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Imagenomic Portraiture for Photoshop and Lightroom

Name: Imagenomic Portraiture for Photoshop and Lightroom
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Author: Imagenomic

Skin retouching that smooths tone without destroying texture, running as a plugin inside Photoshop, Lightroom, and the standalone host.

Version 4.5 62 MB Windows 10 / 11 (64-bit) Updated 1 week ago

Overview

What this release is

Portrait retouching done badly is instantly recognisable. Blur the skin and the pores go with it, leaving a face that looks like a mannequin. Portraiture separates tone from texture and works only on the tone, which is why the result still reads as skin at strengths where a plain blur would have destroyed it.

The mask is built from a skin tone selection rather than from a drawn region. Pick the tones with the eyedropper, widen or narrow the range, and the plugin confines its work to those areas so hair, eyes, and clothing stay untouched. Getting that selection right takes about ten seconds and does most of the work.

Version four rebuilt the detection so it holds up across a much wider range of skin tones, which was the main weakness of the older releases. Automatic mask generation now produces a usable starting point on most portraits without any manual adjustment at all.

Batch processing is the reason event and school photographers keep it installed. Set the parameters once, point it at a folder of several hundred portraits, and let it run. The consistency across a set is better than any manual pass would achieve in the same time.

Feature set

What you get

Texture preserving

Separates tone from detail and smooths only the tone, so pores and fine hair survive the retouch.

Skin tone masking

Builds the working mask from a tone selection rather than a drawn region, leaving everything else untouched.

Automatic detection

Produces a usable mask on most portraits with no manual adjustment across a wide range of skin tones.

Batch processing

Runs a folder of hundreds of portraits with consistent settings in a single unattended pass.

Enhancement controls

Sharpness, softness, warmth, tint, and brightness adjustments confined to the masked area.

Multi host

Installs for Photoshop, Lightroom, and the standalone host from a single package.

Changes in this build

What changed

Detection rebuilt for consistent results across a wider range of skin tones
Faster processing on very high resolution files
Preset handling reworked so presets travel between the plugin and standalone hosts
Improved edge handling around hair and jaw lines
Fixed the mask preview that inverted on certain colour profiles

Installation

How to install it

Close Photoshop and Lightroom before installing.
Extract the archive to any convenient folder.
Run the installer as administrator and tick the hosts to register with.
Apply the included licensing step before opening a host application.
Open a host and confirm the plugin appears under the filter menu without a trial watermark.

Hardware

System requirements

Processor	Any 64-bit processor supported by the host application
Memory	8 GB minimum, 16 GB recommended for high resolution work
Graphics	No dedicated requirement, processing is done on the processor
Storage	300 MB free space
Display	1920 x 1080, calibrated panel recommended
System	Windows 10 version 22H2 or Windows 11 with a supported host installed

Package

Release information

Title	Imagenomic Portraiture for Photoshop and Lightroom
Version	4.5
Developer	Imagenomic
Category	Photo Editing
Platform	Windows 10 / 11 (64-bit)
Package size	62 MB
Interface languages	English
Release identifier	BS-04050001
Listed	4 years ago
Last rebuilt	1 week ago
Total downloads	217,677

Questions

Before you start

Does a watermark appear on the output?

No. This configuration processes clean at every resolution.

Can it run without Photoshop or Lightroom?

Yes. The standalone host is included in this package.

Why does the result look plastic?

The strength is too high or the mask is too wide. Reduce both and build the effect in stages.

Does it work on group photographs?

Yes, though the tone selection has to cover every subject. Separate passes give better results on mixed lighting.