This isn’t really meant to replace my old Imagenomic Portraiture 2.0 -vs- Nik Software Dynamic Skin Softener review, but I never had a chance to put an in-depth video tutorial in it. If the iFrame above isn’t working, then click here to view the video in a web browser. Be sure to also set the YouTube controls to HD via the gear menu button as the “auto” setting doesn’t always do the right thing. This video was recorded at 1920x1080, so it’s best to view it full screen on a HD display. Noiseware is version 5, so that was a typo. NOTE: At the end of the video there’s an error where I name the layer Portraiture 5 for the version, but I meant to do 2.3. As a result, I don’t really discuss this feature in the tutorial. I love this product, but I find Enhancements to be redundant so I prefer to do them in their own layers in Photoshop so I can decouple that work from my skin softening work. Imagenomic Portraiture 2.3 User Interfaceįor this tutorial I’m using 2.3 and I’ve created a Skin Tones Mask similar to the one shown above (but more precise) and I’ve left Enhancements turned off. The difference is that I’ll use a lot more here than a casual shot, so always adjust the amount to suit your subject, the conditions and your artistic intent at the time you edit your photo. This is where skin softening comes in, and it’s for the reality of scenarios like this that I always use it when I have skin in a photo. As a result, the camera captures an more harsh version than the reality that existed before my eyes. The makeup cracks make look much older than she really is and it causes some unnatural lines on her nose. This woman is in her early 20’s and has wonderful skin, but even the best skin has blemishes – that’s reality. Original image from camera with only minor blemish touchups However, with today’s high resolution lenses and cameras, studio lights, and makeup that started to fail during a shoot even this models skin can look pretty rough: Now this model has the best skin I’ve seen on an adult human being in all of my life. Now even that might be too much for some people, so in my tutorial video in this article I show you how to use Portraiture to get the right amount of skin softening to suit your own personal needs. My normal skin softening workflow as shown in the video plus a couple additional healing edits Here’s an example of how I typically do skin softening for my own taste: That level of skin softening might be appropriate for certain target audiences, but skin softening doesn’t have to be that harsh. Skin softening is a touchy subject because some people look at the shot above and screech “oh her skin looks like plastic” or something along those lines. Imagenomic Portraiture 2.3 (Build 2308-01) using the Smoothing: High PresetĬanon 1D X 1/200 sec at f/10, ISO 100 at 160mm ( 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM) CLICK HERE for my October 2016 new and improved video with more obvious before and after!
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