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Whitening Teeth for a Sexy Glamour Photo

December 7th, 2007 · No Comments




 
Portrait to Fix

 In this tutorial we are going to whiten this models teeth in continuing with making a sexy glamour photo. If you are following the whole series I will be using this same photograph on the right through out the series. Clicking on this image will take you to the full size picture that I got from www.sxc.hu.

  • First open your image in photo shop and use Ctrl+J to duplicate the layer so you have something to fall back on if you mess up horribly. The turn off your background layer by clicking on the eye next to it.
  • Use the Zoom Tool Zoom Tool to zoom into the models teeth. Now select the Magnetic Lasso Tool Magnetic lasso. Using the Magnetic Lasso select the teeth and only the teeth.

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    Teeth Selected
     

  • Now go to Image < Adjustments < Hue/Saturation or press Ctrl +U to bring up the Hue / Saturation dialog.

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    Hue/Saturation
     

  • Select Yellows in the edit box and move the Saturation slider to the left to remove the yellow tinge to the teeth.

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    Edit Yellows Hue/Saturation

     

     

  • Then select Master in the edit box and move the Lightness slider to the right to brighten the whites of the teeth.

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    Hue master
     
     
    Before
     
     
    After
    White Teeth

 Now we have successfully managed to remove the yellowing stains of time from our models teeth and given her a sexy white smile. All this with out the use of white strips messy gels or costly painful trips to the dentist. ;)

 

Follow the entire glamour photo series by clicking on the links below:

  1. The Eyes
  2. The Teeth and Smile
  3. The Hair
  4. The Skin

Back to the Glamour Photo Tutorial

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