Blemish Removal Sets the amount of automatic blemish removal This removes medium sized blemishes like large pores acne and fine lines and wrinkles Usually 70 80 for females and child or 30 40 for males Skin Smoothing Sets the amount of skin smoothing This smooths the overall appearance of the skin similar to powder is cosmetics Use the smallest amount needed as this will reduce the texture in the skin Generally 20 50 for females and 10 30 for children and males Eye Strength Sets the amount of automatic eye enhancement This whitens the eyes and increase the clarity Mouth Strength Sets the amount of automatic mouth enhancement This whitens teeth and increase the vibrance of lips Perfect Portrait User Guide Using the Retouch Brush The Retouching Brush is used to remove or soften large blemishes acne or wrinkles that can not be removed automatically To use the Retouch Brush select it in the toolwell on the left of the window It is useful to have the inspector available when using the retouch brush If it is not visible press the i key on your keyboard to show it It is picture to the right Adjust the brush size to the same size as the blemish you wish to remove then dab the brush on the spot It is best to use the sma
11. contains general application settings that are used by Perfect Portrait The Perfect Portrait preferences are accessed from the Perfect Portrait or Perfect Photo Suite menu on Mac or the Edit menu on Windows The preferences contain the following controls General Settings 1 Working Color Space When a file is opened in standalone mode and has no color profile associated with it this is the assumed color profile for the image Images that come from other hosts or have tagged or embedded profiles will use the associated profile instead 2 Scrolling Controls Let s you select how the mouse scrollwheel or scrolling gesture works The options are 1 Adjust Zoom Adjusts the zoom of the preview window Scrolling up increases the zoom scrolling down decreases the zoom It is important that the zooming is comfortable not too fast or slow or jerky 2 Pan Image Pans the image like using the pan tool or navigator It is important that the panning is comfortable not too fast or slow or jerky 3 Adjust Tool Size Adjusts the size of the current tool if relevant such as a brush tool 3 Preview Background Color You may select the color of the background behind the preview image The default color is black There should be options for black white light gray dark gray and custom The custom option a color picker where you can select your own background color Lightroom Plug In Settings 1 Color Space Specifies the color space
12. down the spacebar temporarily to activate the Hand tool no matter what tool is currently selected Tip Double click the Hand tool in the Toolbar to set the image to a magnification that fits completely in the current window size Zoom Tool The Zoom tool changes the magnification of the image in the Preview screen up to 1600 With the Zoom tool selected Click in the Preview window to zoom in and center the image at the location clicked Click and drag in the Preview screen to draw a rectangular marquee the screen fills with the area within the marquee when you release the mouse Double click in the Preview screen to set the Preview screen to 100 magnification Hold the Option key Mac or Alt key Win and click to zoom out Tip Double click the Zoom tool in the Toolbar to set the image to 1 1 or 100 magnification showing every pixel This is best when adjusting textures and for examining small details Navigator and Loupe Pane The Navigator pane gives you a complete birds eye view of your image The red region of interest indicator marks the area of your image that is visible in the preview pane You can Y Navigator Loupe pan your image by clicking and dragging inside the red region of interest indicator At the top of the Navigator pane are several Zoom presets To activate a Zoom preset simply click on it When you toggle to Loupe mode you see a magnified section of the preview under the cursor This allows you to judge the qual
13. just like you would in Photoshop Wacom Controls None e Brush Feather The Feather slider adjusts how hard or soft the edge of the brush is Ata low setting the brush will have a hard distinct edge The inner and outer circles will be close together Show Mask Grayscale e Ata higher feather setting the brush will have a softer feathered Sora ne appearance The inner and outer circles will be farther apart Generally a Painting Mode Paint Out soft edged brush will blend the effect in or out in a more realistic way e You can adjust the brush feather using the shift left or right bracket keys or on your keyboard just like you would in Photoshop e Brush Opacity The Opacity slider adjusts how much paint is applied with each brush stroke Ata low opacity it will take many strokes to paint in or paint out an effect Low settings are good when fine control is required or you want the effect to be subtle o Higher opacity settings are good when you need to quickly change the strength of an effect o You can adjust the brush opacity using the number keys on your keyboard 1 0 1 10 2 20 etc just like you would in Photoshop e Wacom Controls The Masking Control in Perfect Portrait supports Wacom pressure sensitive drawing tablets This allows you to control both the brush size and opacity with your Wacom tablet e If Brush Size is selected the harder you press with your stylus the larger the brush will appear up
14. of the face near the edge of the face Select the Face tool and make sure the Face Tool Inspector is visible Press the i to show the inspector if it is hidden is not included try selecting a larger size Select the Retouch brush adjust its size using the Retouch Brush inspector Then dab the Retouch brush on any large blemishes or wrinkles Next go to the SkinTune pane and adjust the warmth and hue shift sliders to tune the color correction Then go to the Skin Retouching pane and and adjust the following or you can start with a preset from the preset drawer at the bottom 1 Start with the the Blemish Removal slider to reduce the amount of blemishes Usually 70 80 for females and child or 30 40 for males 2 Then adjust the Skin Smoothing slider Usually 20 40 for females and 10 20 for males and children 3 Increase the Shine slider if your subject has shiny skin Next go to the Facial Features pane and adjust the following 1 In the Eyes section adjust the Whitening and Clarity amounts 2 In the Mouth section adjust the Whitening if you subject has an open mouth smile 3 Increase the mouth vibrance if your subject is wearing lipstick If your image has more than one face select the second face and repeat steps 4 8 as needed Finally press apply when you are done Advanced An advanced user may have images with more than one face and may fine tune the face eye and mouth selections manually Ne Start by opening an image int
