The magic of airbrushing

Of course, countless magazines airbrush the models they show to weed out pratically any imperfection. There was that cover of Newsweek where they airbrushed some woman's rotten teeth, and of course there was that issue of Playboy that had the whore from "Who wants Marry a Multi-Millionaire" who appeared to be so digitally touched up that I thought she was an PS2 3D model. But I had no idea to the degree that it goes sometimes. Check out the links below to see some frightening 'before and after' pics to see just what all this airbrushing can cover up. Just mouse over the pics to see the 'before'...

http://homepage.mac.com/gapodaca/dig...ini/index.html

http://homepage.mac.com/gapodaca/dig...nde/index.html

one of my favorites was when some women's magazine put julia roberts' face on someone else's body. not altogether unheard of, but they readily admitted it, which was strange.


and holy shit. these are amazing. thanks, dolemite.)

Cool link Dolemite. Bookmarked.

thats pretty amazing...

Go to the close up pic on the second link & move the mouse on & off of the picture really quick. It is like looking at the devil.

JM

I've never looked at the devil personally but I'll take your word for it, definitley spooky. I think I spotted herpes on her upper lip though.

That's some really impressive work. They must get paid a shit load of money for all that work.

Neat link Dolemite. I'll save it for the next time someone does not understand how airbrushing works. :p

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Originally Posted by Rumpy

That's some really impressive work. They must get paid a shit load of money for all that work.

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Impressive to the average person, to be sure... but all of those crappy magazines like Maxim, Playboy, and Stuff have a staff of people who do these things. It's very common and not hard to learn, nearly anyone could do it. It's just a matter of learning how to use the photo manipulation tools. :)

Damn. Bookmarked that one myself. This is why I don't read any men's magazines! :)

Ugly before, ugly afterward.

This is definitely another reason not to read men's magazines.

http://homepage.mac.com/gapodaca/dig...s/blonde1.html

So very frightening. Really some very impressive work there, though.

Yeah, the work that actually went into it isn't all that hard. You can do pratically anything to a picture with Photoshop.

:cry: Lady scarry! :cry:

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Originally Posted by Dolemite

You can do pratically anything to a picture with Photoshop.

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Hence the name of the program. :bang:

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Originally Posted by Mode7

http://homepage.mac.com/gapodaca/dig...s/blonde1.html

So very frightening. Really some very impressive work there, though.

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Really? I think I like the before better in that one. Waaay too much distortion in the 'shopped picture...the first one only looks bad in comparison to the edit, but the edit changed the shape of her jaw...it looks unnatural.

I meant impressive work in general. I don't much care for the results of that picture, either, but there's still not a chance in hell that I could pull it off.

Another good information about airbrushing is those advertisements for like Coors Light, or Pepsi. For instance, when you go to a soda machine and they have that big picture or what-not, those are airbrushed. Most if not all, are airbrushed.

By the same token, pictures usually make people look a whole lot uglier then they really are. Not to the same extreme as that "touching-up," mind you, but it's hard to find people that actually remain flattering on camera.

I once saw a program on Discovery, where they were showing before and after shots of Cindy Crawford. While she looked great in the originals, they still took it upon themselves to thin her legs and waist, ever so slightly. It only took the artist about 20 seconds to do the whole picture change.

Look men do diet needed
http://homepage.mac.com/gapodaca/dig...ter/index.html

http://homepage.mac.com/gapodaca/dig...r2_01-down.jpg
Damn Dole, what's up with your fro?

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Hence the name of the program. :bang:

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Try painting the Mona Lisa with MSPaint. :bang:

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http://homepage.mac.com/gapodaca/dig...r2_01-down.jpg
Damn Dole, what's up with your fro?

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:lol:
Yo, that's not my 'fro, THIS is my 'fro!
http://www.shockingimages.com/dolemi...nado/dol2.jpeg

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By the same token, pictures usually make people look a whole lot uglier then they really are. Not to the same extreme as that "touching-up," mind you, but it's hard to find people that actually remain flattering on camera.

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Good point, but rememeber that even with models they have to take rolls and rolls of film to get usable shots!

If we all had the luxory of taking that many pics, we'd all look better on film. That's one of the nice things about digicams. You can keep trying to get a picture of someone until they look good. :p

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Originally Posted by Mode7

http://homepage.mac.com/gapodaca/dig...s/blonde1.html

So very frightening. Really some very impressive work there, though.

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This is definitely another reason not to read men's magazines.

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Definitely frightening. In her before shot, she looks middle aged.

What a downer when you read a men's mag and then a tabloid screams at you "STARS CAUGHT WITHOUT MAKEUP!" - Lo and behold, your visions get shattered. :cry:

No wonder so many stars hit up plastic surgeons. I wouldn't be surprised if many celebs bring their airbrushed pics to a plastic surgeon and say "Make me look like this".