This AI Portrait Retouching App Will Change How We Edit Forever!

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This is going to be one of the most useful tools for retouching portraits moving forward. Would you implement this into your workflow? It already saves me hours on a client job I did last week. It's no joke.
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[@LeeZavitz]

I forgot to mention that when you pre-order you'll get access to it on Oct.31 2024!

[@juliatrotti]

Thanks for a great rundown Lee, I loved seeing all your before and afters!

[@ogonzilla]

I preordered this once I saw Julia announce it. Anything to save time!

[@talmichaelov2407]

Tbh this looks really promising I just preordered it with lifetime subscription, glad I got bell notifications on your channel lol Thanks buddy !

[@LeeZavitz]

Nice! yeah it’s a great deal if you get that lifetime subscription

[@zacharyshort384]

Latest version of Portrait Studio Pro is dope. I would love to see a decent in-depth comparison between Aperty and Portrait Studio!

[@studiophoto4869]

I was waiting to know if it was doing it's magic locally or on the cloud, pretty happy to know this is done locally! Thanks for the review!

[@LeeZavitz]

Yeah it’s nice to know it’s on device. 👌🏽

[@MartinBenesCreative]

Wondering how it’s working locally if it’s AI. Usually AI needs to connect to the cloud to process the image. It would be interesting to know more about the background process.

[@cammackey]

SO EXCITED TO TRY THIS

[@LeeZavitz]

Msg me when you finally get a chance to use it. I wanna hear your thoughts.

[@luisneumannp2748]

bro chill with the thumbnail

[@LeeZavitz]

Did it make you click? I couldn’t think of anything else so I pulled out the surprised face 😂

[@luisneumannp2748]

@@LeeZavitz It did, but only to comment this 😅 Your other thumbnails seem more professional tbh Like your content though!

[@JohnnyMcMillan]

Yeah that thumbnail is just cringe

[@LeeZavitz]

I hope it works. I only pull the surprised face when I don’t know what else to do with software thumbnails lol

[@LeeZavitz]

Don’t worry I use the surprised face sparingly. It probably won’t happen again for awhile

[@ozuidema]

“I won’t keep you long”😀. Interesting vid, thanks!

[@emi_again]

As someone that spends a lot of money on credits using EVOTO to retouch video, this looks promising! When are they planning to release? I haven't seen anything on batch exporting / processing.

[@LeeZavitz]

Anyone who preorders will have access Oct.31. For batch processing it’s not automated right now. So as I showed in the video you would have to copy and paste your settings across all the images and then export. But it does do batch exporting I just didn’t show it!

[@zacharyshort384]

@@LeeZavitz Hopefully they add batch-processing. That's a key feature for some of us. Especially those making data sets for AI training :D

[@nothingtobeconcernedabout7477]

My rule I apply for myself is that I only use AI assisted tools for things I can reliably and consistently do myself. So skin retouching and blemish removal. Can I do that manually well enough? Can I do it to the same level every time? If I can answer that with yes for myself, then I will use tools to do it faster. I will still do it sometimes and/or for certain jobs to get practice in.

[@haies09]

Something about manually retouching is relaxing though 😊.

[@stevemuzak8526]

It is but it's a waste of time and time means : MONEY.

[@EdKrisiak]

$199 a year is crazy... I will stick with Portrait Studio Pro and OWN the program.

[@ChemaPhoto]

Nice!!! Love it!!

[@LeeZavitz]

🤘🏽

[@pawelgaul919]

To się fajnie ogląda. Dzięki.

[@vincentroy5093]

Evoto is so far ahead of every other software, including this one.

[@dpeals86]

Agreed

[@VitoUno]

When I can try out a demo then money can be spent :)

[@allenzhu2178]

Any word on whether or not the retail version of Aperty will let us edit the subject's hair in the same way that it edits face/eyes? Also, will it allow us to make fake blue/green contact lenses look like actual human irises?

