Consistent Clinical Photography
Your before and afters don't match?
The treatment isn't the problem.
Use the patient's earlier photo as a live reference while you shoot. CureCast helps you match the previous photo for more consistent before and after photos.
Your before and afters don't match.
It isn't the result.
Consistent clinical photography is not a studio problem. It is a memory problem, and photo ghosting is the technique that solves it.
You have the result. The patient is delighted. Then you put the two photographs side by side and something is wrong.
The face is turned slightly further. You were standing a little closer. This happens in every practice, and it’s not about skill. Three months apart, the photos look different because the setup wasn’t the same.
What makes clinical photography consistent?
Taking the same photo twice is harder than it sounds. The patient’s position and camera angle can change between visits, making before and after photos look different. CureCast uses the earlier photo as a guide, so you can line up the new photo before you capture it.
Angle
Whether the camera was higher or lower, and whether it was tilted or rotated.
Framing
Where the patient sat in the frame, and how much of them you included.
Consistent views make before and after comparisons easier to interpret. Use the same reference and alignment at each visit to keep the photographs comparable.
What TrueAlign Match does
It puts the earlier photograph over the live camera view as an overlay or shows it as an outline while you take the new one.
Open a patient, choose the photo you want to match, and the camera opens with that image over the live view. You can select up to 15 photographs from the patient’s file as reference images. Adjust the reference opacity, use the photo or outline view, and turn on the grid or level guide if you need them. Move until the patient lines up, then shoot. If you leave before saving, you can resume the unsaved photo session later.
That is the whole interaction. There is nothing to measure, nothing to record, and nothing to remember between visits, because the earlier photograph is doing the remembering.
Does TrueAlign Match use photo ghosting?
Photo ghosting puts a faint copy of the patient’s earlier photograph over the live camera view, so the new photograph can be lined up against it. CureCast also offers a second way to use the same reference: as a single outline instead of a translucent image.
The two options give you different ways to use the same reference photograph. With the outline, you can use the outline on its own or keep the reference photo visible underneath. With the ghost image, the earlier photograph appears as a faint layer over the live view, and you can adjust its opacity.
Two ways to view the overlay
Both exist because they suit different views. Use the outline when you want to match the patient’s shape and position. Use the ghost image when you need to see the details of the earlier photograph.
Switch between them with one tap, at any point, without leaving the camera.
What it does not do
No background replacement. No smoothing, no filters, no retouching, no adjustment at capture. The image stored is the image the camera captured.
This matters beyond principle. Australian advertising guidelines for cosmetic procedures require before and after images to be unedited, and the UK’s advertising rules treat before-and-afters as claims that need substantiation. A system that changes the picture at the moment of capture makes both of those harder for the practice that uses it.
TrueAlign Match helps you capture the same view again. It does not edit the patient or change the photograph after capture.
See How CureCast Fits Your Practice
Discuss how CureCast fits into your clinical photo workflow, from capturing and organizing patient photos to securely managing them across your practice.
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