– You simply can not go to a Photoshop related website without seeing ads for Portrait Professional 10. To the point nauseum, these obnoxious ads are everywhere. When I signed up for Adsense, to put some revenue onto my website, the first ad delivered to me was for this software. I immediately blocked the ad from showing on my website. This is because there was no way I was going to advertise it, before testing it myself. This is my Portrait Professional Review.
I will help speed this review along, by saying that I am a professional portrait retoucher, and I was simply amazed at what this program can do. The ads that you see everywhere are hurting sales, not helping. I want you to know, that in the hands of an amature, or professional, Portrait Professional 10 impressed me.
The software itself is a stand alone. No Adobe Photoshop needed. There are many people who want to do photo retouching, but do not want to pay hundreds for photoshop, orlearn all the hard stuff involved with becoming proficient with it. My intention was to review this from the point of view of an amature, but I have to say, it’s an excellent starting point for professionals as well. With the same controlled lighting, Photo Studios can easily use this program to knock out one image after another with the same subtle moves to give the photography an unexpectedly, clean result.
The first screen has a simple OPen Image button. Groovy. After pushing it, the first thing I tried to do, was open a RAW image from an old Konica Minolta A2 camera… What? You didn;t think I would make this easy, did you?
Well, No go. It went to a web page telling me I needed to pay for the software to open RAW and work in 16 Bit mode. Ok, fair enough. At least it would do it. Back to the software.
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I love it very user friendly
There is nothing professional about this program. If you want "marzipan skin" then this is the perfect program.
If you want to edit photos, go all the way.. with photoshop
ive got this, had a little play with it,and found that i could'nt do any thing about the neck.
so if your picture shows a face including the neck,..and if the neck is as wrinkled as the face, then when you "iron out "the face,making it look nice and smooth,you're still left with an old looking face.
i could be wrong,,,so any comments to what ive said …lets hear them
Good…
this is so cool!!! haha
The paint brush at the top is for touch up like blemishes on the face you forgot to do that
I just purchsed it today for 39.95..its awesome!
Mulween, as long as you save it out in TIF format, you will not have any additional loss. It's really only JPG that will do damage.
Great review! How much quality is lost from the original file by using the software?
its legit to use when a client needs it quickly other than that photoshop is better
Urgh, the advertisement that plays at the beginning of the video was for, you guessed it, Portrait Pro 10!
Proving why people in photos look different in real life. This software perpetuates the 'quick' or 'easy' fix in photo editing that completely robs the individual in the photo of their personality. The good thing about this review is that the reviewer acknowledges that 'overkill' is possible. Something the amateur/average person doesn't grasp. I'd say Portrait Professional is great if you want your photo to look like a tabloid. Otherwise stick to Adobe or Corel, or just let the pro's do the work
I have this software. I do not know how to thin out a face. I am trying to give my friend a much slimmer face. Can you please respond and show me how to do this? Thanks much, My email is [email protected]. Thanks much
It makes you wonder about loving who we are as real individual beings. Tempting us to dislike ourselves in the raw. Hmmmm.
Just saying…
Thanks for the advise. I am not very familiar with the software at all, but I was so impressed on my first use, I was compelled to create this video about it. That rarely ever happens.
I really am glad you found a new toy to play with. If anyone on the fence about a purchase, just download the demo and try it out. I know I was pleasantly surprised.
I bought the download last night after reviewing so many youtube videos to convince myself that it was worth $40, which was a sale price. I am having a great time playing with it because it's very user-friendly. I haven't tried the purple hair yet…I did get carried away with 2 photos and deleted them because they just looked too perfect. haha! Thanks for sharing what you've already learned. 🙂