This is a photoshop - signed, a graphic artist. (with pics)

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  • elyelyse
    elyelyse Posts: 1,454 Member
    i don't know if anyone already shared this, but i didn't wanna search through a few dozen pages of posts!

    This video shows the amazing transformation of a very plain, average looking woman, through makeup and hair styling, and then photo "retouching"... to the finished billboard advertisement-ready image. It's pretty mindblowing if you have never seen anything like it:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hibyAJOSW8U
  • cld111
    cld111 Posts: 300 Member
    I'm not certain I believe the "jiggly" photos either. It's just as easy to photoshop people to look less attractive. Those tabloid newpapers are always showing what is supposed to be real, but I take that all with a grain of salt

    True!
  • LTStoerm
    LTStoerm Posts: 17 Member
    Funny funny stuff.
  • likitisplit
    likitisplit Posts: 9,420 Member
    The thing that gets me on all of these are the straps. I have frustrated myself time and again about how my straps on underwear and bikini's cut into my "fat" and wondered why they never just sit on top like I see in the magazines, as I have gotten much firmer. But it's all just lies. They don't actually just sit on top like that for anyone because there is always going to be a layer of fat there, just reduced.

    Not for everybody. Some people have their straps laying over their pronounced ribcage.
  • jennifershoo
    jennifershoo Posts: 3,198 Member
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  • jennifershoo
    jennifershoo Posts: 3,198 Member
    and creepy...

    hm-body-morphing-huda-beauty-similar.jpg

    :noway: that's the same body with different heads and accessories!!! Creepy, indeed!
  • KikiD22
    KikiD22 Posts: 114 Member
    Posting for two reasons... One, to follow and read more later.

    Two, I'll be the brave soul to post before/after Photoshop photos. I had a photo shoot back at the beginning of May. I'll pull the un-retouched photos that I selected, and I'll post the side-by-side of the finished product. I've been told by the photographer that he doesn't over PS the photos, so we'll see. It should be interesting. I'll have a few to post by the end of the week.
  • TiaFerrera
    TiaFerrera Posts: 93
    Posting for two reasons... One, to follow and read more later.

    Two, I'll be the brave soul to post before/after Photoshop photos. I had a photo shoot back at the beginning of May. I'll pull the un-retouched photos that I selected, and I'll post the side-by-side of the finished product. I've been told by the photographer that he doesn't over PS the photos, so we'll see. It should be interesting. I'll have a few to post by the end of the week.

    You're already hot what could they possibly do to you?! I'd thought to offer to edit someones on here to show a before and after but I just don't have the time! I can't wait to see!
  • jennifershoo
    jennifershoo Posts: 3,198 Member
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  • meeper123
    meeper123 Posts: 3,347 Member
    love this thread
  • sundaywishes
    sundaywishes Posts: 246 Member
    Posting for two reasons... One, to follow and read more later.

    Two, I'll be the brave soul to post before/after Photoshop photos. I had a photo shoot back at the beginning of May. I'll pull the un-retouched photos that I selected, and I'll post the side-by-side of the finished product. I've been told by the photographer that he doesn't over PS the photos, so we'll see. It should be interesting. I'll have a few to post by the end of the week.

    Excited to see this!
  • TiaFerrera
    TiaFerrera Posts: 93
    EXCELLENT ARTICLE
    http://theillusionists.org/2013/04/the-problem-with-dove/

    About the Dove campaign, and the many many equally manipulative ads created by their parent company.

    IF you don't have time to read it points out many of the hypocritical moves this huge business makes. Unilever makers of Dove who promote "real beauty" also make Ax and the most women-objectifying ads in america.

    They also purchased Slim-fast and Ben and Jerry's on the same damn day. Just proving that weightloss products aren't made to make you thin, they are made to make them money by making you feel bad enough about yourself to buy anything.

