Not to be rude, but isn't the whole point of digital maniplation the fact that it is pretty much invisable. If you can tell an image is altered, then yes, that person is lacking the skills to pull it off, if you don't even notice digital alterations, as most of you probably don't, then this whole convertsation is probable pretty useless.
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Argent Stonecutter
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12-04-2008 13:15
Well, after you buy the clothes, and they look nothing like they did in the picture. I think you'd figure it out... and avoid that creator in the future. _____________________
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Marianne Little
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12-04-2008 13:17
free skates and a whole lake to skate on ---> http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eaton/125/184/99 Hopefully not crap, I made them last year. LOL. Trust me, your skates can't be worse than those I talk about. _____________________
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Michelle Thurston
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12-04-2008 13:22
Altered vendor pictures are also a good indicator the contents may have been stolen, if there's already a question (Say, they're suspiciously cheap, or the ad is suspect, or various cultural factors). You see this a lot in stolen (or resold open source) fashion goods.
In this case the picture is retouched to mask the origins of the texture. You'll see a pretty obvious off-color box where a logo might have been, or you can tell clothes or hair have been added after the fact. _____________________
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Atom Burma
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12-04-2008 13:47
Well, after you buy the clothes, and they look nothing like they did in the picture. I think you'd figure it out... and avoid that creator in the future. True, maybe I am not getting the vibe of the thread. I thought it was just overprocessed images in general. Totally stolen and fraudulent media is a totally different concept to me here. I have never really had the clothes I buy be any different than a box, this may also be a gal thing, sonce the gals outnumber the guys some 100 to 1 when shopping, sadly, there are so few guy shops out there. But yes when somebody does a mass selection in Photoshop and just cuts away the original background and throws up a new one, then this would be suspicious to me too. I tend to keep all my originals, hell I have about 10 years of back-up CD's in binders for almost everything I ever designed in my career. |
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Argent Stonecutter
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12-04-2008 13:52
True, maybe I am not getting the vibe of the thread. I thought it was just overprocessed images in general. Totally stolen and fraudulent media is a totally different concept to me here. _____________________
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Joss Noel
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12-05-2008 09:14
Slightly off topic, but....
Has anyone any tips for taking good photos of items like, say, clothes or tattoos, as the bit I thought would be relatively easy is what I am finding the hardest? It´s almost like too many things to control at once - AV to stand in the right spot, camera angle, lighting, etc. Would anyone recommend one of those photo studio things, or is there an easier way?? _____________________
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