

This is simple but effective set of tools that allows you to enhance the appearance of the mouth and lips and remove some of those unwanted digital artifacts that can be the result of bad lighting or an unprepared subject.

As I played around with the tools I was really impressed by the effects that can be added and how much you can actually alter the mood and/or facial expression by altering the appearance of the eyes. The “eye” tool is another amazing capability of this software. You are also able to add makeup effects to enhance the photo. The ability to not only fix makeup imperfections highlighted by the lighting when the picture was taken is an amazing tool. The Makeup category is another section that really shines in this software. Under the “Controls” tab there are 9 editing categories: The Presets tab contains presets for the controls, and the Snapshots tab is for saved snapshots. The Controls tabs contain all of the tools that you use for original editing. There are 3 main tabs for the editing tools which are Controls, Presets, and Snapshots.

There is also a floating “tips” box that can be hidden as desired. The toolbar on the right shows the original picture on the top and the available editing categories and tools below. The picture on the right pane reflects the changes that you make on the left throughout the process. On the right pane is the same picture without any masking. On the left pane, there is the picture with the face detection mask outline with nodes, that allow you to change the shape to define the facial area as you would like. This made it the perfect photo to test PortraitPro. However, it was painfully obvious that it was overexposed and taken in such harsh light that it just about ruined the photo. It is important for me to explain that I bought this photo of my son’s graduation to support his school. Once the selection is made, and in this case, I chose child since I used my son’s picture for this review, a split screen appears with a left and right pane.
