http://www.newsweek.com/id/231629

Newsweek giving the lowdown on the most egregious photoshopping

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Originally posted by Sheltieguy:

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...shows how incredibly EASY it is to change someone's body in a picture...

Interesting. I wonder if all of these tools are available in the current version of (much less expensive) Photoshop Elements.

I doubt that very much, Sheltie, though Elements does have it's own strengths. I have bought it but just haven't installed it yet. It sort of got caught up in the home renovations (i.e., it got packed and stored soon after I bought it and I haven't seen it since LOL).

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...shows how incredibly EASY it is to change someone's body in a picture...

Interesting. I wonder if all of these tools are available in the current version of (much less expensive) Photoshop Elements.

I also wonder if this guy has a tutorial on how to "ugly up" a photo of someone you don't like.

I noticed that the top-rated video comment was:

"I 'fixed' my gran and she was not happy!"

I was just watching a music video on YouTube that a Facebook friend recommended and when it was over, the following video was there as an option for what to watch next. It fits in very well, I think, with this discussion, and shows how incredibly EASY it is to change someone's body in a picture. I always knew that Photoshop was a powerful tool, but I didn't know just how powerful or easy these changes were to make until I watched this video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...9E&NR=1&feature=fvwp

Listen to the narration at the end where the instructor tells students to "go out on the Internet and find some pictures of fat people" or just use pictures of their parents. Sigh.

I can't watch Rachel Zoe either. I look at her bones and I feel like they are screaming "I am hungry!"

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Originally posted by Brie:
I just read an article about Holly Madison, Hugh Heffner's past girlfriend, that she was told she needed to lose weight! I just recently saw a glimpse of her show on E! and she was in a bikini and looked fantastic.

I just don't get this facinating for emaciated women.

Brie-I read the same article and could not believe what I was reading. She looks amazing.

I personally cannot stand to watch shows/movies with actresses when I can see their bones-like Rachel Zoe.

I hope this obsession with the super-thin ends soon!


Jill

I just read an article about Holly Madison, Hugh Heffner's past girlfriend, that she was told she needed to lose weight! I just recently saw a glimpse of her show on E! and she was in a bikini and looked fantastic.

I just don't get this facinating for emaciated women.

I've seen those pictures before. The issue of ridiculously UNrealistic airbrushing has long been a pet peeve of mine. I am of the opinion that we have such an obsession with thinness and body perfection in this country (and have so much trouble with anorexia, etc.) in part because of this longstanding habit of putting out magazines featuring bodies that are humanly unattainable. It's sick, especially when you're dealing with people (whether models or celebs) who are already STUNNING to begin with.

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Wow. What a shame that our society is so obsessed with being skinny to the point that young women are opting for plastic surgery. The focus should be on being HEALTHY, not SKINNY.

Jill