[@MarianMoisii]

They should include this on Luminar Neo as a plugin, I don't understand why they do it like that ...

[@NoOne-up8nd]

It’s available on iPad?

[@mikeispace9883]

Is there a Lightroom plugin from Skylum?

[@BCE-111]

Hey Lee ) Didn't get a chance to watch this yet but looking forward to viewing it shortly. They sent me an email about this earlier today. When I click on the link under your video it brings me right back to this page. Hmmm.

[@adden2242]

Is there a trial version for Aperty?? I wanna try it if my pc can take the software..i hope the loading time is faster now.

[@harshkarathiya1872]

Is this a Lightroom application that you use?

[@LeeZavitz]

I use Lightroom. But this is a separate app I just started using over the past 2 weeks

[@JayMacPhoto78]

How would you compare this to Retouch4me?

[@Conti1981]

@LeeZavitz Does this program detect Fuji film simulations?

[@willgavillan]

Would be great to have this on iPad

[@LeeZavitz]

That would be pretty sick. I wonder if they will do it. They brought Neo to iPad

[@JustZG]

As an owner of Luminar Neo, Seems like it covers 80~90% of what Aperty does. Aside from the AI blemish slider-- are there any other key feature that justifies me paying for Aperty?

[@LeeZavitz]

Neo is a completely different engine and this is getting a lot more refinement tools Neo won’t have. Neo was never really designed for portrait retouching it was mostly designed for landscapes and people. If portraits are your thing this will do a much better job especially when you get a chance to see how natural the skin texture looks. Now if you love sky replacement and all those features maybe Neo is doing a good enough job for your portraits you don’t need Aperty?

[@JustZG]

@@LeeZavitz I found with Neo it allowed me to use the same studio depth relight feature as well as things like eye and lips/teeth ai enhance tools. Without a Trial it's really hard to see or know the difference. The Aperty tool blemish removal tool for acne removal looks brilliant, but if it's the only feature so far that sets it apart... it kind hard to justify. I currently use other ai plugins (like Retouch4me) for non destructive dodge and burning-- but for quick jobs Aperty does seem great. Gosh wish there was a demo/trial build.

[@LeeZavitz]

I hear you. Neo does have a bunch of those features. There’s other stuff I didn’t show in terms of face reshaping as well as giving a better demo of body skin retouching. It’s more dialed in for portraits but I can see how some people would be mad that Neo didn’t have all of this. I guess that’s the issue with some people getting mad and I understand that. But I never bought Neo for retouching I bought it for the ai sky replacement and overall relighting for landscapes

[@JustZG]

​@@LeeZavitz Well since you have Neo, would be cool if you could please do a portrait retouch using neo using similar features/tool to show off the new engine and compare the results between the two to showcase the new engine and exclusive aperty features? Thanks Lee!

[@shang-hsienyang1284]

I'll be impressed when it could automatically remove all stray hair. To me it's always the most time consuming.

[@LeeZavitz]

I agree, it does take a lot of extra time. That was something I brought up when trying the original demo. I don’t know what goes into programming something like that so I can’t say if it’s possible or not but as Ai advances I’m sure it will eventually be able to do it

[@jasona59]

Do you know if it works with RAW file formats? Besides the pricing model, what are the differences between Aperty and Evoto?

[@LeeZavitz]

Yep it has full raw development. Evoto is more automated for batch processing. Aperty is more for dialled retouching. More options and settings for retouching portrait’s. it’s not fully automated for batch processing but as I show in the video you can copy settings and apply to multiple images and then export them as a batch

[@jasona59]

@@LeeZavitz Thanks, I’ll definitely check it out

[@adden2242]

I tried Luminar before..omg gave me a headache my pc cant take the software. Opening One photo takes like a minute or two..damn! uninstalled it right away!

