Page 99 - Photoshop User February 2017

Left: In only a few minutes, I dramatically slimmed this plus-sized model (probably more than I would’ve adjusted for someone I actually knew).
Above: PortraitPro Body interface, as it leads you through marking up the joints of your subject.
“Use it to correct posture, to improve symmetry, or to save an otherwise great shot by adjusting a flaw in the subject’s pose. PortraitPro Body may eliminate the need to hire a professional retoucher
for small corrections like these.”
her Barbie Princess dolls: Nip in that waist! Elongate those legs! Done! Because the frivolity of the project allowed me to embrace the extreme retouching capabilities, it was awesome and guilt- free. Conversely, if you can be trusted to use it judiciously, all power to you, go for it. Use it to correct posture, to improve symmetry, or to save an otherwise great shot by adjusting a flaw in the subject’s pose. PortraitPro Body may eliminate the need to hire a professional retoucher for small corrections like these.
Somehow, there’s more of an ethical issue for me with body contour than with skin smoothing. Do ethics have a place in soft- ware reviews? My perspective on full-body retouching is that the artists who have a “need” to do it—and will take the time to do it well—already know how to do it in Photoshop, and don’t really need a dedicated piece of software to guide them along; they’ll move bit-by-bit making intelligent, anatomy-based deci- sions. I worry that people who are likely to use PortraitPro Body may be more apt to go overboard with thinning and reshaping. This is my opinion, and my lack of trust in human nature, more than an issue with the product, which is quite good. n
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