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Offline Deepblue

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http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-10-19-rice-congress_x.htm

Note the editors note:
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Editor's note: The photo of Condoleezza Rice that originally accompanied this story was altered in a manner that did not meet USA TODAY's editorial standards. The photo has been replaced by a properly adjusted copy. Photos published online are routinely cropped for size and adjusted for brightness and sharpness to optimize their appearance. In this case, after sharpening the photo for clarity, the editor brightened a portion of Rice's face, giving her eyes an unnatural appearance. This resulted in a distortion of the original not in keeping with our editorial standards.


Now, look at the original photo and the other original photo.





Hmmmm...

Their excuse sounds like BS to my alter-ego self.

 

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total non-issue
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Offline Flipside

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LOL

I knew she was Go'auld ;)

 

Offline Deepblue

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But alas, I deliver on my word.

 

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Originally posted by Flipside
I knew she was Go'auld ;)
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Offline Goober5000

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Originally posted by Kazan
total non-issue
So I guess the manipulated image of John Kerry standing next to Jane Fonda is also a total non-issue then, right?

 

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goober5000: yes a mistake in a touch up is totally equivlient to photoshopping someone else into an image they were never in
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Originally posted by Flipside
LOL

I knew she was Go'auld ;)


Quoted again for truthery. :D
« Last Edit: October 26, 2005, 08:08:48 pm by 1527 »

 

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Originally posted by Goober5000
So I guess the manipulated image of John Kerry standing next to Jane Fonda is also a total non-issue then, right?


I'd say the image of him shaking hands with a scientologist or a satanist or whoever it was would be a bigger deal.

However a bit of minor touch-up can add in many literal or subliminal messages to a photo. To illustrate my point, I direct your attention to exhibit A:
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Originally posted by Kazan
goober5000: yes a mistake in a touch up is totally equivlient to photoshopping someone else into an image they were never in
As someone who knows how Photoshop works, I can tell you that you cannot get that image by accident.  You have to specifically edit the eyes.

The disclaimer was nothing more than a CYA on behalf of the unknown mischief-maker. ;)

 

Offline Flipside

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:lol: @ WMC, Yup, subliminal is fun, but sometimes you just need to get the message across.

It's possible that the Editor was trying to make Gondo (sounds like a muppet) look less stoned out of her brain and got carried away ;)

 

Offline Ford Prefect

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As someone who knows how Photoshop works, I can tell you that you cannot get that image by accident. You have to specifically edit the eyes.

I don't think he's arguing that it's a harder job to photoshop someone in, but that adding a person to the picture is a falsification with much greater implications.
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and ooh.. wow they accidentally over whitened her eyes

the horror, the error!
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Originally posted by Ford Prefect
I don't think he's arguing that it's a harder job to photoshop someone in, but that adding a person to the picture is a falsification with much greater implications.
This is true.  Perhaps a better comparison would be the bureaucRATS subliminable message.
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and ooh.. wow they accidentally over whitened her eyes
It wasn't an accident.  If it was, a similar sharpness/whiteness would have been applied to everything else.  To get that effect on only the eyes, you have to deliberately constrain the effect.

The disclaimer even admits that the brightness was applied to "a portion of Rice's face".  What it doesn't tell you was where the portion was located. ;)

 

Offline Rictor

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But she looks so strong and resolute in the first picture. Frankly, I think it's an improvement. Nothing says good government like a black version of Ming the Merciless.

 

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Nothing says good government like accidentally exposing the real power behind the crown..err... whatever.


 

Offline Unknown Target

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Wtf is that? The aftereffects of a turkey swallowing a grenade?

 

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:lol: :lol: :lol:

 

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looks like some dark, hooded figure that we're supposed to recognize.
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The link is the Go'ald reference.  I'm not going to go much farther less I completely ruin a show if people haven't seen it before, it's an SG-1 reference.  Similar to the one with Palpatine photoshopped in.
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