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Photoshop tips and tricks every facial plastic surgeon should know
1Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, 200 Hawkins Drive, Pomerantz Family Pavilion, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA. grant-hamilton@uiowa.edu
Abstract:
Postprocessing of patient photographs is an important skill for the facial plastic surgeon. Postprocessing is intended to optimize the image, not change the surgical result. This article refers to use of Photoshop CS3 (Adobe Systems Incorporated, San Jose, CA, USA) for descriptions, but any recent version of Photoshop is sufficiently similar. Topics covered are types of camera, shooting formats, color balance, alignment of preoperative and postoperative photographs, and preparing figures for publication. Each section presents step-by-step guidance and instructions along with a graphic depiction of the computer screen and Photoshop tools under discussion.
