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June 12, 2007 4:00 AM PDT

Cheaper than a dentist: Photoshop teeth-whitening filter

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

Image Trends' plug-ins whiten teeth and reduce skin glare.

Image Trends' plug-ins whiten teeth and reduce skin glare

(Credit: Image Trends)

The company's PearlyWhites and ShineOff plug-ins cost $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 $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.

Stephen Shankland writes about a wide range of technology and products, but has a particular focus on browsers and digital photography. He joined CNET News in 1998 and since then also has covered Google, Yahoo, servers, supercomputing, Linux and open-source software, and science. E-mail Stephen, or follow him on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/stshank.
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Would you like eye-whitening with that?
by Randy549 June 12, 2007 11:08 AM PDT
I noticed that it also appears to whiten the whites of the subject's eyes, which makes sense based on the description -- "white areas surrounded by flesh tones." Maybe it's an optical illusion because the teeth are whiter...but I definitely see a difference. Not necessarily bad, just interesting.
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by ciovi August 5, 2009 7:53 AM PDT
Very good article. Here is a story I found interesting too on http://localconsumernews.com.
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