Alex Velasco wrote:
> Never mind the mathematics, the financial implications of this project
> are mind boggling: One can imagine immediate usage by online dating
> agencies: Just upload your portrait and the built in software spruces
> you up. As a stand alone software application: Wedding photographers
> will be able to tweak the family portraits, in ways imperceptible to the
> naked eye, but very satisfying to family and guests. As a plug in to
> Adobe Photoshop: art directors will need substantially less than $10 000
> to get their model out of bed. Digital camera manufacturers may license
> the software and include a Mega-Portrait mode in the command dial of the
> next Nikon Coolpix. As a rapid visualization tool for cosmetic surgeons
> etc. etc. etc.
All this has already happened (or is currently happening). Check out
this CNET article, titled: Digital cameras focus on revised reality
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Today's cameras will let you do more than adjust the flash; they'll let
you adjust reality. Photo-adjusting features that once required a PC and
special know-how are now allowing consumers to alter a photo as soon as
Some cameras now come with features that make subjects look thinner or
decrease the look of facial lines, while other in-camera tools can make
landscapes richer.
Some new Hewlett-Packard cameras include a feature that makes subjects
look thinner, while another mode makes facial lines and pores virtually
disappear. A "skin tone" feature on some Olympus models can give
consumers a leisure-class tan. Other manufacturers offer modes to make
the colors of the world richer as you capture them. Using these new
in-camera tools, consumers can even crop out ex-boyfriends, or put a
virtual frame around a new one.
</snip>
Read the entire article at
http://news.com.com/Digital+cameras+focus+on+revised+reality/2100-1041_3-6110277.html
See examples of the slimming effect on the HP website
http://www.hp.com/united-states/consumer/digital_photography/tours/slimming/index_f.html
<snip>
They say cameras add ten pounds, but HP digital cameras can help reverse
that effect. The slimming feature, available on select HP digital camera
models, is a subtle effect that can instantly trim off pounds from the
subjects in your photos!
</snip>
Remember, the tooth can bite you...
~ punya
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