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Retouching faces with Radiant Photo: Quick portrait fixes

Radiant Photo has a range of retouching tools built in to quickly edit and improve the appearance of portraits. These tools are useful for adjusting the appearance of eyes, lips, skin and can even adjust face contours and eye size. Radiant Photo always starts with smart editing: When you first

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Tips for restoring scanned slides and negatives

If you’ve had the pleasure of converting film slides of days-gone-by to the digital format, you may have experienced that bittersweet feeling of excitement mingled with a tinge of disappointment upon first viewing the dust, debris and fiber-laden results accumulated in closets, basements and attics worldwide. Building on a previous

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White Teeth

How to make teeth whiter

While photographing a resort in Florida, the caps on my two front teeth fell apart, revealing the stubs that had supported them. I was terribly self-conscious of the missing teeth, but no one seemed to notice. I realized that people pay more attention to someone’s teeth when there is spinach

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Face slimming when and why

Slimming faces: When and why

Slimming faces starts at the camera by lighting the thin side of the subject while letting the thicker side slip into shadow. For jowls, a high camera angle with the subject’s chin up works wonders. After using these techniques, slimming, when absolutely necessary, happens at the computer. Faces aren’t the

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Is AI — Artificial Intelligence OK?

Is AI OK? Or is it the beginning of the end?

AI. Artificial intelligence. Machine learning. These terms mean the same thing but is AI a good thing? Or is it the harbinger of the end of humanity? Science fiction becomes reality. Again … Science fiction stories often predict new technologies that become everyday necessities. Star Trek’s communicator and tricorder were

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Whiten teeth with Luminar 4

Learn how to quickly enhance a smile with Luminar 4. There’s no need for a selection or a mask either! Luminar works as both an application and a plugin. The new AI Skin Enhancer makes it easy to solve. Luminar works as both an application and a plugin. Learn more

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Improving environmental portraits with Luminar 4

Learn how to enhance both subjects in an environmental portrait. You can make the person look amazing with AI Skin and Portrait Enhancer. Plus bring the background to life with Accent AI and AI Structure. Luminar works as both an application and a plugin. Learn more about Luminar 4.  All

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The Weekly Wrap-Up for July 14-20, 2019 on Photofocus

The Weekly Wrap-Up: July 14-20, 2019

Photofocus articles that caught my eye this week are one from Julie Powel on a D.I.Y. backlight setup, a first look at the new 61MP Sony camera by Bryan Esler, retouching photos with a vertical monitor with Erin Holmstead, a close look at our redesign by the man who did

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Live Webinar: Perfectly Clear Q&A with Vanelli and Levi Sim

Perfectly Clear has become our go-to tool for finishing our photographs, and we are excited to show you how you can maximize its power. Vanelli and Levi will be doing live demonstrations and answering your questions. We’ll get in-depth with Perfectly Clear Complete‘s marvelous system for retouching all kinds of photographs

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Live Webinar: Perfectly Clear Q&A with Vanelli and Levi Sim

Perfectly Clear has become our go-to tool for finishing our photographs, and we are excited to show you how you can maximize its power. Vanelli and Levi will be doing live demonstrations and answering your questions. We’ll get in-depth with Perfectly Clear Complete‘s marvelous system for retouching all kinds of photographs

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