15. pop up in the bottom left corner of each preview pane Left or Top Before Side Right or Bottom or Single After Side Overlay this shows the mask for the current layer White this shows the mask for the current layer Dark this shows the mask for the current layer Composite default option this shows the composite of all enabled layers Overlay this shows the mask for the current layer White this shows the mask for the current layer Dark this shows the mask for the current layer Grayscale this shows the mask for the current layer Grayscale this shows the mask for the current layer Original default option Shows the original image Previous Effect Displays the results from the previous effect See also Supported File Types Opening Perfect Portrait User Interface Perfect Portrait User Guide 12 Using Perfect Portrait Using Perfect Portrait Perfect Portrait is designed to simply retouching and empower portrait photographers of all levels to create stunning portraits It contains what we feel are the most important tools for color correcting retouching smoothing and enhancing portrait images Perfect Portrait provides several ways to work depending on your user level It works for beginners through advanced users Below are example workflows for different user levels Beginner A user who is just starting with Perfect Portrait and is working on properly exposed portraits of a single person
16. support department Most popular pages Welcome Additional Resources Using Perfect Portrait Working with Faces System Requirements Opening Perfect Portrait Adjusting the Selection Masks Using the Retouch Brush What is New Perfect Portrait Contacting onOne Software rev 1 0 0 1111101 dh Using this Helo System The user guide for Perfect Portrait is presented in html and is readable in most web browsers When you access the user guide from the help menu it will appear in your default web browser On the left side you will see a table of contents that makes it easy to find the section you are looking for The table of contents are hyperlinks that will take you to the specified section by clicking on them The main body of the page will show you the content you have requested Use the scroll bar at the right to scroll down for additional content You may see additional hyperlinks in the body text They will be blue and underlined Clicking on one of these hyperlinks will take you to more relevant information You use the same forward and back buttons in your browser to navigate this user guide as you would a regular web page You can even bookmark pages so you can find them quickly in the future If you don t see what you are looking for in the table of contents try the search field You can type in what you are looking for and an index of pages will be created automatically that contain your search term Printing the Manual You can
17. 0 First adjust your preview zoom to Fit to Face this will zoom in on the current face Next select the Skin Refine tool Make sure the inspector is visible as well Enable either Overlay or Dark mask preview These modes make it easy to see the mask and the image at the same time Now use the Refine brush set to paint in to add areas of the skin that may have not been included in the automatic selection Toggle the paint mode to paint out in the inspector to remove any areas that are not skin Focus on hair around the face Don t worry too much about the areas around the eyes and mouth these areas are adjusted with the Eye and Mouth refine tools instead Do make sure that the eyebrows are not selected unless you want to soften them Next select the Eye Refine tool Notice that the mask view changes to show the selection of just the eye region The image area will be reduced to just the area around the eyes Repeat the paint in and paint out process to refine the eye selection Make sure you have the entire iris and white area as well as eye lashes in your selection Next select the Mouth Refine tool Notice that the mask view changes to show the selection of just the mouth region The image area will be reduce to just the area around the mouth Repeat the paint in and paint out process to refine the mouth selection Make sure you have all of the teeth selected If your subject is wearing lipstick and you wis
18. New Perfect Portrait What is New Perfect Portrait Complete library of professional quality photographic effects Live full screen effect previews Stack blend and combine effects to create your own unique look Works directly with Lightroom Aperture or Photoshop nana Perfect Portrait Lintitied psd 2 5 006 amp be _ New Automatic Face Detection More than just finding each face Perfect Portrait also quickly finds the eyes and mouth in a portrait automatically Because the features are identified right away you can quickly get to the task of enhancing those critical features 000 Perfect Portrait PhotoTune PhotoTools Skin 01 ps4 50 0 8 bit OF Perfect Photo Suite 6 The next generation of the extremely popular PhotoTools 2 6 Professional What is New Perfect Portrait 5 New Designed J ust for Portraits You get just the tools you need to quickly enhance and retouch portraits W purposefully kept out any unnecessary tools or controls that would get in yc Way 000 Perfect Portrait Untitled pid833 3 8 bit CK Perfect Photo Suite 6 New Skin Smoothing and Blemish Removal With Perfect Portrait you will get great looking natural skin automatically be Perfect Portrait maintains realistic skin structure so portraits don t look over retouched You can quickly reduce small blemishes like wrinkles and deep po smooth the skin to an even consistency Perfect Portrait can be used on jus face or the entire body
19. ack Grayscale The masked area appears as black the unmasked areas appear as white This is the same as viewing a layer mask in Photoshop Working with Faces Using the Retouch Brush Color Correction Skin Retouching Facial Features Presets Lightroom Use Aperture Use Brush Controls The Refine Tools are accessed from their icons in the toolwell on the left of the preview window When you select one of the Refine tools the icon will highlight and the tool will appear as a circular brush in the after preview window The brush will appear as two concentric circles e The outer circle represents the outer edge or soft edge of the brush e The inner circle represents the hard edge of the brush The relationship between the hard edge and soft edge are controlled with the brush size and brush feather controls Perfect Portrait User Guide 20 Using Perfect Portrait The Refine Tools options are the same for all three tools are are controlled from their Inspectors You can open and close the inspector by pressing the i key on your keyboard or figs SKIN REFINE BRUSH pressing the i icon at the bottom of the toolwell The Inspector contains the following controls Brush Size Brush Feather e Brush Size The Brush Size slider adjusts the overall size of the brush This is the outer circle of the brush Brush Opacity e You can adjust the brush size using the left and right bracket keys or on your keyboard
