In the example photos, the head and neck have been zoomed in. Once the outline is where you want it, you can begin the retouching. In this case, the eyebrows and front of the scalp needed adjustment (second photo below). Using the mouse, you can fine tune the outline if there are any discrepancies. Initially, the left-hand side shows a grid that outlines the front edge of the scalp, the eyebrows, nose, lips, and jaw (first photo below). Then it loads the image with left side showing the original and the right side showing the effects of the accumulated retouching that you will be doing. It asks you if the image is female or male, or a child younger than 12 years. For this review, I utilized a single image of myself, which was a TIF file, shown below. Most of the time, it will probably be a single image. When you boot the program, you are presented with an option of loading a single image or multiple images. Installation is straightforward and easy. However, I will give a complete description of how to use this program here, as some of you will be purchasing this software for the first time. If you are a PortraitPro user already, then adjusting to the new and improved features in version 18 will be easy. The features in each package are shown below for comparison. If you want to save the converted raw data as an image, it has to be saved as a TIF file or a JPEG (or one of the other image file types that are less-often used). To view the image, your photo software, including PortraitPro 18, converts the raw data to an image. Also, if restricted to JPG images, which are 8 bit, the image files are lossy compressed, and when retouched, they have to be resampled to JPGs again for saving, which will increase the number of lossy artifacts. The TIF format offers 16 bit depth, which delivers the maximum dynamic range (the difference between the highlights and shadows). This is the version I would recommend to professional portrait photographers as well as wedding photographers, mainly because it will handle RAW and TIF image files. I received the Studio Max package for review. It is offered in three packages, Standard, Studio, and Studio Max. With version 18, it does pretty much the same things it did way back then, but is much faster, more flexible, and has additional features. I bought it near the inception and was very pleased with the results. PortraitPro software has, over the years, become the go-to program for retouching portrait and wedding photos.
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