Portrait Professional

[RJ Johnston]

This is very cool, Portrait Professional. I happened to see an ad for this while on Videohelp. I downloaded it a few days ago, and today I tried it out with one of the example portraits they provide.

http://www.portraitprofessional.com/

[George Tyndall]

Very intriguing.

Thanks for posting that, RJ

[RJ Johnston]

I purchased the Studio version, which has a Photoshop plug-in. I have Photoshop CS2, and it works great in that. I had to copy and paste the plug-ins to the correct place because that wasn't done automatically during installation.

Just tried the Photoshop plug-ins in Corel Paintshop Photo Pro X3, and they work with that as well.

[John 'twosheds' McDonald]

Downloaded the trial and was immediately impressed. Yes one can do this sort of thing in Photoshop but it would be quite a chore. This makes it sooo simple.

I too bought the Studio version and have it installed as a plug-in to Photoshop CS5. I also managed to find a coupon so it was even better value for me.

Great find RJ. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.

[RJ Johnston]

Yes, you can do it in Photoshop without the plug-in,well most of it, and you would really learn a lot about using Photoshop. But this plug-in is really something else.

Even if your subject is small compared to the rest of the photo, like in a group shot, you can still get good results. After you measure the eye width, PP will zoom in automatically to the whole face so you can work on it more easily. I wonder if it would work on animals.

[hhnguyen]

Hello
I too just bought the studio (not studio 64). Does it have a photoshop plug-in? If it does, could someone please show me how to install the plug-in? I have Photoshop CS5. I've tried a few things but to no avail.

Many thanks in advance
hhnguyen

[RJ Johnston]

The plug-in is named PSFilterPPLauncher.8bf. It is in the same folder where you installed Portrait Professional, for example: C:\Program Files\Portrait Professional Studio 10\

Copy and Paste that file to the "Plug-Ins" folder where you installed Photoshop, for example: C:\program files\Adobe Photoshop CS2\Plug-Ins\

[John 'twosheds' McDonald]

For CS5 the path is:-

C:/Program Files/Adobe/Adobe Photoshop CS5 (64 Bit)/Plug-Ins

Start up Portrait Professional. Then click on File>Settings.
Select the Plugin tab, click on 'Browse' and browse to the above location then select 'Install 64 bit plug-in'.
Click OK. All done.

[tjodork]

A while back they had a free download of PP6, which I grabbed.
When I've tried it, it actually changed the shape of the head.
Granted it seems to look nicer but I'm really not in favor of changing
the person that drastically.

Do you guys notice the same thing ?

[Paul LS]

If you look at the samples on the PP page you can see not only the shape of the head changing but the shape of the nose etc. A lot cheaper than plastic surgery...

New Blue FX has a skin touch up effect for Premiere Elements/Pro in their Essentials IV (with some other nice effects) that nicely smooths just the skin without changing the face. I have seen some examples and they look good. Not teh same class as PP I guess.
http://www.newbluefx.com/video-essentials-iv.html

[hhnguyen]

Thank you John and RJ

I will try it tonight

[George Tyndall]

For CS5 the path is:-

C:/Program Files/Adobe/Adobe Photoshop CS5 (64 Bit)/Plug-Ins

Start up Portrait Professional. Then click on File>Settings.
Select the Plugin tab, click on 'Browse' and browse to the above location then select 'Install 64 bit plug-in'.
Click OK. All done.

John, I have PS CS5 but I still use PSE7 for most of my work. Will the procedure you describe also work with PSE7?

[John 'twosheds' McDonald]

Sorry George, I can't help as I don't have PSE7.

[Bob]

John, I have PS CS5 but I still use PSE7 for most of my work. Will the procedure you describe also work with PSE7?

Not John, but the Portrait Professional web site says it will work with Elements. Install the same way but choose the Photoshop Elements plugins folder and select the install 32-bit plugin option.

http://www.portraitprofessional.com/support/?qid=66

I haven't used this plugin. I don't care for the facial feature morphing, but the docs say version 10 allows you to turn that off and set it as the default.

[George Tyndall]

John, I have PS CS5 but I still use PSE7 for most of my work. Will the procedure you describe also work with PSE7?

Not John....

Thank you for that information, sir, and also for the reply regarding copyrights. I've got a week off coming up during which I will try out PP with the PRE/PSE7 bundle that I use for most of my work and then report back.