Profiles

In simple terms, profiles are a look applied to an image. Some profiles are neutral (so the image appears very similar to the data captured by a camera), while others are much more dramatic. The list of possibilities is endless, and it's possible to fine-tune an image to almost any look. Here we have taken an example image of the beautiful Courtney, standing outside in a lovely patterned dress and applied different profiles to give an idea of what is possible.

Please remember that how the images appear will depend on your device's settings, such as screen brightness.

Here is the image with a neutral profile applied (after the rest of the editing process has been completed). The image is a nice photograph, but it appears flat.

Soft Glamour

Tonal Contrast

Urban Grit

Classic

Antique

Black and White

Vintage Yellow

Retro

Endless Possibilities

The possibilities are endless!

It's also possible to target specific areas of a photo with local adjustments; for example, you may wish to bring out the colours and detail in a fabulous dress but leave the background unchanged to draw the viewer's focus onto the model. At the same time as bringing out the detail in a dres, you may not want to bring out the details in the face as this will emphasise wrinkles; for the face, you want to show nice skin tones.

It's also possible to combine profiles, for example in the photograph below, Courtney is in colour, but the background has been rendered in black and white.

In this example, a soft glamour glow is used for the model, and the background in shown in black and white

Very targeted adjustments are also possible.

In the example below, Courtney is given a soft glamour profile, which is slightly brightened. The background features a slight desaturation and blurring effect, which draws attention to the model. Then, an additional change is made that specifically targets Courtney's dress and hat, bringing out the details and colour in both.

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