EDITING A PORTRAIT
You may not be a landscape person; perhaps
you’re more of a people person. Load up
a portrait of your favorite person and let’s
begin. (And for once I’m not using a model,
though I still think she was quite beautiful.
But I digress.)
STEP ONE: Open your photo into Portrait AI
from the Photo>Edit In menu in Lightroom.
It will run the Find Faces dialog, show the
faces it detects, and apply the Default settings.
STEP TWO: You may find the Default settings
look too pronounced, but you can choose a
different option from the Style drop-down
menu in the Portrait AI module. You may want
to edit all facial features, but start subtly, so
Skin, Eyes & Mouth - Subtle would be the
way to go. Once you’ve edited a portrait,
you may also want to save your own custom
style from this same menu.
STEP THREE: Portrait AI is split into Skin, Face,
Eyes, and Mouth. Skin initially appears to
be just one slider, Retouching, but it’s more
than that. By clicking on Details, you’ll reveal
another drop-down menu with two options:
Surface Blur and Frequency Separation. The
former is there for compatibility with older
versions of the application, so Frequency
Separation is the one to choose.
STEP FOUR: Skin has the following settings:
Blemishes, to remove fine lines and wrin-
kles; Detail, to bring back lost skin detail;
Smoothing, to even out the skin; Texture, to
add artificial skin texture; and finally, Shine,
to reduce highlights on the skin.
There’s no right or wrong way to use
these; however, if you’re using extreme
settings, you’re probably overdoing it.
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