Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Professional Portraits In Ten Minutes (?!)

Anthropics Technology has announced the release of PortraitProfessional 4, a new application that the company claims is the world’s first intelligent touch up software. Automatically reshape the face and enhance the skin. Remove spots and wrinkles, retain skin texture, and relight the image all in as little as ten minutes. Click here to download a free trail or purchase for just $39.95. The company website mentions support for various Microsoft Windows platforms but there is no mention of support for MAC OS that I can find. After downloading the trail version and working with the sample photos, and then with my own photos, the results are pretty impressive for a forty dollar tool. The interface is intuitive and after the initial process, sliders are presented that allow for even more detailed adjustments like whitening of teeth and eyes, removing pores, balance hue, adjust fine shadows, lighting highlights, shine and contrast. Adjust the head, jaw, nose and mouth shape. Images look great in regard to online viewing, but I’d have to print a sample to see if these adjustments perform as well for inkjet or lab prints.
image provided by Anthropics Technology.

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