New technology realizing beautiful skin even in terrestrial digital broadcasting, making it possible to retouch images even in full HD

On terrestrial analog broadcasting on July 24, 2011,Except for some areas affected by the earthquakeTransition to terrestrial digital broadcasting is nearing, but it exceeds the resolution of terrestrial digital broadcasting4K (4096 × 2160)Technology to retouch super high resolution movie without resizing was developed in Japan. By using this, it becomes possible to correct the skin and face appearance such as actors, idols etc. shown in the movie with beautiful and natural texture.

Foton inc. Official Blog | Forton blog

This technology was developed by a Japanese company specializing in photo retouching of photos used for advertising etc.Foton (Forton)"It is not technologies that used to be" premise to be blurred "by plug-ins and filter works that have been used in retouching movies so far, but it is not technologies that we have assumed as" pretending to be blurred ", but until now," We made use of the material texture, I made use of the texture of the skin "Can you develop a retouching technology for real movies? "It is developed under the philosophy that, over ten years have passed since the concept, it is finally what we finished on completion.

An image compared with full HD (1920 × 1080) and SD (720 × 540) to show how high resolution 4K is.


First of all, I retouch work similar to photo retouching using Photoshop.


I will clear out conspicuous freckles at once in the left cheeks.



Fine skin tone, change color tones with background.


Slice a cheek line a little and make it slender.


Adjust the color and shape of your eyes, etc.



Retouch completed. Left is corrected, right is before modification. I do not mind being so beautiful because the model is beautiful, but as you see closely, the smoothness of the skin and the dark circle of the eyes are clear as well.


Even this retouch technology alone is amazing enough, but even with a movie that has been modified exactly the same, the woman blinks and the face is turning without disturbing the image at all. The left is a movie, the right is a still (photo). The original material is 4K data taken with the REDONE Mysterium - X sensor version including some recorded on HD, retouching works without shrinking or compressing 4K data.


You can see how the woman moves with the correction in the movie below. Since the 4K video can not be uploaded to YouTube, the highest picture quality is full HD, but its power is well transmitted.

? 4K movie / Beauty retouch ?? - YouTube