Virtual makeover system and method
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1. A makeover method, such method comprising the steps of:
- configuring a computer to receive a facial image;
positioning a plurality of adjustable shapes on the facial image, each adjustable shape comprising a plurality of lines connected by a plurality of points;
enabling a user to adjust the points on the plurality of templates to outline features on the facial image;
providing a catalog of beauty products;
enabling the user to specify beauty products to apply to the outlined features; and
displaying a made over facial image having the specified beauty products applied to the outlined features, thereby enabling the user to visualize an intended makeover.
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Abstract
A virtual makeover system and method are disclosed which allows users to apply beauty products to a personal photographic image, thereby creating a digitally enhanced image. The system includes a product catalog, a palette database, and an image database, all of which may be accessed by a user via a communications network or stored on the hard drive of a user'"'"'s computer. Users can upload digital photographs of themselves or others, or can retrieve an image from the image database, and outline various features in the photograph. The user may apply selected beauty products available in the product catalog to the various features.
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12 Claims
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1. A makeover method, such method comprising the steps of:
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configuring a computer to receive a facial image; positioning a plurality of adjustable shapes on the facial image, each adjustable shape comprising a plurality of lines connected by a plurality of points; enabling a user to adjust the points on the plurality of templates to outline features on the facial image; providing a catalog of beauty products; enabling the user to specify beauty products to apply to the outlined features; and displaying a made over facial image having the specified beauty products applied to the outlined features, thereby enabling the user to visualize an intended makeover. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for outlining features in a digital photographic image, comprising:
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receiving a digital photographic image from a user; providing a plurality of pre-configured adjustable shapes for outlining features in the digital photographic image, each adjustable shape comprising a plurality of lines connected by a plurality of points which together form the shape; enabling the user to select a point on the adjustable shape; enabling the user to move each selected point to outline a specific feature in the digital photographic image and thereby moving each line connected to the point moved by the user so as to form a new shape; displaying each new shaped formed by the user in connection with the outlined features in the photographic image; enabling the user to save each new shape in connection with the photographic image providing a product database of beauty products available for purchase, each beauty product being computer manipulatable by the user such that specific beauty products can be applied to and displayed in connection with the outlined features of the photograph image; enabling the user to access the product database to apply beauty products to the outlined features of the photographic image; and enabling the user to select from the product database one or more beauty products available for purchase and to apply an image representative of the one or more products available for purchase in the photographic image. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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