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Ms. Toad

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4. Same thing happened to me.

Reply to Igel (Reply #3)

Sun Oct 6, 2024, 02:54 PM

Oct 6

I have a mole right between my eyes - poof! Gone! As if it was a temporary skin blemish that is standard retouching . . . even back in the 70s.

But yeah, my reaction was - that's not AI. That's good old-fashioned retouching using tools I've been using in digital photo editing since the early 2000s.

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Very interesting article in New Republic about the "enhanced" Vance photo. [View all] LAS14 Oct 6 OP

Oh, they trimmed down his chubby cheeks and belly. It's easily done with Photoshop's... brush Oct 6 #1

I could use a Filter and do it, as long as it wasn't big changes, and I'm not even that proficient in PS. mucholderthandirt Oct 7 #5

Yeah, they might have plans for presidential portarit after evoking the 25th on trump. brush Oct 7 #8

That's not how this was done at all Prairie Gates Oct 7 #7

How do you think it was done? I've done it like that for years... brush Oct 7 #9

Oh, ffs. Now they even lie about their own faces. Luz Oct 6 #2

At my old high school senior pictures were routinely "cleaned up". Igel Oct 6 #3

Same thing happened to me. Ms. Toad Oct 6 #4

There's a sampling tool in Photoshop that's used... brush Oct 7 #10

Mine was back before the day of photoshop. Ms. Toad Oct 7 #11

My career overlapped the airbrushing actual hard copy photos and the arival or... brush Oct 7 #12

Yup. Ms. Toad Oct 7 #13

Thanks for this. A question, did it come a time that you... brush Oct 7 #14

I was largely out of the photography business during that time frame. Ms. Toad Oct 7 #17

Sounds like you're in deep but know how and when to spend your money. brush Oct 7 #19

In deep - with gaps. Ms. Toad Oct 7 #20

Wow! You keep busy. brush Oct 7 #21

I've actually declared a minor in art history. Ms. Toad Oct 7 #22

When I worked as a new Engineer in a Land Developer office.... WarGamer Oct 7 #16

And in a few decades, Ms. Toad Oct 7 #18

They used filters to soften the images back in my day. A little smudge and everyone looked smoother. ;) mucholderthandirt Oct 7 #6

there are a million phone apps that do this... you think all the Insta pics are real?? WarGamer Oct 7 #15