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I find that a fairly large percentage of the time I spend retouching a photo in PP is spent doing the outlines of each face -- the jaw, the nose, the eyebrows, the eyes. There are many features of faces that I almost NEVER touch, like the shape of the eyebrows. Can I skip carefully outlining this feature (the eyebrows) with the PP software, therefore? I also almost never do anything with the mouth or teeth. It would save me a lot of time if I could skip outlining the subject's mouth. Does anyone out there routinely skip outlining certain features of faces to save time when using PP? Or would I be being shortsighted not to carefully outline each facial feature and take the 5-10 minutes necessary to do a good job?
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You have a great post there. I know that there are some great forum members that will be able to assist you here.
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Hi Fred,
Personally, I usually spend a little bit of time checking the outlines before I start editing. However, as long as they are fairly accurate, you don't need to make them absolutely perfect to get a good result. As an example, I usually make sure the blue lines around the teeth (if the mouth is open) are pretty much correct but I don't pay as much attention to the lines around the lips as I don't tend to change much about them. As long as they are pretty much in the right place, I leave them as they are.
Out of curiosity, which version and edition of the software are you using?
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The Master Collection in version 11 does all the outlining for you, so you simply hit the "ignore" button on the facial re-shaping algorithm and it doesn't re-shape the face. Just my .02.
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Normally the auto outlines are quite good. However, you if notice the eyes are giving problem, esp, when the image consists of many faces, you can just switch off the eye control by clicking the green button. This applies to the mouth also.