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Tutorials & Quizes

Extreme photo retouching video

September 3, 2008

Here is a video that shows some examples of extreme photo retouching, and shows you just how far you can take an image in Photoshop…

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If a photo is worth 1000 words, what is a Shopped photo worth?

August 20, 2008

Above Shop taken from one of the “Mate a Movie” contests on Worth1000.com.
Whether you are a newbie or an old pro at Photoshop, there’s a great site you should check out: Worth1000.com. There you can enter fun Photoshop contests and some will even give you a chance to make back some of that money you [...]

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You Suck at Photoshop

August 13, 2008

Since the phrase “You suck at Photoshop” was used in a couple posts yesterday, I figured it was time for me to finally link to the video series of “tutorials” called (you guessed it): You Suck at Photoshop. [I am embedding the first one above, but you can watch the full series here.] These videos [...]

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Test your Shop detecting skillz!

August 5, 2008

Neil deGrasse Tyson with Barack Obama – is this photo real or fake?
OK, here is where I fess up and admit I have somewhat of a crush on NOVA scienceNOW host Neil deGrasse Tyson. If I am flipping through the channels and see him on a program, I put the clicker down instantly. I think [...]

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How to spot a Shop

July 27, 2008

One of the questions I am asked most often is: How can you spot a Shop? Usually, my baseline rule for an image is: If something looks ”not quite right” about a photo, that usually means there is something not quite right about the photo.
Digital forensics expert Hany Farid wrote a couple articles on this subject for [...]

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