Imagenomic Portraiture

About Imagenomic Portraiture

Skin retouching by hand is slow, and every shortcut that involves blurring produces the plastic look everyone recognises immediately. Portraiture works differently: it builds a mask from the skin tones present in the image, then applies frequency aware smoothing inside that mask only, so pores and texture survive while blotches, uneven tone and shine are levelled out. Eyes, eyebrows, hair, lips and clothing stay sharp because the mask never covered them.

The mask is the part worth understanding. An eyedropper samples skin from the frame and the tolerance sliders widen or narrow the range, with a preview that shows exactly which pixels are included. On mixed lighting or several subjects with different complexions, the range widens or a second pass handles the rest, and the mask can be refined by hand where a background happens to share a skin hue.

Beyond smoothing there are the enhancement controls: sharpness, softness, warmth, tint, brightness and contrast applied inside the mask so a face can be treated separately from the frame without a separate selection. A set of presets covers portrait, fashion, wedding and high key work as starting points, and custom presets save a look for a whole shoot.

Batch processing is what makes it viable on volume work. A saved preset applies across an entire folder or an entire selection in a raw processor, so a wedding or an event delivery gets a consistent skin treatment without opening every frame. It installs into the common photo editors and raw processors during setup, and the same preset behaves identically in each.

What is included in this build

• Automatic skin tone mask generation with an eyedropper and tolerance controls
• Frequency aware smoothing that preserves pore and texture detail
• Mask preview showing exactly which pixels are being treated
• Enhancement controls for sharpness, warmth, tint, brightness and contrast inside the mask
• Preset library covering portrait, fashion, wedding and high key looks
• Custom presets saved and reused across a whole shoot
• Batch processing across a folder or an entire selection
• Installs into the common photo editors and raw processors from one setup

Changed in version 4.5

• Improved mask accuracy on darker complexions and mixed lighting
• Faster rendering on high resolution files
• Additional presets aimed at event and volume work
• Better handling of images with several subjects in one frame
• Reduced memory use during batch runs

Installation walkthrough

These steps assume a clean machine. If a previous release of the same application is present, deal with that first, since an overlapping install is the most common cause of a setup that stops halfway.

1. Install the host photo editor or raw processor first, since this attaches to an existing installation.
2. Close every host application before starting setup.
3. Extract the archive to a folder with a short path.
4. Run the installer as administrator and confirm the detected host list before continuing.
5. Launch the host and find the plugin under the filter or edit in menu.

System requirements and file details

Frequently asked about this title