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Drinking too much coffee? Well there is no need to not smile anymore for photos because now you can fix up the yellow coffee stains on your teeth very easily.

First step as always, is to open your image in Photoshop.

Below your layers menu click on the little half white half black circle and select hue and saturation.
In the Hue and Saturation control box that pops up you are going to do the following:

(Note: don’t worry if your adjustments aren’t perfect as you can always bring up the control box again at any time to readjust by simply double clicking the layer that has your hue and saturation layer mask in it)

At the top from the drop down menu – select Yellow.
On the second slider decrease the saturation until the yellow has mostly faded.
On the bottom bar increase the lightness to bring a little more white to the teeth.
Click OK.

Now click on the layer mask of that new layer (the white square in the layer)
Select your paint bucket > black paint > click anywhere on your image.

Nothing will happen to your image but you will see you entire little white box will turn black. (Your image will also return to it’s normal colouring, don’t be alarmed)
Now select paint brush (small, soft brush) > white paint
Paint carefully over your teeth and you will see your Hue and Saturation adjustments reappearing.
(Black hides the effects of the layer mask and white reveals it)

By making your adjustments this way you are able to change the colour of the teeth without effecting the yellow tones in the skin or the surrounding image.

Now if your teeth are still not 100% you can select the dodge tool > set to dodge the midtones on a very weak strength (rather go slowly than over doing it) and then rub very carefully over the teeth until the white comes through a bit more.

And Magic – teeth fit for a toothpaste advert!