Post pobrano z: 5 Quick Ways to Enhance Portrait Photos
People nowadays snap a lot of portraits,
ranging from headshots to selfies, or even group photos. Considering how
popular portrait photography can be it is no surprise that most editors have
tools to enhance them – but PhotoWorks is particularly noteworthy.
Not only will PhotoWorks provide you with
numerous ways to enhance your portrait photos, but its tools are designed to be
extremely intuitive and user-friendly. With their help you’ll be able to
quickly touch up and improve your portraits as a professional would.
Automatically Balance the Color and Light
Many photos suffer from bad lighting that
makes them overexposed, underexposed or affects their colors. In PhotoWorks you
can fix that with a single click by using the auto enhancement module.
It is up to you whether you want to correct
the light or color balance, or both. Referring to the histogram will let you
check the tonal distribution and decide which option to use.
On top of that if you want you can fine
tune the adjustments further by using the manual settings to directly alter the
Exposure, Highlights, Shadows, Hue, Saturation, and more.
Remove Unwanted Glare
Glare is another common issue that can
affect your portraits and make the skin texture look greasy. Fortunately
learning how
to remove glare in PhotoWorks is easy – and you’ll have several options
that you can use.
The easiest way to remove glare is with the
Remove Face Shine option in the Portrait Magic tool. It will get rid of the
glare on your portraits with a single click.
In some cases you can use other methods to
remove the glare however, such as adjusting the Highlights slider, using the
Adjustment Brush, or with the Clone Stamp. Each option is different, and
suffice to say you’ll be well-equipped to handle any type of glare you
encounter.
Fix Red-Eye Effects
If your camera flash was too close to the
subject, you’ll end up with portraits that have glowing red eyes – which is
what is known as the red-eye effect. That can be fixed quickly using
PhotoWorks’ specialized Red Eye Removal tool.
Once you select the tool you can use it to
paint over the red eyes in your portraits to fix them. For best results you
should adjust the size of the brush, and zoom in to the photo to make painting
over the affected area easier.
Whiten Yellow or Stained Teeth
Yellow or stained teeth can make your
subjects look older and make smiles look less attractive. However it is easy
enough to whiten teeth in your portraits using the specialized preset in
PhotoWorks’ Portrait Magic feature.
Not only will the whiten teeth preset help
you to make smiles look more radiant and give your subject a set of pearly
whites, but you’ll get to control how much you want to whiten the teeth using a
simple slider.
Conceal Skin Imperfections
Removing small skin imperfections can be
tricky, and over-editing can make your skin look unnatural. That being said if
you want a quick way to conceal skin imperfections such as acne, wrinkles,
scars, or even eye bags you can use the Healing Brush in PhotoWorks.
As a smart editing tool the healing brush
will automatically identify the best area to sample and let you conceal any
skin imperfections by simply painting over them. It works best on small
imperfections, and you can adjust the brush size to allow for a more precise
selection.
The feather and opacity options can help
soften the edges of the mask that is applied to make it blend in more
naturally.
Conclusion
Overall you should be starting to see how easy it will be to enhance your portrait photos and make them look their best using PhotoWorks. Most of the tools require just a single click or a few simple adjustments using convenient sliders to apply them to your photos.
To be perfectly honest the features described above are just a small selection of the full scope of PhotoWorks’ tools. As you explore its features, you’ll see that there isn’t much that it can’t do, and it will let you really come up with portraits that look like they’ve been snapped in a professional studio.
Featured image by Simon Wijers
