Sure, make up does wonders, especially when you are getting yourself clicked. This you may have realized, several times, after you got your images clicked. You may have wished you could add a quick touch of make-up to look better in several photos. Whether or not we are photogenic, correct makeup and the right attitude can indeed make our photos look better. Sometimes, due to poor lighting conditions also photos may look dull. Therefore, to take care of issues such as these, add instant makeover effects to images that look dark and dull.

Beauty enhancing picture modes    

Camera manufacturers have come up with cameras with unique functions that are often called ‘make-up mode’, ‘Beauty shot’ and ‘cosmetic mode’, etc. These beauty enhancing shots will enable editing photos in the camera itself without spending money on installing expensive photo editing software on your computer. Cameras having these special picture taking and photo editing modes can brighten skin texture, transform tanned, dull skin into glowing skin and also erase wrinkles and fine lines from the faces in the photos. These modes use face recognition technology to identify faces in photos, alleviate focuses on those faces and curb detailing to minimize laugh lines, wrinkles etc.

Soft skin modes

Some cameras feature Soft Skin Mode that you can try to minimize the appearance of lines on faces in close-up photos. In close-up photos, your camera can capture even minute details on faces; Soft skin mode comes handy in such shots. It softens the focus and leaves minute details from getting captured. It, however, maintains the overall focus on pictures.

‘Make-up Mode’ on its Casio Exilim EX-S200

The Casio Exilim cameras have this new Make-up Mode function that makes focused faces on pictures look perfect. This mode softens shadows and flaws that often appear on faces due to sunlight and other lighting sources. The shot comprises twelve levels – from minimum to maximum. You can also see the make-up effect on TFT color display while taking photos.

Cosmetic Mode & Beauty Retouch Mode on Panasonic Lumix DMC-FP7

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FP7 goes one step ahead by rendering two beauty enhancing shots such as Cosmetic Mode & Beauty Retouch Mode. The Cosmetic Mode will let you take photos in various skin textures such as natural skin, soft skin and summer look, in various degrees of skin transparencies from low to standard to high. You can make faces donning sun-kissed looks look good, even when they are not. You can also defocus undesirable wrinkles or crow’s feet, while taking studio photo sessions, without having to wait to add effects later. The Beauty Retouch Mode enables applying makeup on faces. While Aesthetic Retouch lets you to apply different effects like whitening teeth, softening skin texture; the Make-up Retouch mode lets you apply desired foundation and eye-shadow, etc.

So, with these aesthetic shots on cameras, you and your friends, colleagues and acquaintances will always look photogenic in every shot. Explore the creative streak in you and create images that you will love viewing forever.