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    PORTRAIT EPLUG-IN

    USER'SGUIDE

    BYIMAGENOMIC

    2006

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    Portraiture Plug-in User's Guide

    Portraiture Plug-in !"0 U#er'# Gui$eUpdated October 28, 2006Contact Imagenomic at http!!"""#imagenomic#com!contactCop$right % 200&-2006 Imagenomic, C# (ll rights reser)ed

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    %AB&EOCON%EN%SIntroduction################################################################################################################################################

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    Introduction

    IN%RODUC%ION

    .impl$ put, Portraiture helps $ou portra$ people the "a$ people "ish to portra$themsel)es# he "rin+les around smiling e$es con)e$@the dar+ circles might con)e$something else# Portraiture helps +eep and signi*$ the true *eatures o* the portrait"hile smoothing and neutrali=ing the tri)ial blemishes and imper*ections o* humanappearance Abut not o* human natureB#

    Portraiture eliminates the tedious manual labor o* selecti)e mas+ing and piel-b$-piel treatments to help $ou achie)e ecellence in portrait retouching# It intelligentl$smoothens and remo)es imper*ections "hile preser)ing s+in teture and otherimportant portrait details such as hair, e$ebro"s, e$elashes etc#

    5or *iner control, $ou can speci*$ the smoothening degree *or di**erent detail si=esand across s+in tones using a po"er*ul mas+ing tool as "ell as adDust the sharpness,"armth, brightness and contrast# ?ou can also 1uic+l$ produce a EglamourF andother st$li=ed e**ects#

    Portraitures controls are simple and eas$-to-use, enabling a trul$ intuiti)e "or+*lo"#It comes "ith pre-de*ined presets *or one-clic+ e**ects and, as "ith all Imagenomicplug-ins, $ou can capture $our o"n signature "or+*lo" in a custom preset tailored to$our speci*ic re1uirements and photographic port*olio#

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    Installation

    INS%A&&A%ION

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    Installation

    RUNNING POR%RAI%URE P&UG-IN

    5or (dobe Photoshop and (dobe Photoshop lements clic+ on the 5ilter menu andselect Imagenomic K Portraiture

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    Figure 1: Running Portraiture Pug-in from Adobe Photoshop CS2

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    Portraiture Plug-in User's Guide

    INS%A&&ING &ICENSE *EYo install the license +e$ open the L(bout PortraitureL "indo" b$ clic+ing on theL(boutL button and clic+ on the LInstall icenseL button# he License 3e$InstallationL "indo" "ill sho" "here $ou can enter $our license in*ormation#

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    Figure 2: License Key nsta!!ation "indo"

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    3e$ 5eatures

    *EYEA%URES

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    DE%AI& SMOO%(ING

    Portraiture smooths and so*tens an image b$ remo)ing arti*acts and preser)ing s+inteture and other important image details such as hair, e$ebro"s, e$elashes etc# ?oucan speci*$ the smoothing degree *or di**erent detail si=es M *ine, medium and large#

    Portrait si=e can also be speci*ied or automaticall$ detected based on the imagedimensions#

    S*IN %ONES MAS*

    Portraiture *eatures a po"er*ul s+in tone mas+ing tool to allo" *or a *inesmoothening control across all s+in tones "hich are present in the image#

    EN(ANCEMEN%S

    Portraiture pro)ides se)eral controls to *urther enhance $our portraits# ?ou canadDust the sharpness, so*tness, "armth, brightness and contrast#

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    9asic Use

    BASICUSE

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    USING DEAU&% PRESE%

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    9asic Use

    U#ing Pre$e+ine$ Pre#et#

    In addition to the Le*aultL setting, Portraiture pro)ides ten prede*ined settingpresets *ine-tuned *or )arious e**ects# 5or eample, *or speci*$ing s+in smoothingle)el, $ou "ould use the respecti)e presets such as E.moothing ;ormalF,

    E.moothing 7ediumF or E.moothing >ighF#

    Portraiture also pro)ides additional special e**ect presets such as EGlamourF,Enhance onesF, E>igh 3e$F and Eo" 3e$F# hese out-o*-bo presets can ser)e as astarting point *or arri)ing at the desired results - $ou can *urther *ine-tune thesettings b$ operating the corresponding sliders# Generall$ on start-up Portraiture "illde*ault to the last used *ilter settings#

