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  • July 2008

    • Iran Adds Extra Missile to Image of Yesterday's Tests

      New York Times  |  Jul 10, 08 10:14 AM CDT

      Iran Adds Extra Missile to Image of Yesterday's Tests

      (Newser) - Enemies of Tehran, prepare to be 25% less intimidated—and perhaps more amused. An image of three missiles being test launched yesterday was doctored by Iranian state media to add a fourth, the New York Times reports. Agence France Presse picked up the photo, which made front pages around the world before it was discovered that one weapon was merely a digital composite of its neighbors. More »

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      Iran  • missile  • newspapers  • Photoshop  • doctored photo

  • May 2008

    • Scientific Journals Battle Doctored Images

      Chronicle of Higher Education  |  May 30, 08 4:40 PM CDT

      Scientific Journals Battle Doctored Images

      (Newser) - Scientific journals' status as bastions of objectivity and truth has come under fire in the past 10 years because of "image fraud," the Chronicle of Higher Education reports. Researchers alter representations of scientific data for inclusion in journal articles for various reasons, and not all have evil intentions. One admitted doctorer said she “was trying to present” the data “even better.” More »

    • Bringing Sexy Back? How About Just Reality?

      San Francisco Chronicle  |  May 23, 08 3:08 PM CDT

      Bringing Sexy Back? How About Just Reality?

      (Newser) - Tired of seeing the truth airbrushed and Photoshopped entirely out of Vogue and its glossy rack-mates, Mark Morford, in the San Francisco Chronicle , ruminates on his ideal reality-based publication. His mag— Truth Hurts or My Eyes, My Eyes! —will feature "wrinkles and scars and flab and sag, stretch marks and cigarette burns and age spots and syringe holes and … asymmetry galore." More »

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      media  • magazine  • magazine industry  • Photoshop  • doctored photo  • photo editing  • altered photos

  • March 2008

    • Photoshop for the Rest of Us

      CNET  |  Mar 27, 08 9:00 AM CDT

      Photoshop for the Rest of Us

      (Newser) - Adobe’s Photoshop has long been the standard for high-end image editing, but for Joe Q. Digital Camera, it’s too imposing, too complicated, and much too expensive. Today, Adobe hopes to fix all that, rolling out Photoshop Express, its free, web-based photo editor. The flash-based editor gives point-and-clickers a quick, easy way to eliminate red eye, smooth over blemishes, and otherwise mess around, CNet reports. More »

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      Facebook  • digital photography  • Adobe  • Photoshop  • doctored photo  • photo editing  • Photobucket

  • February 2008

    • China: Sorry for This Fake Photo

      Wall Street Journal  |  Feb 22, 08 5:12 PM CST

      China: Sorry for This Fake Photo

      (Newser) - China’s state-run news service has apologized for running—and honoring—a doctored photo that aided the government’s argument about a new train line's environmental impact. The 2006 image showed antelopes frolicking under Tibetan tracks, purportedly demonstrating that the beloved beasts weren’t affected by them. It worked, until sleuths noticed the telltale signs of Photoshop, the Wall Street Journal reports. More »

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      China  • Tibet  • Beijing  • hoax  • photo  • Photoshop  • Xinhua  • doctored photo

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