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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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Shops d’Art

July 30, 2008

There are some prints on display at the New York Public Library titled “Line Up” by Nora Ligorano and Marshall Reese. They Shopped several key players in the Bush administration to make them appear as if they are posing for mug shots. (If you are wondering about the significance of the dates on the slates, [...]

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Keira refuses to Shop!

July 29, 2008

Above: Publicity photo for the 2004 film “King Arthur” – original image on the left, breast enhanced version on the right.
When Keira Knightley saw the above publicity shots for “King Arthur” and noticed the digital breast enlargement (from an A cup to a C cup) she expressed her frustration to FOX News about them, “Those [...]

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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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iWanex Studio – Masters of the Celebrity Shop

July 26, 2008

[mouse over to see the original image]
The above image is from iWANEX Studio. They are Top of the Pops when it comes to photo retouching – what I consider to be “Playboy Caliber” (probably the best there is).
I am surprised at the number of people I meet that do not know the extent of photo [...]

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