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  • A New Portrait Project – Stuck in Customs


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    Apr 2025 : Sunday

    And Exploring Skylum Aperty

    I’ve started work on a portrait project which is, let’s just say not insignificant, in its scope… because if I think about it too much, I realise it’s quite the crazy undertaking! So, while I was planning this out, I had to think about how my workflow might work. How do I make things as easy on myself as possible and keep the creativity as the priority, keeping the “how” out of the way as much as I can. I played with a few tools for a while and have now settled on Aperty. Before I get into that here’s a quick look at it:


    Skylum Aperty Example

    That image in the interface, pretty great end result from minimal time. It was clear to me from early on in the testing that my normal tools, like Lightroom and Luminar, which I use A LOT, offer great processing but Aperty and its focus on portraits, offers a slicker workflow and quicker almost one click solutions.


    Skylum Aperty Wrinkle Example

    Above you’ll see exactly what I mean. On the left, a before, right is the after. 2 button clicks to apply some sympathetic tweaks to the image. Areas to pay particular attention to are the bridge of the nose, forehead and right of the eye. In some cases, the wrinkles disappear, in others the harshness (which was partially due to the environment) is reduced.


    Skylum Aperty Skin Example

    Now, don’t get me wrong… if transforming your models into smooth skinned alienlike creatures is your style, that’s possible too… but for more terrestrial based portraits, the tweaks applied by Aperty in just a few clicks feel appropriate, never overdone. Above, that’s the blemish and skin smoothing sliders at work.

    This being Skylum there are of course some fun additions to the normal options available too. You can for example have the software add some eyeliner to your model, or tweak their iris color as just two examples but that’s something for another day.

    For now, what I see from Aperty is a great tool for anyone working on people pictures. The tools flow in a really nice, logical way for a processing work and a lot of the clutter you’d find in more general processing applications doesn’t feature here. Yet you can still do great environmental portraits too, which is what I think I’ll leave you with today… oh, and one more thing. You can grab Aperty for a 50% discount here, plus a bonus month on the subscription and a bunch of extras. Have fun!


    Skylum Aperty Environmental Portrait Example





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  • More from my in progress Project


    Hey awesome reader. A little more from me on Aperty, which if you read the previous post you’ll know I’m using for a current project. A couple of things this time round. Firstly Sklyum let me know that the offer I mentioned expires in the next day or so. Therefore, if you want to grab it, now’s the time. Secondly, I wanted to cover some of other features that stood out in my time so far with the software…


    Skylum Aperty Example

    Last time I talked about a couple of features which really help with processing workflow. Fixing common issues with skin, etc. This time let’s focus a bit on the eyes. I LOVE a good iris in an image… or two depending on how you look at it. Sometimes that can be a challenge though, like the image above. Originally, with such a bright day in the African desert, the lovely Rose had some significant reflections in her eyes. Not a problem with Aperty, just a few button clicks and we’ve got some nice iris replacement. You can also keep things more natural and enhance what’s already there if you have a good clear image however here replacement was needed to remove the distracting reflection.

    Skylum Aperty Example Iris

    The before and after can be a little odd, so here’s the final version.


    Skylum Aperty Eyeliner Example

    Aperty also has some cool creative enhancements, like the ability to add a flash of color via generated eyeliner. Again a click or two and a move of a slider and it’s done. It’s not my sort of thing usually, I tend to stick with whatever look the person had, however this software magic tickles my tech brain in a fun way. Nicely done Skylum!


    Skylum Aperty Wrinkle Example

    Wrapping things up for now, I think the best way I’d sum up Aperty is that at its core it is a great bit of software for those processing people photos (including groups, street photography, etc) on a regular basis. Especially those who do sessions with the same model, or have a consistent look to go for over a large range of images. For example, being able to apply some sympathetic, natural skin smoothing and blemish removal quickly and easily across a batch of images of the same person is a real time saver. Oh, and the batch processing feature is included in the price, not as a charged extra as with some competing software. The speed and lack of clutter in the UI is also great, getting you (well, me in this case) to the more creative, fun processing as quickly as possible.

    So, that’s it for now. As I mentioned, their current offer with 50% off and some free stuff ends tomorrow-ish. So it’s now or never for that. Be sure to share some of your creations with me… by email, or tag me on socials. Have fun! 🙂 And finally, here are a few more of my creations. 🙂


    Skylum Aperty Example 1


    Skylum Aperty Example 2


    Skylum Aperty Example 3





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