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Unlocking Professional Color & Clarity: A Deep Dive into Athentech Perfectly Clear 1.7.1 for Photoshop (32-Bit)

In the ever-evolving world of digital photography, the line between "taking a picture" and "making a picture" is often defined by post-processing. For decades, Adobe Photoshop has reigned as the king of image editing, but its complexity can be daunting for portrait photographers, real estate agents, and e-commerce vendors who need speed without sacrificing quality.

Modern versions of Photoshop (CC 2019 and newer) are exclusively 64-bit and do not support 32-bit plug-ins. If you are using a current version of Photoshop, you will need to upgrade to the latest Perfectly Clear SDK or Workbench provided by EyeQ (formerly Athentech). Photoshop 32-Bit Install Issues - Adobe Community Athentech Perfectly Clear 1.7.1 For Photoshop -32

Are you looking for a powerful plugin to enhance and perfect your images in Photoshop? Look no further than Athentech Perfectly Clear 1.7.1! This cutting-edge plugin is designed to help photographers, designers, and image enthusiasts achieve professional-grade results with minimal effort. Unlocking Professional Color & Clarity: A Deep Dive

Tip 2: Skin Masking Trick

If the skin smoothing looks plastic on older faces, duplicate your background layer first. Run Perfectly Clear on the duplicate, then add a black layer mask. Paint white only over the skin areas with a soft brush at 50% flow. Automatic exposure and color correction tuned per image

Key features

Automatic exposure and color correction tuned per image
Intelligent skin smoothing and blemish reduction
Detail enhancement and sharpening that tries to avoid halos
Noise reduction with preservation of fine detail
Batch processing support via Photoshop actions
Non-destructive workflow when used with smart objects

Exposure correction – Adjusts L channel only, preserves a/b chroma.
Fill Light – Inverse tone curve on L channel lower midtones (similar to Photoshop > Shadows/Highlights but faster).
Skin tone zone – Targets chroma values where Cb (blue-yellow) between 135–155 and Cr (red-green) between 145–165 in YCbCr. Does not handle deep shadows well.
Sharpening – Unsharp Mask on L channel: amount up to 120%, radius 1.0, threshold 0–10.

7. Known Issues & Workarounds (1.7.1 specific)

| Problem | Solution | |---------|----------| | Crash on open | Run PS as admin; disable DEP for Photoshop | | Over-orange skin | Go to Color > Saturation ( -5 to -10 on reds) before running plugin – or reduce “Skin Yellow” to -15 | | Artifacts on sky | Check “Mask Skin Only”, then manually mask after applying | | Plug-in not showing in Filter menu | Ensure only one copy of Perfectly Clear.8bf exists. Use Logix plugin checker. | | Stuck "Processing..." (infinite) | Small color profile mismatch – convert image to sRGB (Edit > Convert to Profile) before filtering |

: Adjusts color accuracy—specifically ensuring "Real Color Photography" where grass is green and skies are blue without artificial oversaturation. Application Systems Heidelberg Technical Specifications (32-bit focus) Bit Depth Support