20. also access a printable version of this manual here It is in Adobe Acrobat PDF format You will need a copy of the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view it Perfect Portrait User Guide 2 Welcome See also Additional Resources Contacting onOne Software Additional Resources Check the Hot Topics Check the list of Hot Topics on the onOne website The covers the most commonly asked questions Knowledge Base Search the Knowledge Base for common bugs tips amp tricks and compatibility issues with other software Video Tutorials Check the online video tutorials Technical Support Contact technical support by filing out a request form See also Using this Help System Contacting onOne Software Contacting onOne Software onOne Software Inc 15333 SW Sequoia Parkway Suite 150 Portland OR 97224 Phone Main 503 968 1468 Fax 503 968 1469 http www onOnesoftware com For Technical Support please visit http www onOnesoftware com support Sales For sales please call 1 888 968 1468 See also Using this Help System Additional Resources Perfect Portrait User Guide Articles in this section I A System Requirements Installation Uninstalling Activation and Registration System Requirements Macintosh Operating Mac OSX 10 6 10 7 current maintenance releases System Processor Intel Core 2 Duo or better Memory 4 GB RAM 8 GM recommended Hard Disk 100 MB Hard Disc Space Display OpenGL 2 0 capa
21. an email or post them on a website Working with Faces Using the Retouch Brush Color Correction Skin Retouching Facial Features Adjusting the Selection Masks Lightroom Use Aperture Use Lightroom Use To Apply Perfect Portrait with manual custom interaction to an image or group of images in Photoshop Lightroom follow these instructions 1 Open Photoshop Lightroom 2 Select an image s 3 Go to File gt Plug in Extras 4 5 Perfect Portrait will appear You can now select a preset or manually adjust the image When you select apply the settings used for the first image will Select Perfect Portrait be applied automatically to any other images you had selected Tip The file handing when working in Lightroom is controlled in the Preferences Tip If you have the Perfect Photo Suite you access Perfect Portrait through it inside of Lightroom You will see Perfect Photo Suite instead of Perfect Portrait in the Plug In Extras menu Don t select multiple images in Lightroom unless you want to stack them into a single layered file See the Opening Perfect Portrait section Batch Processing Batch Processing You can also use Perfect Portrait from inside the Export Dialog in Lightroom to batch process multiple images To use Perfect Portrait from the Export Dialog follow these steps Dre A TO Open Photoshop Lightroom Select the images you would like to process Go to File gt Export From the export module po
22. ble video card with 256 MB dedicated VRAM running at 1280x800 or higher Adobe Photoshop CS4 CS5 Adobe Photoshop Elements 9 or 10 Apple Aperture 2 1 or 3 Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 or 3 Optional Host Applications Internet connection for activation auto updates and video tutorials Adobe Flash 10 player DVD drive for installation from disc Other Administrator privileges to install and uninstall Installation To install Perfect Portrait double click the installer icon and allow the installer to guide you IMPORTANT YOU MUST CLOSE LIGHTROOM AND APERTURE BEFORE INSTALLING Mac OS X Windows Vista and Windows 7 Installation 3 Windows Windows XP Windows Vista Windows 7 current maintenance releases Intel Core 2 Duo or better 4 GB RAM 8 GB recommended 100 MB Hard Disc Space OpenGL 2 0 capable video card with 256 MB dedicated VRAM running at 1280x800 or higher Adobe Photoshop CS4 CS5 Adobe Photoshop Elements 9 or 10 Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 or 3 Internet connection for activation auto updates and video tutorials Adobe Flash 10 player DVD drive for installation from disc Administrator privileges to install and uninstall Microsoft NET 3 5 framework or higher installed automatically if missing The application and all other required files and documentation are installed in the Perfect Portrait folder in the user s Applications directory The default installation installs all necessary fi
23. e brush and refine the mouth selection in the same method 8 Then go to the Skin Retouching pane and and adjust the following or you can start with a preset from the preset drawer at the bottom 1 Start with the the Blemish Removal slider to reduce the amount of blemishes Usually 70 80 for females and child or 30 40 for males 1 Then adjust the Skin Smoothing slider Usually 20 40 for females and 10 20 for males and children 1 Increase the Shine slider if your subject has shiny skin 9 Next go to the Facial Features pane and adjust the following 1 In the Eyes section adjust the Whitening and Clarity amounts 1 In the Mouth section adjust the Whitening if you subject has an open mouth smile 1 Increase the mouth vibrance if your subject is wearing lipstick 10 If your image has more than one face select the second face and repeat steps 4 8 as needed 11 Finally press apply when you are done Articles in this section Working with Faces Using the Retouch Brush Color Correction Skin Retouching Facial Features Adjusting the Selection Masks Presets Lightroom Use Aperture Use Working with Faces We you launch Perfect Portrait is analyses your image look for faces Any faces that it finds will automatically be added to the Faces pane Only the largest face with the highest confidence is enabled when you start The selected face will have a white bracket around it in the preview and will have a blue highlight on it in the Faces
24. ense code allows you to install Perfect Portrait on two computers When you enter your license code Perfect Portrait communicates with the onOne activation server and will activate your software Your software must be licensed and activated to function past the trial period If the computer you are activating does not have access to the internet you can manually activate your software by following the manual activation instructions in the license dialog If you wish to move your copy of Perfect Portrait from one activated computer to new computer you will need to deactivate it first Deactivation is a simple process Simply open Perfect Portrait and select deactivate from the Help menu This will deactivate Perfect Portrait on the current machine allowing you to install and activate it on another machine If you lose your activation code have your computer stolen and can not deactivate it or have other activation issues please contact onOne customer service at 888 968 1468 or visit the support section of the onOne software website http www ononesoftware com support It is important to register your copy of Perfect Portrait so we can provide you with the best possible service Registered users of Perfect Portrait are eligible for technical support information regarding new versions and products discounts and special offers on new products See also System Requirements Installation Uninstalling Perfect Portrait User Guide Home gt What is
