It's well-known that the Perfect Photo Suite is great for adding effects, replacing skies, and adding texture. But did you know that it is also a great place to process portraits? Here are a few methods you can use to process a portrait (or a group of portraits) in onOne's Perfect Photo Suite: Perfect Portrait One of the more obvious ways to edit a portrait is to use the Perfect Portrait module. Here's how it works: 1. First, open a photo into Perfect Portrait. You can do this through Lightroom (File > Plug-in Extras > Perfect … [Read more...] about Simple Portrait Processing in onOne’s Perfect Photo Suite
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Perfect Skin Retouching with onOne’s Perfect Portrait
onOne's new Perfect Portrait 9 is such a versatile tool, it makes portrait retouching simple and easy. I created a short video demonstrating how I use the tool when retouching a model's portrait. This style of portrait tends to be more glamorous, using more skin smoothing and shaping than regular portraits. (Download the free demo here and try it out yourself). http://youtu.be/S55osPWYnpo Tips to Remember Select the Smart Photos option. Smart Photo are a special PSD format that allows you to save your settings and masks. Apply a heaver skin … [Read more...] about Perfect Skin Retouching with onOne’s Perfect Portrait
Beware of these 5 MORE Beginner’s Blunders in Post Processing Portraits
So there's maybe more bungles that people would make if they didn't know any better or were just starting off. I figured that there could be some extra help in identifying some of the more recent blunders that have been popping up more often in communities that I'm associated with. Before you read this, make sure that you've read Beware of these 5 Beginners Blunders in Post Processing Portraits. It'll help you put all of this into good light. It really isn't a big super deal if you do any of these. If you find yourself doing something that's on … [Read more...] about Beware of these 5 MORE Beginner’s Blunders in Post Processing Portraits
Smoothing Skin in Photoshop — A Dramatic Effect
Using simple selection methods, Adjustment Layers, Layer Masks, and the Liquify filter, you can turn your model into a porcelain doll. Todays tutorial is going to show you exactly how thats done. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4ZaWZ2RApM -A] Disclaimer: This is just one way to achieve this desired look. For more tutorials go to . ______ … [Read more...] about Smoothing Skin in Photoshop — A Dramatic Effect
