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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: photo editing

photo editing stories: 5 news summaries
Opinion

 Bringing Sexy Back?
 How About Just Reality?

Beyond blemishes, glossies have retouched the truth out entirely

May 23, 08 3:08 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

analysis

 Has Airbrushing
 Gone Too Far? 

Digital Barbie-fication of women called unhealthy trend

May 3, 08 4:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - Shutterbugs have long altered pics, but now critics are cringing over the effects of airbrushing on young girls. French lawmakers have even approved a law against inciting "excessive thinness." But would such a move work in America? Maybe not, "but there are a whole lot of impressionable... More »

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women • beauty • photography • eating disorder • photo editing • digital retouching • magazine industry • altered photos

 Photoshop for the Rest of Us 

Adobe releases
free, web-based
image editor

Mar 27, 08 9:00 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Experts Work to Create Ways
to Identify Altered Photos

New tools can sniff out fakes

Mar 17, 08 12:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - As photo doctoring grows ever more sophisticated—and common—so does the art of “digital forensics,” or identifying fakes. Lighting is among the most tell-tale signs of a photo that’s been altered, reports Technology Review, because it’s hard to get it consistent. Still, current tools... More »

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photography • software • photograph • photo editing • Photoshop • altered photos • digital forensics • fake photos

'Picnik' Lets Photographers Edit Anywhere

Review: Web-based photo editor 'elegant' says Mossberg

Jul 28, 07 8:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Extolling the new crop of slick, easy-to-use Web-based applications, the Wall Street Journal's Walter Mossberg singles out  "Picnik"—a new free alternative to traditional desktop editing programs. Picnik lets photogs on the go add simple edits like cropping, resizing, and color correction without installing anything. More »

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Walt Mossberg • Facebook • digital photography • Flickr • application • photo editing • Picnik • Photoshop

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