25. er 6 Preferences iveco dit 25 Chapter MENUS sen ia ai 26 Penco FLO I re ta DE Kae A a D ee aaa uaa di 26 El ee ee DE D Ne re Ch ele 27 VE 27 tuell EE 28 ICID a nts a led Red EE And ted sunk Anis nie AA dat une 29 Keyboard SHOMCUIS EE 29 Chapter 8 PDF Index Welcome 1 Perfect Portrait User Guide Welcome to onOne Software Perfect Portrait User Guide Perfect Portrait is a completely new product developed by onOne that offers the latest innovations in portrait retouching for photographers Photographers can now focus on the art of retouching and portrait creation because the most time consuming tasks have been automated in Perfect Portrait Perfect Portrait automatically finds faces and features in your images so you can get directly to the work of retouching and enhancing an image Improving skin texture and color removing blemishes and enhancing features like eyes lips and teeth has never been easier You ll find that it s never been so easy to create stunning portraits your family or clients will love Perfect Portrait works where you do by integrating Perfect seamlessly into your workflow whether you use Lightroom Aperture or Photoshop It even works Portrait 1 as a Standalone application Photoshop is not required Smart Retouching For Stunning Portraits Looking for Information If you re unable to find what you re looking for in this help system try these alternative resources or contact our customer
26. erial number version number and information on contacting onOne Software for support Preferences Preferences Opens the preferences dialog Quit Quits the application Services gt Hide Perfect Photo Suite H Hide Others 3H Show All Quit Perfect Photo Suite 0 Tip On Windows the preferences can be found in the Edit menu the About Box can be found in the Help menu File Edit Mask Preset View Window Help Keyboard Shortcuts om Menus File Apply Applies the current settings and options to your image and returns to the host application e Apply 5 Cancel Cancels Perfect Portrait and returns back to the host application with no changes Cancel gp Perfect Portrait User Guide Perfect Portrait Edit Mask Preset View Window Help Keyboard Shortcuts Edit Undo Reverses the last user action Redo Reapplies the last user action if it has been undone Undo Stroke f the last action was a brush stroke this reverses the entire brush stroke Redo Stroke f you last action was an undo of a Brush Stroke this reapplies the entire stroke Copy Copies the current text into the clipboard Cut Cuts the current text into the clipboard Paste Pastes the content of the clipboard Reset All Resets all the floating palette controls back to their default settings Preferences Windows Only Opens the Perfect Portrait preferences dialog Perfect Portrait File Mask Preset View
27. ffects to the skin near the mouth Working with Faces Using the Retouch Brush Color Correction Skin Retouching Adjusting the Selection Masks Presets Lightroom Use Aperture Use Adjusting the Selection Masks When Perfect Portrait finds a face it automatically generates selections or masks for the skin of the face the eyes and the mouth Think of these are three separate layers The area of each layer to be affects is controlled by theses masks The masks for each area are viewable and editable using the Face Eye and Mouth Refine tools These tools work the same as the Masking Brush in other onOne products and are similar to brushing layer masks in Photoshop Viewing the Selection Masks Perfect Portrait allows you to view the mask for each selection area You can view the mask in several modes which are accessible from the Show Mask pop up in the inspector for each Refine Tool as well as the Masking menu and the bottom left corner of each preview pane Below are examples of the different mask Perfect Portrait User Guide 18 Using Perfect Portrait view modes You can toggle mask view on and off with the command Mac OSX or control Windows plus m keyboard shortcut Overlay The masked area appears as 50 red This is similar to the Quick Mask view in Photoshop White The masked area appears as solid white Perfect Portrait User Guide Using Perfect Portrait 19 Dark The masked area appears as 90 bl
28. g it and selecting deactivate from the Help menu Quit Photoshop Click on the start menu and select Control Panel Double click on Add Remove programs Select Perfect Portrait and click remove St E e E Note these instructions are for Windows XP the steps for Windows Vista are similar Macintosh 1 Deactivate Perfect Portrait by launching it and selecting deactivate from the Help menu 2 Quit Photoshop 3 Navigate to the Plug Ins folder of your host applications For example Applications Adobe Photoshop CS3 Plug Ins 4 Locate the Perfect Portrait folder and move it to the trash 5 Navigate to the Perfect Portrait support files and frames located at Library Application Support onOne Software 6 Move the Perfect Portrait folder to the trash 7 Navigate to the Applications folder and move the Perfect Portrait folder to the trash See also System Requirements Installation Activation and Registration Activation and Registration Perfect Portrait will operate as a trial version for 30 days from when it is installed If you have purchased Perfect Portrait you will want to license it so you can continue to use it past the trial period When you install Perfect Portrait it will prompt you to license it Simply click on the license button and enter your license code Your license code can be found in your order confirmation email if you purchased Perfect Portrait electronically or on a sticker on the information card in the boxed version Your lic
