I took pics at a party and I'm editing in Adobe PS Elements. How can I whiten someone's teeth?

Answer 1

If you can do dodging and burning in Elements then you can use the dodging tool to whiten teeth.

Answer 2

I would view the picture at some huge magnification like 300-400% to make the teeth easy to work on and then just dodge the midtones at a very low exposure value like 6-8%. Keep going over the teeth very quickly until you get the level of brightness that you want. You can increase the size of the dodging tool for each tooth to approximate the width of the tooth and this makes it easier.

This is easier and more predictible than trying to add or subtract other colors.

Answer 3

I got this out of the National Geographic: Guide to Digital Photography book. These instuctions are for 4.0, but I assume it will work with all photoshops:

1) Zoom in on the area (teeth or whites of the eyes) and select the LASSO TOOL. Draw around the area to be whitened.

2) Soften the edge of the selection by doing: SELECT>FEATHER.
Enter 1, click OK.

3) Go to ENHANCE>ADJUST COLOR>ADJUST HUE/SATURATION. IIncrease the LIGHTNESS slider, but not to must to lose the detail.

4) Select REDS from Edit menu. Decrease SATURATION. Click OK.

Hopefully I was a help to you! Good Luck!
This book has a wealth of info for beginning Photoshoppers. I bought it on-line. Check it out.

Answer 4

i dont know much about elements, but on regular photoshop you could use the brush tool with an off-white color and put the flow at about 25% and color in their teeth. just play around with it unitl it looks natural. thats what i do.

Answer 5

You can use the magic wand tool to select the teeth, then use control-L (levels) and lighten the selection to your liking.

Answer 6

easy way... make a layer and turn it greyscale... overllay it and erase all but the teeth. This will give them a natural lightness.

Answer 7

use your paint program, assuming you have one