    (seen on IndyInk's Pinterest board (my favorite) http://pinterest.com/indyink/dont-compare-yourself-to-celebrities/)
  • TiaFerrera
    TiaFerrera Posts: 93
    That leads me to a whole other rant

    Understanding Parent companies

    155b2e11_parent-companies-large.jpg

    (right click, open image in new tab)

    Every brand you can think of, for the most part, has a parent company. That parent company owns and controls your favorite brands, without any evident marking that shows it's origin. No one can sit down and memorize who owns what but it's important to remember when considering new brands.

    For example, above we mentioned that Unilever owns Ben and Jerrys, they also own Good Sense, Breyers, Popcycle, Fudgecycle, Cornetto, Klondike and Magnum ice-cream brands also. Makes it very ironic that they would own SlimFast.

    The key here is that they clearly have no principal. Only want money and will have a marketing campaign to match a brand that will cater to every type of consumer.


    Lets look at P&G
    Do you prefer Cheer cause it's cheap, or Tide because it's reliable?
    Do you prefer Bounce or Downy dryer sheets?
    Dawn or Joy in your dishes?
    It really doesn't F*#^'n matter because it's made by the same people.

    Bottom line, don't pay attention to advertising. They will sell one product to the stay at home mom, and sell the same product under a different name to the business woman.
  • deksgrl
    deksgrl Posts: 7,237 Member
    Most of the time generic is just as good.
  • dunnodunno
    dunnodunno Posts: 2,290 Member
    Bump!
  • RawCarrots
    RawCarrots Posts: 204 Member
    I saw this the other day and thought of this thread :)

    debenhams_photoshop_81551600.jpg

    Source:
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/10115980/Debenhams-breaks-ranks-and-vows-to-ditch-airbrushed-models.html

    Image is too wide but you can right-click and select "open in new tab"
  • BigBrunette
    BigBrunette Posts: 1,543 Member
    debenhams_photoshop_81551600.jpg
    She looks gorgeous on the left. Like a paper doll on the right. Ugh.
  • FarAway02
    FarAway02 Posts: 211
    I actually do a bit of photography on the side of my day job and, one day, I taught myself how to 'photoshop me skinny'.

    I now have some very ridiculous, very funny, very AWFUL pictures of me with a tiny waist and massive tits.

    I'm going to post the image I taught myself with.... apologies for the confusing before and after (with before on the RIGHT and after on the LEFT). This woman didn't need what I did to her...I was just experimenting. It took me 5 minutes to learn how to do it. THAT is SCARY.

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  • lin7604
    lin7604 Posts: 2,951 Member
    bump
  • Mini_Medic
    Mini_Medic Posts: 343 Member
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  • Mrsshellers
    Mrsshellers Posts: 157 Member
    Its unbelievable what they try and sell us as "real"
  • KikiD22
    KikiD22 Posts: 114 Member
    Posting for two reasons... One, to follow and read more later.

    Two, I'll be the brave soul to post before/after Photoshop photos. I had a photo shoot back at the beginning of May. I'll pull the un-retouched photos that I selected, and I'll post the side-by-side of the finished product. I've been told by the photographer that he doesn't over PS the photos, so we'll see. It should be interesting. I'll have a few to post by the end of the week.

    You're already hot what could they possibly do to you?! I'd thought to offer to edit someones on here to show a before and after but I just don't have the time! I can't wait to see!

    Haven't forgotten about you guys! Still waiting on my edited photos from the photographer.

    I'm just having what is supposed to be minor retouching done. I have a lot of excess skin from my weight loss, and it definitely shows in the proofs. So, it's supposed to just be fixing lighting, stray hairs, and smoothing things, but not to excess. We'll see...
  • Missyann52
    Missyann52 Posts: 11 Member
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  • evansproudmama
    evansproudmama Posts: 493 Member
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  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
    In.
  • BoudyGirl
    BoudyGirl Posts: 13 Member
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  • kellykw
    kellykw Posts: 184 Member
    This thread makes me wonder why there is a need for photography of actual human beings. Why not just switch to completely computer generated "people?"
  • dolly3186
    dolly3186 Posts: 81 Member
    bumping this to read later. verrrry interesting!
  • dunnodunno
    dunnodunno Posts: 2,290 Member
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  • eautrey124
    eautrey124 Posts: 60 Member
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