29. h to enhance the lip vibrance make sure the lips are selected too Finally return the mask view to none and make your adjustments in the Skin Retouching and Facial Feature panes Using Perfect Portrait 21 Perfect Portrait User Guide 22 Using Perfect Portrait Brush Controls Presets Presets are vital to use Perfect Portrait effectively in your workflow Presets store all settings for the current face This includes all the controls you can adjust in the panes on the right side of the window Presets do not store the selection masks Presets are also accessible from the onOne menu in Photoshop and the Export dialog in Lightroom You can also share your presets with other users of Perfect Portrait This could be as simple as placing them on the computers in your studio so your staff can access them or sharing them online for other users of Perfect Portrait Browsing Presets e You can browse presets in the bottom preset browser They are divided in categories based on the subject age and sex You can click on a tab which represents a category to browse it e Click on a preset to try it on your image e You can see details such as description and author by lingering over the thumbnail of a preset in the library e Your last six used Effect Stacks are automatically saved as recently used presets in the Recently Used category in the presets category Using Presets You can use a preset simply by clicking on it It will
30. he subjects skin e Your are working on a large group portrait where it is impractical to adjust each face separately You can instead disable the face only option and apply the same Ada Delete see the results of your selection Keep in mind you always refine the skin mask using the Skin oe Medium Je Perfect Portrait User Guide 14 Using Perfect Portrait retouching to everyone in the scene Adding Faces Occationally Perfect Portrait may not find the face you wish to retouch in a scene This can occur if The face is small compared to the rest of the image The subjects eyes are closed or has heavy glasses on The subject is in a profile pose The subject is upside down The lighting contrast is heavy If Perfect Portrait does not find a face automatically you can manually it by pressing the Add button at the bottom of the Faces pane A Square box appears on screen Move it over the face you wish to add Adjust the size of the box with the side handles The box should go from hairline to chin R ADD FACE and be centered on the face When you have the box adjusted press the Asus test the Face POL over tat face ov sae le a Apply button and Perfect Portrait will add the new face geg Cancel Apply On manually added faces you may need to use the Skin Refine tool to adjust the boundries of the skin selection The eye and mouth masks must be manually painted with the Eye and Mouth Refine tools as well Faces Tool
31. he time Fit to Face Adjusts the preview so that the selected face fills the preview Actual Pixels This sets the preview image so that it zooms to actual pixels or 1 1 also called 100 This setting allows you to see every pixel in the image This is useful when making precision adjustments Zoom In 7 er Zoom Out Preview Toggles the preview of the after pane on off to show the original Useful when working in Single Image view mode Fit to Screen D TIERES Fit to Face review Area Mode 2 Actual Pixels Single Image Sets the preview area to show a single image Preview On Off Left Right Sets the preview area to show a side by side compare of your before and after image This is the default mode Let Right Split Sets the preview area to show a split screen preview of your before and after results on a single image Top Bottom Sets the preview area to show a side by side compare of your before and after image This is the default mode Top Bottom Split Sets the preview area to show a split screen preview of your before and after results on a single image Perfect Portrait File Edit Mask Preset Window Help Keyboard Shortcuts Window Perfect Portrait User Guide Preview Area Mode d6 46 0 360 0 GER Menus 29 Window Mode Sets the window mode Basic or Advanced Window Mode 5 Navigator Hides or shows the navigator pane Faces Hides or shows the Faces pane Navigator Loupe d 1 Faces
32. ion iis 2 a Show Keyboard Shortcuts page of the onOne website Show Keyboard Shortcuts Opens the keyboard shortcut inspector About Perfect Portrait Windows Only Opens the about box with the version number and license code displayed Perfect Portrait File Edit Mask Preset View Window Keyboard Shortcuts Keyboard Shortcuts Perfect Portrait has many keyboard short cuts to make it faster to access common buttons and menu items It also uses many of the keyboard shortcuts that Photoshop uses making it intuitive to learn Here is a list of the most commonly used keyboard shortcuts Perfect Portrait User Guide 30 Menus sete Retoucn Bras loo Select Eye Refine ERR ER Bruch Size larger larger smaller smaller softer shift softer shift BEES harder shift harder shift opt 1 10 opt 1 10 opt 2 20 opt 2 20 opt 0 100 opt 0 100 Brush Opacity SS SS opt more opaquellalt more opaque opt less opaque lalt less opaque Toggle Brush Mode Preview Modes Single Image Left Right Left Right Split Top Bottom Top Bottom Split Show Preset group Hide Preset group Perfect Portrait File Edit Mask Preset View Window Perfect Portrait User Guide Help Index
33. ity of your results while maintaining a complete view of your image Preview Window Modes The preview window has several modes including single image side by side horizontal or vertical and split screen horizontal or vertical versions of an image This allows you to compare layers side by side or to view a layer mask and the layer side by side Perfect Portrait User Guide Getting Started 11 Single Image Mode shows After Left Right Mode Top Bottom Mode Shows Left Before Right After Shows Top Before Bottom After Left Right Split Mode Top Bottom Split Mode Shows Left half Before Right half After Shows top half Before Bottom half After Pressing command control L will change the preview mode to Left Right Command option control alt L will change the preview mode to Left Right Split screen Pressing command control T will change the preview mode to Top Bottom Command option control alt T will change the preview mode to Top Bottom Split screen Pressing command control Y will change the view mode to single image Pressing command control P will toggle the preview on off for modal modules In the tool well there will be an indicator button that shows the current mode and when pressed toggles to the next mode You can also change the mode from the View menu ee Es HE In each side of the preview window you have several options as to what you wish to display You select what you want to display from a
