In the world of portrait retouching, speed and subtlety are often at odds. Manually dodging and burning, frequency separation, and clone stamping deliver high-end results but consume minutes—sometimes hours—per image. Imagenomic Portraiture 3 bridges this gap. It is a plugin (for Photoshop, Lightroom, and Capture One) designed to automate skin smoothing while famously avoiding the "plastic" look. Here is a breakdown of what makes version 3 a continued industry standard. 1. The Core Algorithm: Intelligent Smoothing The heart of Portraiture is its proprietary masking engine. Unlike simple blur filters that soften everything equally, Portraiture 3 analyzes the image to distinguish skin from non-skin elements (eyes, eyebrows, lips, hair, clothing, and background).