I manually create headshots in a photo editor (Photoshop). Doing this requires high resolution scans to prevent the cropped and zoomed photos from being overly pixelated. I often scan group photos that are small at 1200 DPI, medium sized ones at 600 DPI, and large photos at 300 DPI, though that's a judgement call I make with each photo. I then do some minor editing of the shots by adding adjustment layers to correct for lighting, photo-age, etc.
If there is software out there that is smart enough to do all this well, I'm not aware of it. There are certainly some auto-fixes that can be applied en masse to photos to save some time, if you're pleased with the results. (Most of them do fairly well with "levels" correction and that sort of thing.) It all comes down to the photo editing software you use and what it's capable of doing.
If there is software out there that is smart enough to do all this well, I'm not aware of it. There are certainly some auto-fixes that can be applied en masse to photos to save some time, if you're pleased with the results. (Most of them do fairly well with "levels" correction and that sort of thing.) It all comes down to the photo editing software you use and what it's capable of doing.