34. les into all supported versions of Photoshop Lightroom found during the installation process If a previous versions of Perfect Portrait is found it will be replaced Support files and frameworks are installed into Library Application Support e The application and all other required files and documentation are installed in the Perfect Portrait directory in the onOne Software folder in Program Files e The default installation installs all necessary files into all supported versions of Photoshop Lightroom found during the installation process e lfa previous versions of Perfect Portrait is found it will be replaced e Support files and frameworks are installed into ProgramData onOne Software Windows XP e The application and all other required files and documentation are installed in the Perfect Portrait directory in the onOne Software folder in Program Files e The default installation installs all necessary files into all supported versions of Photoshop Lightroom found during the installation process e lfa previous versions of Perfect Portrait is found it will be replaced Perfect Portrait User Guide A Installation e Support files and frameworks are installed into Documents and Settings All Users Application Data onOne Software See also System Requirements Uninstalling Activation and Registration Uninstalling To uninstall Perfect Portrait follow these instructions Windows Deactivate Perfect Portrait by launchin
35. llest brush size needed to remove a blemish If you don t like the results of a brush stroke us the undo command and try again brushing in a different direction or with a smaller brush in steps Below are the controls in the Retouch Brush inspector Brush Size The brush size slider controls the size of the brush Use the smallest brush needed Brush Feather The brush feather slider controls the feather or hardness of the brush Make sure you have a feather of at least 25 to blend in retouched areas evenly Brush Opacity The brush opacity slider sets the opacity or strength of the Retouch Brush The default is 100 which will completely remove a blemish If you would like to reduce rather than remove a blemish try a lower opacity like 50 It is great for under eye bags and crows feet Wacom Controls f you have a Wacom pressure sensitive tablet you can adjust the size of the brush with the pressure of the tablet y Tip Keep the brush size about the same size as the blemish you want to remove A F 7 Make small dabs rather than brushing large areas for the best results Working with Faces Color Correction Skin Retouching Facial Features Adjusting the Selection Masks Presets Lightroom Use Aperture Use Color Correction Using Perfect Portrait 15 RETOUCH BRUSH Brush Size Brush Feather Brush Opacity Wacom Controls Perfect Portrait User Guide 16 Using Perfect Portrait
36. lurred halos around your subject See also Opening Perfect Portrait Perfect Portrait User Guide 8 Getting Started User Interface Navigating the Preview Opening Perfect Portrait Opening Perfect Portrait Standalone Application 1 Open the Perfect Portrait Application On Mac OSX it will live in your Applications Folder on Windows it will live in your Start menu 2 When the application opens it will prompt you for which file you would like to work on 3 Make your desired adjustments then press Apply 4 You will be prompted to save your file Opening Perfect Portrait inside the Perfect Photo Suite 1 Start by opening the Perfect Photo Suite application On Mac OSX it will live in your Applications Folder on Windows it will live in your Start menu You can also access the Perfect Photo Suite inside of Lightroom or Aperture as detailed above 2 The Perfect Photo Suite starts in the Layers module Think of this as the Layess Mask Portrait Effects FocalPoint PhotoFrame Resize home base where you open and save your files 3 Open the image s you wish to work on You can do this from the File gt Open menu or by using the Browser 4 Select Perfect Portrait from the module selector in the upper right corner 5 Make your adjustments in Perfect Portrait then press the Apply button 6 Your image will return to the Layers module Save your work using the Save command in the File menu Opening Perfect Portrait in Pho
37. m Use Aperture Use Facial Features The Facial Features pane contains the controls for enhancing the eyes and mouth Perfect Portrait automatically detects these regions to provide automatic enhancement You can adjust the automatic selections using the Eye Refine and Mouth Refine tools Below is a list of the controls and when to use them Eyes Strength The Eye Strength slider controls the overall amount of eye enhancement It ioe governs the whitening and clarity sliders Facial Features Ron Whitening The Eye Whitening slider is used to lighten and whiten the sclera or the whites Eyes of the eyes Strength La I Whitening RS AS 50 Clarity The Eye Clarity slider increases the clarity or sharpness of the eye area Mouth gt Strength The Mouth Strength slider controls the overall amount of mouth enhancement It Clarity EEE A 50 governs the whitening and vibrance sliders Mouth Whitening The Mouth Whitening slider whitens and lightens the teeth If the subject s r teeth are not showing don t use this control Strength EEE as ZO Vibrance The Mouth Vibrance slider increase the vibrance or color saturation of the red Whitening C 50 hues in the mouth region It is useful or enhancing lip color typically for women with lipstick only Vibrance QUIM 2 Tip The automatic mouth selection may need to be adjusted with the Mouth kd Refine tool if you use high amounts of mouth enhancements to prevent adverse AE a
38. o Perfect Portrait Your subject s face will automatically be detected It will have a white bracket around it Select the Face tool and make sure the Face Tool Inspector is visible Press the i to show the inspector if it is hidden Click and hold on the Face Size pop up A mask showing the the amount of face skin selected will appear If part of the face near the edge of the face Perfect Portrait User Guide Using Perfect Portrait 13 is not included try selecting a larger size If you are working on a large group portrait or an image with lots of skin outside of the face uncheck the Face Only toggle 5 Select the Retouch brush adjust its size using the Retouch Brush inspector Then dab the Retouch brush on any large blemishes or wrinkles You can reduce the opacity of the Retouch brush to reduce rather than eliminate blemishes if desired 6 Next go to the SkinTune pane and adjust the warmth and hue shift sliders to tune the color correction 7 Now select the Skin Refine brush and enable the mask view from the inspector 1 With the Skin Refine brush add to or subtract from the skin selection so that only the skin of the face is selected If you have unchecked the Face Only toggle all areas of the image that are a similar hue to the face will be selected as well Use the Skin Refine brush to adjust this selection as well 1 Select the Eye Refine brush and refine the eye selection in the same method Select the Mouth Refin
39. on see the Using Perfect Portrait section instead Articles in this section Supported File Types Opening Perfect Portrait User Interface Navigating the Preview Supported File Types When used through Photoshop or Photoshop Elements Perfect Portrait supports any 8 or 16 bit RGB file that can be opened by Adobe Photoshop This includes J peg PSD and TIF as well as Raw files from digital cameras and many other formats If you routinely work in Grayscale or CMYK simply convert your image RGB before using Perfect Portrait When accessed through Lightroom or Aperture your images will automatically be copied and converted by the host application into Photoshop PSD files When accessed as a standalone application or through the Perfect Photo Suite Perfect Portrait supports reading of the these formats e Photoshop PSD or PSB e Tiff TIF e Jpeg JPG e Raw files from most digital cameras Perfect Portrait saves its files are layered Photoshop files You can export these to Tiff and J peg as well Perfect Portrait works on a copy of the current layer This is designed for use in page layouts like creating albums or when your image contains a single layer with no transparency This works well for most images If you prefer to work on a composite version of all layers you can create a merged composite layer in Photoshop Command Option Shift E for Mac or Control Alt Shift E for Windows or the Perfect Photo Suite first Command shif
40. p up select onOne Perfect Portrait Set your options each of the module sections Press Export Most of the module sections are the same as the standard Lightroom export module These include options for the location name size file type etc of the files you are exporting See the Lightroom user guide for details on these options In the Perfect Portrait section you can select the category and preset that you would like to use Perfect Portrait User Guide 24 Using Perfect Portrait Aperture Use To Apply Perfect Portrait with manual custom interaction to an image or group of images in Aperture follow these instructions 1 Open Aperture 2 Select an image s 3 Right click and select Edit with 4 Select Perfect Portrait 5 Perfect Portrait will appear You can now select a preset or manually adjust the image When you select apply the settings used for the first image will be applied automatically to any other images you had selected Tip If you have the Perfect Photo Suite you access Perfect Portrait through it inside of Aperture You will see Perfect Photo Suite instead of Perfect Portrait in the edit with menu Don t select multiple images in Aperture unless you want to stack them into a single layered file See the Opening Perfect Portrait section Perfect Portrait User Guide Preferences Preferences 25 The preferences dialog for Perfect Portrait is shared with other members of the Perfect Photo Suite It
41. pane It also have an eyeball icon next to it indicating that the face is enabled e To select the face you want to work on select in the Faces pane or click on it in the preview with the Faces tool e To enable a face click the the space to the left of the face preview in the Faces pane e To disable a face click on the eye icon to the left of the face thumbnail in the Faces Y Faces pane e To delete a face first select it then press the delete icon e To add a face that was not automatically detected press the Add button Under the list of faces are two controls for adjusting the selected face Face Size The Face Size control used to adjust the overall size of the face skin mask To adjust it click and hold on the pop up The current automatic face skin mask is shown If important skin areas at the edges of the face are not included select a larger size It may take a second or two to render the updated mask Keep the pop up held down so you can Refine Tool Face Only The face only toggle limits the skin retouching to just the skin of the face This is on by default and is recommended for most uses This will prevent other flesh colored areas in your scene from being retouched This include things like hair or other people Their are two occasions when you would want to disable the face only toggle e f you are working on a single subject with little or no clothing and you wish to apply the skin retouching to all of t
42. replace all or your settings with the setting stored in the preset If you don t like the preset you can use the undo command try another preset or adjust the settings manually You can also apply presets directly from the onOne menu or the Export dialog in Lightroom Saving Presets Saving a preset is simple Once you have your settings that you wish to save goto QO New Preset the Preset menu and select Save Preset Preset Name The New Preset dialog will appear shown to the right There are several fields to complete including the preset name the category creator and description Category New Stuff In the category pull down you can select which existing category the preset should saved into You can also create a new category this way by selecting new category from the bottom of the list Description Creator Open Presets Folder Cancel Create You can edit a preset s name creator description or keywords by selecting it and then selecting Edit Preset Info from the Preset menu If you want to edit the effects in a preset load it into your stack make your adjustments and then re save the preset with the same name and location Deleting Presets You can remove a preset from Perfect Portrait if you no longer want to have access to it To remove a preset follow these steps 1 Open Perfect Portrait 2 Select the preset you wish to remove in the preset browser 3 Select Delete Preset from the Preset menu Note
43. s texture addition It is really the heart of Perfect Portrait and controls the majority of the retouching functions Skin Retouching Blemishes Adjust the Blemishes slider first It attacks the medium sized blemishes such as large pores acne freckles fine lines etc It reduces the appearance of blemishes while maintaining the fine pore structure of the skin for a natural appearance Typical settings for Smoothing q i females and children are 60 80 30 50 for males Blemishes AA I Smoothing Smoothing is the second slider to adjust It acts on the smallest details to add a smooth finish to the skin similar to powder in the cosmetics world Use the smallest Shine TRE amount you can to preserve a natural look Typical settings for females are 20 40 males and children 10 20 Shadows CORRE Shine The shine slider is used to reduce the brightness of highlights on the skin It is great Texture for reducing shine from oils in the skin Shadows The shadow slider is used to brighten shadows in the skin This is useful for dark eye bags and deep wrinkles Texture The texture slider introduces a synthetic skin texture to the skin areas Generally Perfect Portrait User Guide Using Perfect Portrait 17 it is not needed It is useful on overexposed images where no texture remains Working with Faces Using the Retouch Brush Color Correction Facial Features Adjusting the Selection Masks Presets Lightroo
