Skylum Launches Aperty, a Game-Changing Portrait Editor That Delivers Professional Results Faster Than Ever

Formerly known as “Project Barcelona," Aperty sets a new standard for the next generation of portrait retouching tools. By combining advanced AI technologies with state-of-the-art features, Aperty delivers unmatched precision and natural-looking results, making it the ideal choice for professional photographers who value time and quality. 

Technologies Powering Aperty:

• Face Mesh: Utilizing next-gen technology, Aperty processes up to 4,000 dots per face (more than 20 times compared to other photo editors on the market), ensuring that every edit is precise and accurately accounts for the depth and dimensions of the image.
• Face and Body Segmentation: Aperty's sophisticated segmentation technology detects up to 30 classes of face and body parts, allowing for highly detailed retouching and reshaping adjustments.
• Cutting-edge Synthetic Data Set Generation: Aperty’s AI models have been trained using synthetic data, ensuring that creators' original work remains secure and addressing some of the common concerns among photographers around privacy and intellectual property.

Aperty’s Key Features:

• Skin Smoothing: Perfect for fashion or wedding photography, this feature smooths skin texture, preserving natural tones and details.
• Blemish Removal: Remove blemishes and other imperfections while preserving skin texture and permanent details. Remove or restore the freckles.
• Face/Body Skin Color Correction: Balances skin color seamlessly, enabling quick adjustments of red and green skin tones with a single slider. Effectively removes redness on the model’s face and green tones caused by improper lighting or shadows.
• Studio Light: A dynamic tool that enables users to set up artificial lighting sources and apply light textures during post-production. With the ability to create up to 5 light sources, users can place them anywhere in the image to craft the perfect scene.
• Presets/LUTs: Presets and LUTs allow users to edit and color-grade images in just a few clicks. Set an amount to apply and adjust the settings to achieve fine-tuned results.
• Masking: Use precise mask layers to create AI masks for people and backgrounds, or customize masks with brushes, gradients, or luminosity. Adjust edits per layer for full control.
• Makeup: Add blush, contour, and highlights in post-production. Fine-tune tone, amount, and feathering for a natural look. Aperty's Face Mesh and Segmentation technologies ensure perfect application.

Designed in collaboration with renowned portrait photographer Julia Trotti, Aperty specifically meets the needs of semi-pro and professional photographers by offering advanced editing features that streamline the workflow and deliver stunning, natural-looking results with ease. 

Perfect one image according to your unique style, and easily apply the edits to the rest of the photoshoot series thanks to Aperty's batch processing capabilities. With AI-assisted retouching, photographers can edit smarter and faster, freeing up time to take on more projects, explore their creative ideas, and grow professionally.

“Aperty is the portrait editing software I’ve always dreamt of creating to help save time retouching while maintaining professional results,” said Julia.

“We paid close attention to the challenges faced by professional photographers to deliver exactly what they need. With Aperty, what used to take hours — retouching each photo individually — can now be done in a fraction of the time,” said Skylum CEO Ivan Kutanin.  “We understand that a photographer’s time is precious, especially for professionals who run their own businesses, which is why we believe retouching should be fast, straightforward and deliver high-quality results every time.” 

Availability & Pricing

From October 1 until the release date, Aperty is available at an early-bird price: a 1-year subscription plus 1 year free for $199/€179. After the launch on November 7, Aperty will be available at $29.90/€26.90 for a 1-month subscription or $299/€269 for a 1-year subscription. All plans include the latest version, 24/7 technical support, and activation on up to 2 devices.

By the end of September, there is an exclusive option to preorder a lifetime license for $249/€219, which includes 2 years of free upgrades and 5 years of updates.

Find out more via the link https://aperty.ai/