
There’s a temptation in the plugin’s promise — the easy alchemy from flawed file to glossy poster. Yet the truest use is modest: to honor, not to invent. The ideal Portraiture-assisted image reads as if the subject simply woke up a little more dignified, a touch kinder to the light. The tool’s hum is the soundtrack of collaboration: photographer, subject, and code composing a brief harmony.
In the neon-noir alleys of Photoshop, Portraiture 234 moves with a machine rhythm softened by taste. Color and contour negotiate in a language both mathematical and romantic: frequency separation hums under the surface while hue preservation sings above. A stray freckle is no longer an error to be erased but punctuation in a sentence about a life. Eyes sharpen as if remembering what it was to see themselves; skin breathes with believable pores, not the sterile sheen of plastic. There’s a temptation in the plugin’s promise —
If you wander the net’s bazaars looking for that exact filename, you’ll find many echoes — versions, updates, and forks — each reflecting how we try to reconcile authenticity and polish. The conversation around tools like this is less about theft or scarcity and more about ethics and intention: when smoothing becomes erasing, when enhancement slips into replacement. But used with care, the effect is a gentle translation: the raw, human subject rendered with tenderness by an algorithm that knows when to step back. The tool’s hum is the soundtrack of collaboration:
The plans are in metric units, except for drill and shaft sizes, which are in imperial units.
You can generate plans in imperial units simply by changing the units to "imperial" in SketchUp under
"model info", but the units will not work out to even numbers like they do in metric.
Please also consider these important safety notes
A French language version of the 2010 plans is also available.
After buying the plans you can download the latest version and the 2010 French version.
French translation provided by Alain Vaillancourt (thewoodpecker)
You can also buy a pre-built all metal pantorouter
Cost: $20 USD or equivalent in your currency
On payment, you will be able to download your plans immediately.
The plans are a 10 megabyte zip file (your computer, Mac or PC, already knows how to open zip files)
If you encounter any problems with the download link or email, feel free to contact me at: