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I routinely Photoshop out zits, blemishes, etc. from snapshots of family and friends. However, when my son had braces, there was not much I could do about it. What I really could have done with, and what would still be useful for all my British friends, is a clipart library of a perfect set of teeth,
taken from every conceivable angle.
Then it would be a simple process of picking the correct angle, erasing the parts covered by the lips, correcting for any color cast in the photograph, and dropping them in.
Now even Uncle Ernie can have a (digital) smile like this!
http://www.cosmetic...m/images/smile1.jpg
[DrCurry, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004]
Mr. Potato Head
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Poseable. [Monkfish, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 21 2004]
Custom Teeth
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manipulate the lips pursed together? |
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my dad went through hell deciding whether or not to buy school pics of me minus front teeth. they bought them :) |
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If you can take out zits, blemishes etc., why couldn't you photoshop out your son's braces? |
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mfy: if I could do that, I could draw the portraits myself and not rely on a camera. |
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Instead, people should get good, removeable fake teeth to wear at photo sessions. After all, pictures prevail, while your real, crooked teeth will eventually fall off. |
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[DrCurry]: I think [his face your] just meant that for the traditional 'train track' braces you could simply colour on top of them - thats not much harder than doing zits. |
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[your face mine]: If teeth are out of place then you would have to be really good with photoshop, redrawing parts of the teeth to put them in the right place. In this case, 'off the shelf' clipart would be a big help. |
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How often do you have to replace braces in photos? If it comes up often enough to create this, it would be worth it for you to take the time to get good at 'shopping them out. |
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//clipart library of a perfect set of teeth//
You also need lighting effects, as well as jaw positions (laughing w/mouth ajar). It could be a plug-in that works with your favorite photo software, allowing you to accurately place, color, and shade the teeth. Even form and position individual teeth, for photos of British royalty. |
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I would never have thought of editing braces out of a photo. As much as mine are costing, I'd like to have as many mementos of them as possible. |
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Indeed, enhance them rather than cover them up! Make them look like they're made of gold or something. |
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is everyone going to leave the obvious brit (bad teeth) stereotype alone on this one? "...and what would still be useful for all my brittish friends" |
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I was about to say, Marymalibu.
The proper thing, to show your lad's gene pool properly, would be to photoshop your and/or your wife's teeth into his portrait. Assuming you still have yours. |
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[Pericles] Instead of removable false teeth, howabout a laminated colour photo of teeth stuck in the mouth? In a group picture, you'd never know the difference! |
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marymalibu: that's an in-joke, if you know who's British on this site. |
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I don't know why, but I find this idea strangely disturbing. While I can see the rationale behind it, and on the surface it seems harmless enough, I can't help but think that it's just going to feed the sick fantasies of tooth fetishists. |
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Does anyone know if there are such things as tooth fetishists ? I'm not sure if I even want to know the answer to that question ..... |
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An alternative. Simply get everybody to suck on an orange segment as they smile. That way, everybody's smile is orange. |
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DrCurry can do this with a camera and a volunteer that has good choppers. Camera on tripod with flat lighting. Sit volunteer in a chair and rotate a bit at a time and take many pictures. Make your own teeth library. |
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... followed by furious editing. |
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Other options..."lip extensions"? Hmmm, fake smile white-out? |
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//..my British friends..//
//..american...culturally and fashionably identical teeth.//
(touche) |
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Rather than Photoshop you might use something like Illustrator or CorelDraw. |
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Then you can use the same vector image over and over, without the problems of adding perspective to bitmaps (no pun intended, to the Brits, about 'horsey' teeth) and/or having a huge library of sample teeth. |
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You can also add graded transparent fills in varying shades of yellow, for a little realism, using the Fill tools. All teeth are slightly yellow, except the ones used by aged men, with false teeth and false libido. |
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