[@BrazilPhillyCapoeira]

Looks like skylums version of Evoto

[@LeeZavitz]

Kind of. This is way more detail oriented and doesn’t do automated batch processing (yet)

[@dronemonkey8032]

Cant neo do almost the same things?

[@jb-el6xs]

Is this better than Reblum?

[@ChemaPhoto]

IMHO much better! hehe tried both ;)

[@TasteofTaboo]

It will be interesting how it works with heavy tattooed people. Many AI solutions is not really working with it.

[@LeeZavitz]

Ohh good call. Like face tattoos or just tattoos in general on body? I’ll actually give that a try. I haven’t shot with many people that have face tats but lots with full sleeves.

[@ArthurBradway]

@@LeeZavitz I would say tattoos in general - anywhere. Several of the tools will think its a body blemish and take it out. Or they think its a shadow maybe and try to blend it. I see it a lot on the text in the tattoos.

[@josephalbanese]

Not sure what this app can do that photoshop/lightroom can’t

[@Leonard1102]

I can see its fake… the results are a bit too good

[@zacharyshort384]

heh..

[@OmieBlue]

Forever is a long tiime.

[@LeeZavitz]

Forever is forever ♾️

[@OkorieIfeanyiDarlington]

Is there a mobile app for this coz this is what I need

[@LeeZavitz]

I know. I wish it was an iPad app

[@chrisak49]

$249 is a bit much for this. They should've priced it a lot lower to gain traction.

[@LeeZavitz]

Depends on if you do this for a living. I agree it would be steep if it’s a hobby. But if this saves you a lot of time editing client shoots it’s well worth it imo.

[@ChemaPhoto]

If you go fast you may grab the lifetime license ;)

[@ChemaPhoto]

@@-_ch40s_ hehe I have never paid full price they normally offer an upgrade price + if you do not upgrade they always keep the software updated without new features thats correct. But I rather have the choice of lifetime than a never ending subscription that you will never own the product.

[@ninjatogo]

@@-_ch40s_ On one hand that's better than having to pay a subscription every year but on the other hand, it means they need to do that to ensure a steady revenue.

[@applesforakbar]

Hey brother you mentioned it's $249, but when I click through your link it says $299 - any help? Cheers

[@LeeZavitz]

What country are you in? $299 is Canadian price but in US it’s cheaper.

[@applesforakbar]

@@LeeZavitz ah yep that makes sense then. Thanks friend!

[@Kuzumby]

I'll wait until it's integrated with neo, this feels like a cool add-on but not enough to be a standalone.

[@abedxd7556]

Why u dont vlog for the xiaomi 14 ultra

[@LeeZavitz]

If xiaomi wants to send me one to make a video on i would

[@DogFiles]

Looks great, but too expensive.

[@LeeZavitz]

It’s not going to be for everyone. But I’ve been looking for something like this for a long time. Always used it on a couple client jobs and it saved me quite a lot of time

[@theweekendphoto]

yep and we have to pay for it😂😊😊

[@stevemuzak8526]

I have notification set for your videos. Please don't follow that fake tumbnail reaction bs trend. So annoying.

[@maximusaugustus6823]

$250.

[@user-wj5hc3tp9v]

No it will not just like all the apps that promise the world from skylum

[@thewebstylist]

A shame they didn’t build that into Neo. Very disappointed w Skylum over the years I have to say.

[@LeeZavitz]

The intention was to make a standalone app for portrait retouching. Neo always has so many other features it would get convoluted

[@TheDigitalGuerrilla]

Their products are really poor in terms of performance or support. Don't bother

[@ChemaPhoto]

If something I have learnt on this years working with Skylum and Luminar is that support has been great, performance for me at least was great, did upload a video too no cuts

[@Booyamakashi]

Isnt this 3rd or 4th app they are releasing promising the same thing? Why dont they update Luminar AI? Luminar Neo? This is just another cashgrab, they will release new app in a year instead of updating that one and demand another 200 bucks for it.