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    Figure ': Portraiture predefined setting presets

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    (d)anced Use

    AD,ANCEDUSE

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    Portraiture Plug-in User's Guide

    INE-%UNING POR%RAI%URE

    ilter /ontrol#Portraiture *ilter control sets pro)ide a "ide range o* *ine-tuning depending on thespeci*ic image re1uirements# In addition to the de*ault and other presets that comeprede*ined "ith Portraiture, $ou can adDust an$ o* the controls to *ine-tune $ourcustom *ilter con*iguration *or the desired results# he controls are grouped intothree *unctional sets M Eetail .moothingF, E.+in ones 7as+F and EnhancementsFcontrols - to enable intuiti)e and e**ecti)e processing# ach set is eplained in moredetail in the *ollo"ing sections#

    Detail Soot1ingPortraiture smooths and so*tens an image b$ remo)ing arti*acts "hile preser)ings+in teture and other important image details such as hair, e$ebro"s, e$elashes etc#o achie)e the desired result, $ou can adDust the smoothing degree *or di**erent

    detail si=es M *ine, medium and large# (lso, the details to be smoothened aredetermined b$ the threshold )alue the higher the threshold )alue, the higherdegree o* image details that "ill be smoothened#

    epending on the EPortrait .i=eF Portraiture adDusts the smoothening parameters toachie)e the most )isuall$ compelling result# Portrait si=e can be automaticall$detected based on the image dimensions M roughl$ .mall *or less than &7Piels,7edium *or bet"een &7Piels and 407Piels, and arge *or o)er 407PielsT or,alternati)el$, $ou can manuall$ select the portrait si=e#

    I* manuall$ selected, the E.mall A&6-/BF setting should be used i* the image isalread$ resi=ed *or small print A&J6 or J/B, "eb or screen )ie"# he E7edium A840-

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    Figure /: %etai! Smoothing contro!s

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    (d)anced Use

    4446BF and Earge A4446 and largerBF should be used i* the image is alread$ resi=ed*or printing 840 Aor similar si=e printsB, or *or larger print si=es#

    he smoothing degree can be controlled separatel$ b$ spatial characteristic o* theimage details A5ine0 .edium and LargeB#

    Sin %one# Ma#

    Enabling Skin Tones Mask

    Portraiture pro)ides a po"er*ul s+in tone mas+ing tool to allo" *or a *inesmoothening control across all s+in tones present in the image "hen the respecti)echec+-bo is selected#

    he 7as+ allo"s to appl$ the smoothening onl$ to the s+in areas o* the portrait thusensuring against unnecessar$ smoothening o* other parts o* the image#

    Auto-Mask

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    Portraiture Plug-in User's Guide

    (uto-mas+ becomes especiall$ hand$ "hen batch processing# 9ecause it can createthe mas+s automaticall$ based on each image's uni1ue s+in tone range, each image"ill be treated indi)iduall$ during the batch processT this is 1uite e**icient "or+*lo"techni1ue "hen $ou choose appl$ing detail smoothening onl$ to s+in tones to alarge number o* images#

    (uto-7as+ helps $ou 1uic+l$ disco)er most o* the s+in tone range o* the image and,

    i* the resulting mas+ is not satis*actor$, $ou can manuall$ *ine-tune it to ensureoptimal results, pro)iding unmatched precision and producti)it$#

    (uto-7as+ is acti)ated b$ de*ault "hene)er the E(ppl$ etail .moothing to .+inones Onl$ F option is chec+ed# ?ou can choose bet"een t"o settings *or thiscontrol E;e" 5rom ImageF "hich "ill generate an auto-mas+ based on the currentimage, or East UsedF to re-use the mas+ that "as generated earlier and used last#he (uto-7as+ is essentiall$ a de*ault starting point "hen processing a particularimage as determined b$ the s+in tone detection algorithm "hen $ou select E;e"5rom ImageF or b$ East UsedF mas+# he (uto-mas+ can be al"a$s *ine-tuned oro)erridden b$ manuall$ adDusting the mas+ing controls#

