Cheaper than a dentist: Photoshop teeth-whitening filter

Stephen Shankland, CNET.com | Jun 22, 2007

Austin, Texas-based Image Trends plans to release new Photoshop plug-ins that automate two common tasks for the cosmetic retouching of digital photos: Whitening teeth and removing skin glare.

The company's PearlyWhites and ShineOff plug-ins cost US$49.95 each. The plug-ins work on Windows, but Mac OS X versions will be available later.

The filters can operate in a batch mode, allowing Photoshop users to edit large groups of images in bulk. The PearlyWhites plug-in doesn't need to be told where teeth are located--the often-laborious selection process. Instead, it applies its changes to white areas that it finds surrounded by flesh tones, said Michael Conley, vice president of Marketing and Sales.

The company also plans to release the Mac OS X version of a plug-in called Fisheye-Hemi that converts the distorted view of a fish-eye lens into a perspective more familiar to human eyes. That plug-in costs US$29.95.

Image Trends was formed from the core members of the former Applied Science Fiction Group, now Kodak's Austin Development Center, the company said.

Via CNET Crave

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