44. t J for Mac or Control shift J for Windows before launching Perfect Portrait Using Perfect Portrait as a Smart Filter in Photoshop Perfect Portrait will always create a new layer when it is applied to maintain your original image data The only exception to this rule is if your target layer is a Smart Object Perfect Portrait can function as a Smart Filter on a Smart Objects Smart Filters work like an adjustment layer They allow you to apply Perfect Portrait in a non destructive re editable way To use Perfect Portrait as a Smart Filter follow these steps 1 Convert to your target layer to SmartObject if it is not already You can do this easily by going to the Filter menu and selecting the Convert for Smart Filters option 2 Launch Perfect Portrait and use it normally 3 When you return to Photoshop you will see Perfect Portrait added as a SmartFilter From the layers palette in Photoshop you can turn Perfect Portrait on or off as well as double click on it to re edit its settings Note You can use the Masking Brush on Smart Objects but if you re edit the settings for Perfect Portrait the brush strokes will be lost Using Selections in Photoshop Perfect Portrait will use selections that you create in Photoshop or with Mask Pro This allows you to create complex selections or masks that deal with difficult Subjects like hair Perfect Portrait will automatically use your selection if one is active Perfect Portrait will even prevent b
45. t job automatically to correct the color but may need some help from time to time based on personal preferences Use the Color Shift slider to adjust the color or hue to control how red the skin is Evenness Evenness adjusts how consistent the skin color is across the the entire face It is great for correction highlights that may be too yellow shadows that may be too green or reducing redness in noses and ears It is also useful for making family portraits more consistent from person to person Correct Scene Correct scene allies the color correction to the entire image not just the skin In the majority of images you want the correct scene option on as the color cast on your subject is also on the rest of the scene If your subject is lit by a different color temperature light source than the rest of the scene you may need to turn the correct scene option off This applies the color correction to only the face skin area Keep in mind that if the correction amount is large you may see edges Tip Leave the Correct Scene toggle on in most cases Remember the color cast on your subject is probably on the rest of the scene as well Working with Faces Using the Retouch Brush Skin Retouching Facial Features Adjusting the Selection Masks Presets Lightroom Use Aperture Use skin Retouching The Skin Retouching Pane contains the controls for adjusting the automatic blemish reduction skin smoothing shine and shadow reduction as well a
46. to the maximum size set by the Brush Size slider e If the Opacity is selected the harder you press with your stylus the stronger or more opaque the brush stroke will appear up to the maximum opacity set by the Opacity Slider e Show Mask The Show Mask pop up lists several mask preview modes so you can understand the effect of your painting Keep in mind that in grayscale mode white areas of the mask show the current effect while black areas hide the current effect o You can toggle the viewing of the mask using the command M Mac or controls M Windows keyboard shortcut e Painting Mode The Paint in Paint out Erase Toggle changes the color that the brush uses o In the paint in mode the brush paints in white revealing the current effect e In paint out mode the brush paints with black paint which will hide the current effect o In Erase mode the brush paints away any brush stroke either paint in or paint out o You can change the paint mode by pressing the x keyboard short cut Refining the Selections Refining the Selections In many cases refining the Skin Eye and Mouth selections masks is not needed The automatic selections created by Perfect Portrait work well on many images A good way to see if you need to refine the selection masks it to look at the masks while you have each of the Refine tools selected Let s walk through the workflow of adjusting the selection masks Perfect Portrait User Guide 6 1
47. to use when processing copies from Lightroom This is similar to the working color space pop up in the general preferences tab however there are only the three options supported by Lightroom sRGB Adobe RGB 1998 and ProPhotoRGB 2 Bit Depth Sets the bit depth for the copies created by Lightroom the options are 8 and 16 bit 3 Resolution Sets the resolution of copies created by Lightroom 4 Stack with Original Enabled by default copies created by Lightroom are stacked with their original or source image 5 Use Original for Single PSDs Enabled by default If your selection is a Single PSD file the original PSD is opened rather than creating a copy Welcome Installation What is New Perfect Portrait Getting Started Using Perfect Portrait Menus AS Preferences General Lightroom Plug Ins Working Color Space Adobe RGB 1998 Scrolling Controls None T Preview Background Color Black E cancel Co Fee Preferences _ General Lightroom Plug Ins Color Space Adobe RGB 1993 r Bit Depth 8 Bit DI Resolution 300 pixels inch 5 M Stack with Original Fl Use Original for Single PSDs Cancel E OK Perfect Portrait User Guide 26 Menus Home gt Menus Menus Pages in this Section d d HSA Perfect Portrait File Edit Mask Preset View d I Window Help Keyboard Shortcuts Menus gt Perfect Portrait Perfect Portrait About Opens the about box This dialog contains your s
48. toshop 1 When you use Perfect Portrait inside of Photoshop you need to open an FocalPoint 2 image first 2 When you have the image you would like to work on be sure to select the Perfect Effects 3 layer that you would like to start with 3 Then go to the onOne Panel and select Perfect Portrait Perfect Mask 5 e f you don t see the onOne panel you can open it from the Window Perfect Portrait 1 gt Extensions menu e You can also access Perfect Portrait from the File gt Automate Perfect Resize 7 gt menu PhotoFrame 4 6 Opening Perfect Portrait in Photoshop Lightroom 1 When you use Perfect Portrait inside of Photoshop Lightroom you need to select and image or group of images to start 2 Then select Perfect Portrait for the File gt Plug In extras menu 3 Then select the open button Perfect Photo Suite instead then select Perfect Portrait from the module selector Don t select multiple images unless you wish to merge them into a single layered file J If you are using Perfect Portrait as part of the Perfect Photo Suite select y You can also access Perfect Portrait from the Lightroom Export dialog for batch processing Opening Perfect Portrait in Aperture Perfect Portrait User Guide Getting Started 9 1 When you use Perfect Portrait inside of Aperture you need to select an image first 2 Then select Perfect Portrait from the Images gt Edit with menu 3 Then select the open button
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