Model in altered Ralph Lauren ad speaks out

A former Ralph Lauren model photographed for an advertisement image that was digitally altered and roundly criticized says she was fired because she was "too large."

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Free Web Version of Photoshop Launches

The maker of the popular photo-editing software Photoshop on Thursday launched a basic version available for free online.

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Mal enters the way-back machine for Foto Friday

I'm not sure why, but somehow I missed Ben Joseph's proposal for Foto Friday articles. So I guess I am a bit late to the party... better late than never I guess...

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In this not so big, but very useful tutorial I will teach you how to create the snow in Photoshop. Hope, it will looks like real snow.

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Two articles: Demi Moore loses part of her thigh in airbrushing accident

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Everyone knows by now that magazines extensively airbrush the stars on their covers, and usually the celebs appreciate a little touchup and wouldn't want it any other way.

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"Few bloggers have had quite as controversial a career as Little Green Football's Charles Johnson. Johnson began blogging in earnest back in 2001 after the attacks on the twin towers, and continues putting out content at a furious pace nearly a decade later."

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The father of a three-year-old girl from northern Sweden is outraged that school photographers have retouched his daughter's school picture for the second year in a row.

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It's the not-to-distant future. They've turned off the Internet. After the riots have settled down and the withdrawal symptoms have faded, how would you cope?

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A Challenge to Photographers; Let's "Photoshop" Your Image Without Using...Photoshop! Really.

"Photoshop is the commercial name for Adobe's well-known and much used image-editing software. It has become so popular and well-known (even among those who have yet to use it) that the name "Photoshop" has become a verb, as in, "I Photoshopped this image."

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Working on a new method

Just started working on a new method of working with photos. Thought you might like to see the first try.

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Ralph Lauren put out an ad which consisted of a retouched photo of a model. The model is made to look impossibly thin, such that her proportions seem anatomically improbable.

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It's October so a challenge

October means Halloween. Here is the challenge. You have as many chances to make your scariest picture as you wnat, post it and then let every one pick their favorite on the 30th. Only rule, it must start out with one of your personal photographs.

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PhotoSketch is an internet-based program that can take the rough, labeled sketch on the left and automagically turn it into the naff montage on the right. Seems unbelievable but—as the video shows—it works:

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Ever look at a picture of a model and think, "Man, those lips can't be real. That skin can't be that smooth." Of course you have. That's because they aren't. And it can't.

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French lawmakers are beginning to worry that [...] rampant Photoshop abuse is causing problems for the psyches of its citizens, particularly teens who are especially susceptible to developing unhealthy body image obsessions. The solution: Warning labels on manipulated images.

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2 Photoshopped photos

Hope you like them

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"From Gulliver's Travels to Alice in Wonderland, the idea of people shrinking and growing has proven endlessly fascinating.

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Very impressive pictures! "These realistic photo manipulations are from Erik Johansson, a 23 years old computer engineering student from Sweden. Other than great details in every images, the unique and creative concepts attracted me the most. "

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Microsoft apologized Tuesday for using photo editing techniques to change the race of a person depicted on the company's Web site.

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New Challenge for Creative NEWSVINERS...the "Backatcha" (Back at You)

In this CHALLENGE, I challenge you and you challenge me right back - you know...BACKATCHA'! This could be a either bomb or an interesting post. * You don't need a hands-on knowledge of image editing (like Photoshop) * You do need imagination but within reason

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Canadian rodent takes starring role in tourists' snap and becomes an online sensation CRASHER SQUIRREL

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From Photoshop to Euthanizing Grandma: The GOP's Casual Relationship With The Truth

David Knowles over at Politics Daily has a fairly mundane piece up today that documents yet another GOP lie.

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As it turns out, however, the image itself seems to have undergone a bit of doctoring. Kwame Ross took the original photo back on Aug. 3, 2004, as Obama was campaigning for the Senate in Illinois. Here's how it looked before its computer touch-up:

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We're not pointing any fingers at Kelly Clarkson, but we were surprised when we saw September's issue of SELF. The fitness magazine shows Clarkson slim and trim, even though recent photos of her show a completely different figure.

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Pictures

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