Imagenomic - Portraiture

Introduction: What is Portraiture? Imagenomic Portraiture is a Photoshop, Lightroom, and Aperture plugin (now primarily Photoshop and Lightroom Classic) designed for intelligent skin smoothing and retouching . Unlike manual techniques (healing brush, frequency separation) which can take minutes per image, Portraiture does it in seconds using proprietary skin tone masking algorithms.

Create your own: Start with "Natural Skin", adjust mask, save as "My Headshot Preset". | Problem | Cause | Solution | |---------|-------|----------| | Plastic/doll skin | Threshold too high (>80) & Sharpness too low (<15) | Reduce Threshold to 50, set Sharpness to 30-40 | | Eyes lost detail | Mask includes iris | Narrow Saturation Range (eyes are lower sat than skin) | | Edges glowing/halo | Large Scale with high Threshold | Reduce Scale to 30, use layer mask to erase edge | | Freckles vanished | Threshold too aggressive | Use Texture Preservation mode or lower Threshold to 25 | | Asymmetric smoothing | Mask biased by lighting | Use Manual Brush to equalize | | Background skin-colored | Red wall, wood, or sand | Use Manual Brush (–) to exclude background | Part 7: Portraiture vs. Competitors | Tool | Speed | Quality | Control | Price (approx) | |------|-------|---------|---------|----------------| | Portraiture | Instant | Excellent | High (mask + smoothing) | $100-$200 | | Frequency Separation (manual) | 5-10 min | Perfect (if skilled) | Full | Free (Photoshop only) | | Skinfiner | Fast | Very good | Medium | $40 | | Retouch4me Heal | Instant | Good | Low (AI automatic) | $100 per module | | Luminar Neo (Skin AI) | Instant | Good | Low | Subscription | imagenomic portraiture