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Company: Anthropics Technology Inc.
Price: Standard: $79.90; Studio: $119.90 (works
as Photoshop and Lightroom plug-in)
Rating:
Hot: Fast; simple; full-body editing
Not: With great power comes great
responsibility (very easy to go overboard)
I previously reviewed PortraitPro 12 and 15 for Photoshop User and
had high praise for both versions, so I had high expectations for
PortraitPro Body. And it’s an impressive piece of software. Upon
opening an image, you follow simple prompts to mark up the
body structure/skeleton of your subject and then use sliders to
adjust bodies from head to toe—I marvel at the algorithms that
must underlie each slider. Then, there are additional Liquify-like
tools for further sculpting, and a pared-down version of its parent-
program’s facial corrections. As with the original PortraitPro, it’s
also a ton of fun to use.
Yet, I’ve struggled regarding what to say about PortraitPro
Body. As is always the case with retouching software, it’s far
too easy to take it too far and get over-retouched, unrealistic
results. Somehow the chances of this seem multiplied with full-
body manipulation.
If you routinely have clients who ask to be morphed into
perfection and you’re not a master of Photoshop, then you’ll
find PortraitPro Body extremely useful. It came in super handy
when I wanted to quickly composite my daughter into a shot of
PortraitPro
Body
Powerful Full-Body Shaping—
in the Right Hands and Situations
Review by Jessica Maldonado©Adobe Stock/staras