Portrait Professional

Infobox software
name = Portrait Professional and Portrait Professional Studio
developer = Anthropics Technology Ltd
latest release version = 8.1.3
latest release date = September 18, 2008
operating system = Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows
genre = Raster graphics editor
license = Proprietary
website = http://www.portraitprofessional.com

Portrait Professional and Portrait Professional Studio are image editors for Windows and Mac, specifically targeted at editing portrait photographs [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4795343.stm BBC News: From mortal to model] , visited January 03 2007.] . Rather than using brushes as a traditional image editor does, the user first describes where the face is in the picture [ [http://www.dphotonews.com/shownews.php?idVesti=121 Digital Photo News: Portrait Professional Review] , visited January 03 2007.] , then most of the transformations are done through sliders. One of the unique, but controversial [ [http://www.boingboing.net/2007/03/05/creepy-automated-pho.html Boing Boing:Creepy automated photo retouching software] , visited January 10 2007.] features is the ability to automatically reshape the face to fit a model of beauty [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/26/technology/26retouch.html?_r=1&oref=slogin New York Times: Looking Perfect, One Pixel at a Time] , visited January 03 2007.] [ [http://www.newscientist.com/blog/technology/2006_08_01_archive.html New Scientist: Beauty and the digital beast] , visited January 10 2007.] . Portrait Professional Studio has all the features of Portrait Professional and additionally handles raw files, 16 bit tiffs and color profiles. Portrait Professional was initially released in July 2006.

Features

* Reshape all or any aspect of the face to make it more attractive
* Fix skin blemishes such as spots or pimples
* Smooth out and neaten messy hair
* Thicken and re-color hair.
* Reduce and/or remove wrinkles
* Remove grease, sweat or unsightly shine highlights from the skin
* Adjust the lighting on the face to make it more flattering
* Remove red eye
* Recolor eyes
* Whiten teeth and eyes
* Sharpen individual features like eyes, eyebrows, nose and mouth

References

External links

* [http://www.pcw.co.uk/personal-computer-world/software/2197168/review-anthropics-portrait Review of Software by PCW]
* [http://www.imaging-resource.com/SOFT/PORTPRO/PORTPRO.HTM Review of Software by Imaging Resource]
* [http://shutterbug.com/columns/digital_innovations/1107digitalinno/ Review of Software by Shutterbug]
* [http://journalism.about.com/od/equipment/gr/portraitpro.htm Review of Software by about.com]
* [http://www.ephotozine.com/article/PortraitProfessional-Max-5---fantastic-face-enhancement-software-reviewed-1 Review of Software by ephotozine]