OnOne PhotoTune SkinTune v2.0 for Adobe Photoshop

Skin Color Research
Correcting skin color with Adobe Photoshop is one of the most difficult
tasks professional photographers face every day. If you are a wedding,
portrait, or fashion photographer, you know exactly what I mean. The problem
is that the range of acceptable skin color is very, very limited, and it
varies slightly for different races. Additionally, subtle skin color is
difficult to render on a computer monitor, so making accurate adjustments is
tricky.

Unlike other software companies who took shortcuts, we spent years studying
skin color, and collecting thousands of image samples from around the world.
Then, we took precise spectrophotometer measurements and compiled complete
reference databases of acceptable colors for each race. What we discovered
is that skin color represents less than 1% of all available colors, and that
each race has slightly different color characteristics. So, it's no wonder
that correction is such a difficult process, especially when traditional
tools were never designed to handle such a small range of colors.

After collecting and studying color samples, our next step was to construct
complete libraries for different races, including African, Asian, Caucasian,
Latin, and Middle Eastern. Each library contains between 125,000 and 150,000
colors made up of different combinations of hue, brightness, and saturation,
based on the unique characteristics of each race.

Custom Tools
Understanding skin color was only half the battle. It was obvious that we
also needed to create specialized tools designed specifically for skin color
adjustment. One thing you'll notice with SkinTune is that all the
adjustments are totally independent, so adjusting brightness, as an example,
has no effect on hue or saturation. This is important because a small
adjustment can easily result in an out-of-gamut skin color.

Finally, we needed to find a way to increase the precision of SkinTune to
provide maximum control over the skin color spectrum. Our tools are twice as
precise as Photoshop so you can make very subtle adjustments and achieve
life-like results. As you can tell, we worked hard to make your job easy.

Easy, Quick, and Stress-Free
To use SkinTune, alI you do is open an image in Photoshop, and select
PhotoTune SkinTune from the Filter menu. After two clicks of the mouse,
SkinTune instantly finds the nearest acceptable skin color from the selected
library, and automatically corrects your image. After SkinTune does its
magic, you are free to use SkinTune's tools to adjust hue, brightness,
contrast, and saturation. All your adjustments will stay within the
boundaries of the library to insure perfect, lifelike results.

Our Heritage
Like all of our highly-acclaimed plug-ins, SkinTune has a unique and elegant
interface. Corrections are fast, easy, and mistake-free. With SkinTune added
to your Photoshop arsenal, you will spend less time in front of a computer
fixing photos, and more time behind a camera taking photos.