Aperty is a photo editing software officially positioned as a "desktop AI portrait editor," mainly aimed at professional photographers, emphasizing fast, natural, and batch-capable portrait retouching. According to the official introduction, it is designed to help users stop spending large amounts of evening time on retouching, improving efficiency through features such as 3D face mesh, natural skin smoothing, and batch retouching.
In terms of use, Aperty is used to enhance facial features and color, remove blemishes, and make portraits look better. The official description states that its toolset can help users easily improve portrait quality, including reshaping, retouching, blemish removal, adding makeup, and other functions; eye-related features include iris color enhancement, iris catchlights, eye whitening, eye enlargement, red-eye removal, and more; it also provides a variety of portrait enhancement tools for skin, eyes, face, and facial features, as well as body and face reshaping, plus additional creative tools.
Main capabilities include: natural skin retouching, with the official emphasis on "no plastic-looking skin," providing natural smoothing, blemish cleanup, and correction of dark circles and wrinkles; batch retouching, which can apply edits once and update across the entire set in seconds, keeping every portrait consistent; unlimited retouching with no point limits, performed entirely offline locally on Mac or Windows, with no per-image billing, no uploads, and files never leaving the user's computer; support for professional presets, allowing users to adjust retouching strength, add their own style, and keep consistency for each subject; custom presets can also be added and used. The official information also mentions that skin tones can be easily adjusted in the Aperty editor, and background areas can be selected in a mask for adjustment.
In terms of how to use it, the official information gives four steps: launch the plugin from Photoshop or Lightroom, or drag in images directly; use retouching presets made by professionals; adjust retouching strength, add a personal style, and keep subjects consistent; export the project to deliver to clients. Aperty can run both as a standalone program and as a plugin for Photoshop, macOS Photos, and Lightroom, and the official description says retouching can be completed within Ps or Lr without back-and-forth switching or clumsy exports.
The main use scenarios are photographers' post-processing for batch shoots such as portraits and weddings. The official information mentions that every shoot adds hidden unbillable hours, as well as the average time a solo photographer spends retouching one wedding photo, and states that Aperty can be used to batch-retouch thousands of photos without leaving the workflow.
Limitations and important information: The official announcement clearly states that it is saying goodbye to Aperty, that the product will shut down on November 4, 2026, and that portrait editing will continue in Luminar. The officialthanks users for being with them along the way and explains that the entire team is now focused on Luminar. In addition, the official FAQ clearly answers that there is no per-image billing, Aperty runs on the user's own computer (Mac or Windows), editing is unlimited, there are no per-image points, and there is no monthly cap. Regarding specific pricing, subscription fees, minimum system requirements, supported languages, whether there is a mobile app or cloud sync, etc., the materials do not currently provide this.
