Software to change person's age?

[ahutton]

Thanks, Ed. I took an image from the expensive AprilAge software and ran it through your site. The results are remarkably like the ones that AprilAge got! I little muddier, but that can be cleared up.

And it's done by javascript! Too bad they have rightfully protected the page!

Amy

[ahutton]

Manju, are you using a Mac? I"m not having any probs with a PC.

This simple webpage is what I've been looking for! And it does a credible job, IF the primary image is good quality.

See Clinton at 58, 68 and 78

Amy

[Eddo]

Manjumena, i use a MAC (OS X - TIGER) and it seems to work fine on PC's as well. not sure why you cannot enter the site. i only have a numeric link... sorry.

[Kraellin]

from what i've heard, software exists used by the same folks that were putting missing kids' pictures on milk bottles. whatever software they had developed/were using, did a progressive aging off a picture. not sure what it's called, or if it's available to the public, but that tiny bit of data might help in a search for same.

using that web site with the java applet, i must say, this is kinda scary. liv tyler from a screenshot off the lord of the rings dvd, then 10 years more, then 20. oh, the humanity!

K.

[Aging guy]

Has anyone recently been able to access that website? I am not. Does anyone have a different link for it?

[ahutton]

T-Mobile closed it down. I suspect too much traffic to their site and not enough buyers. I have been trying to 1. get the code from them, or 2. find out who owns the code. If and when I get it, I'll let you know. May have to buy it.

You can still do it using a program like Broderbund's MORPH software. Just use an older relative as the end pic and count the years in age between the two people. Then allot a certain number of seconds for each year for the movie to run.

You can then stop the results at the age you want to see, but the further along the movie runs, the less like the original photo it will be and the more like the end pic.

So say you have a baby pic of a child, and a pic of the same sex parent. The parent is 25. So you allot 5 x 25 or 125 second for the entire movie. Then at marker 5 the baby would be one year old, at marker 125 he would be 25 yrs. If you wanted to see what he'd look like at 5 you'd stop at marker 25.

Take a look: http://mcwhirterfamilyofmercer.com/justinr.swf This takes a baby pic of my son from about 4 months to 19. It's pretty darn accurate.

http://www.mcwhirterfamilyofmercer.com/justodad2.swf
Dad is 58, so the most accurate it would be is up to 40 or 45.

Amy

[Kraellin]

amy,

that's pretty cool. thank you

Craig

[Godmother]

I Don't know if there's a software to do this, but I don't think It can do a better job. Photoshop can do it.


I did this one, and I like it. Hope you do too.

If you're interested I can tell you how

[ahutton]

Well, as the topic starter. I for one would LOVE to learn how you did that!

Amy

[DannyRaphael]

Originally Posted by Godmother

I Don't know if there's a software to do this, but I don't think it can do a better job. Photoshop can do it.

I did this one, and I like it. Hope you do too.

If you're interested I can tell you how

Very impressive work, Godmother. I, too, would love to know how you did this.

Welcome to RetouchPRO!

~Danny~

[Godmother]

It's all in the sources U use. First, start with a good high quality pic of the person you're about to age.
Then find several old pic in the same perspective/orientation. (Try sxc.hu or google words like: old man, old woman, grandmother, grandfather, grampa) and don't worry about the similitud between the two subjects. My old pic was an old dark men.

Then you just have to cut and paste areas you like over the original image, mask the pasted layer with a soft brush and color match with levels, tone, color balance, bright and contrast, may be in some cases even a layer blended "color" for a perfect match.

Never touch the personality givers (I don't know if that is even a expresion) like EYES and nose. Keep the shape play with the limits.

The hair desaturated but not just "Adjust/Desaturate" try 2 adjust layers, one for saturation in color mode and another saturation (Bring the last one down and play with the first abobe to get the right contrast an tone). Then if you're doing this to a woman, add some hair with a very smal brush (yes, hair by hair one at the time, when you're happy with amount of hair you've added, just add a little noise and then some blur for a "real look"

Again if you're doing a woman, spots in the skin (burned), may do the trick... and one important part of a woman aged is the boobs, google (old breast implant) for those

Glasses may help, but they are optional.

and again. Details make your image: Lips, teeth, fingers, nails, ears, veins in the eyes, etc.

Every time you add wrinkles continue the wrinkle in the original skin with the burn tool.

Be detailer.

All the hair that you see in the old pic of mine is from copy and paste, I searched for a few sources that matched the hair style and masked the parts I liked the most.

HOPE THIS HELPS YOU (And sorry for my english, I've never studied, I just picked what I know from movies and songs, so... this is the best I can do)

Jim's chop took 6 hours, so don't espect to get nice results in a few minutes.

[Godmother]

Thanks for the Welcome

[ahutton]

How would you ad jowls?

[Godmother]

To add jowls...

First I'd try to find sources for it, always looking at the position/perspective of them, not the "look a like".

If I can't find any, I'll draw some double chin.

First with the Airbrush tool, some fairly broad strokes, copying the colors in the area of her neck. Then work in the details with a smaller brush.

It would be good to have a picture of an old womans neck to gide you.

May be playing a little with the liquify tool to zoom in and make the second chin.

I guess that's what I've have done. Hope it helps you.

[johnnieB]

this is my first post here, and i am looking forward to learning from all of you -- i came across this age progression tutorial at:

http://www.worth1000.com/tutorial.asp?sid=161116

it looks pretty good, although i haven't tried it yet.

johnnieB