    Manual Mask

    5or manual mas+ de*inition and *ine-tuning, Portraiture pro)ides t"o Color Pic+ertools, a .ingle Color pic+er and a 7ultiple Color Pic+er *or de*ining the 7as+'s toneand color range based on the s+in tones o* the image as represented b$ the pic+edpiel# ue, .aturation and uminanceo* the desired .+in one ange# he atitude )alue determines the "idth o* the mas+range around the adDusted and!or pic+ed tone# In other "ords the latitude )aluedetermines the sensiti)it$ o* the mas+ )is-a-)is pic+ed s+in color )alue#

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    (d)anced Use

    ?ou can )ie" the resulting mas+ on "hite or blac+ bac+ground b$ choosing the

    respecti)e radio-bo#

    he 7as+ Opacit$ control sets the degree o* the mas+ing "ith respect to theremaining areas o* the image outside o* the mas+ range# 5or eample, 400R opacit$)alue "ill not appl$ an$ o* the smoothening to the areas o* the image that are not"ithin the mas+ range "hile 0R setting "ill ignore the mas+ completel$#

    Portraiture also allo"s outputting onl$ the mas+ed range o* the image "hen therespecti)e ECreate ransparenc$ 7as+F chec+-bo on the right-hand side o* theplug-in "indo" is selected# his *eature re1uires that Portraiture is running on thela$er "ith a)ailable transparenc$ channel#

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    Portraiture Plug-in User's Guide

    En1an/eent#Portraiture pro)ides se)eral controls to *urther enhance $our portraits# ?ou canadDust the sharpness, "armth, brightness and contrast, as "ell as so*ten to produce aglamour e**ect#

    he combination o* brightness and contrast controls allo" *or adDusting the

    brightness and contrast "ithout o)er blo"ing highlights or o)er dar+ening theshado"s#

    he "armth control adDusts the s+in color saturation to emulate di**erent s+in tones*rom pale to tan#

    Saing #etting# to /reate ne. +ilter 3re#et#?ou can create $our o"n custom presets b$ clic+ing the L.a)e Custom .ettingsLbutton# ?ou can choose to sa)e the custom settings *rom each or an$ combination o*the three control sets#

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    Figure 15: .as 6utput options

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    (d)anced Use

    Un$o4Re$o +ilter o3eration?ou can re)ert or re-appl$ the last settings used b$ clic+ing the EUndo###F andEedo###F button controls net to the preset combo-bo or b$ using CQS orCQ? +e$board combinations respecti)el$# hese controls can be also accessed b$right-clic+ing on a slider control#

    Undo!edo "ill appl$ to setting changes made at least hal* a second apart *rom eachother#

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    Figure 11: Sa)e0 %e!ete0 7ndo and Redo buttons

    Figure 12: Sa)e Custom Fi!ter Settings 8indo"

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    Portraiture Plug-in User's Guide

    MU&%IP&E PRE,IES AND BRAC*E%ING

    Multi3le Preie.#he Portraiture pre)ie" *eature pro)ides a mechanism *or opening multiple pre)ie"

    "indo"s, up to 400 *or the same image *ile# his allo"s $ou to compare di**erent*ilter settings b$ simpl$ s"itching bet"een pre)ie" tabs# he *ilter settings "ill beautomaticall$ set to their respecti)e )alues *or each pre)ie"#

    o create a pre)ie", clic+ on the button net to the LPre)ie"L and select L(ddPre)ie"L *rom the popup menu# o close a pre)ie", select LClose Pre)ie"L and thecurrent pre)ie" "ill be closed# ?ou can also LClose Other Pre)ie"sL "hich "ill closeall other pre)ie"s and +eep onl$ the current pre)ie"#

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    Figure 1#: Pre)ie" pop up menu

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    (d)anced Use

    (lternati)el$, $ou can add a ne" pre)ie" b$ clic+ing on the E(dd ;e"Pre)ie"Fbutton on the top o* the pre)ie" "indo"#

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    Figure 1': Pre)ie" 8indo" buttons

    Figure 1(: 3"o pre)ie" tabs

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    Portraiture Plug-in User's Guide

    Bra/eting

    In addition to creating custom multiple pre)ie"s, Portraiture pro)ides an automatedbrac+eting *eature *or 1uic+l$ generating a preset series o* pre)ie"s *or )arious *iltersettings# 5or each original setting, the brac+eting creates the selected number o*pre)ie"s "ith the speci*ied brac+eting inter)al#

    o brac+et or to set up a brac+eting preset, clic+ on the button net to the LPre)ie"Land select the LParameter 9rac+eting###L item# ?ou can choose to replace alread$open pre)ie"s or add the ne" pre)ie"s to the eisting tabs#

    Once the preset is created, it "ill appear in the same menu selection#

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    (d)anced Use

    RESI5ING POR%RAI%URE P&UG-IN INDOhe Portraiture Plug-in "indo" can be resi=ed b$ dragging the lo"er-right corner o*the "indo"# ?ou can adDust the si=e o* the "indo" to better *it $our screenresolution and processor speed# ?ou can clic+ the LO3L button to remember thecurrent si=e or LCancelL to restore the pre)ious si=e#

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    Figure 1/: 9raceting Parameter ame and )a!ues in pre)ie" tabs and Right-c!ic pop up menu "ithbraceting options

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    Portraiture Plug-in User's Guide

    P(O%OS(OP AC%ION AND SCRIP%ING SUPPOR%Portraiture Plug-in pro)ides *ull action and scripting support "ithin Photoshop# herecorded actions contain all Portraiture Plug-in adDustable parameters includingdetail smoothing, s+in tones mas+, as "ell as enhancement controls#

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    Figure 1: Recorded action "ith Portraiture

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    (d)anced Use

    *EYBOARD AND MOUSE CON%RO&S

    Se/tion in$o.# Ma/ De#/ri3tion

    Pre)ie" "indo" .paceQClic+ .paceQClic+ Panning

    CQClic+ CommandQClic+ Soom in(QClic+ OptionQClic+ Soom out

    Ctrl Q Plus Command QPlus Soom In

    Ctrl Q 7inus Command Q7inus Soom Out

    Ctrl Q 0 Command Q0 Soom to 40R

    CtrlQ(lt Q 0 Command QOptionQ0 Soom to 400R

    7ouse "heel 7ouse "heel Nertical scroll

    CtrlQ7ouse "heelCommandQ7ouse"heel

    >ori=ontal scroll

    (ltQ7ouse "heel OptionQ7ouse "heel Soom

    ight Clic+ ight Clic+ Contet menuCtrlQ; CommandQ; ;e" Pre)ie"

    (lt Q Option Q Pre)ious Pre)ie"

    (lt Q Option Q ;et Pre)ie"

    (lt Q Option Q 5irst Pre)ie"

    (lt Q K Option Q K ast Pre)ie"

    CtrlQ(ltQ5 CommandQOptionQ5 5ull Pre)ie" mode

    CtrlQ(ltQN CommandQOptionQN Nertical split pre)ie" mode

    CtrlQ(ltQ> CommandQOptionQ >ori=ontal split pre)ie"

    .liders Up!o"n +e$s Up!o"n +e$s Increase!ecrease b$ 4

    .hi*tQUp!o"n +e$s .hi*tQUp!o"n +e$s Increase!ecrease b$ 40

    ab!.hi*tQab ab!.hi*tQab Change sliders

    ight Clic+ ight Clic+ Contet menu

    7ouse "heel 7ouse "heel Increase!ecrease b$ 4

    .hi*t Q 7ouse "heel .hi*t Q 7ouse "heel Increase!ecrease b$ 40

    ouble Clic+ ouble Clic+ .et to =ero A0B

    CtrlQS CommandQS Undo

    CtrlQ? CommandQ? edo

    CtrlQ. CommandQ. .a)e Current .ettings

    7as+ CtrlQ.hi*tQ; CommandQ.hi*tQ; >ide 7as+

    CtrlQ.hi*tQ< CommandQ.hi*tQ< .ho" 7as+ on