via TBogg, the insane Michelle Malkin claims that the picture of Preznit Rubber Bloomers was photoshopped. Now "photoshopped" in our culture has come to mean "changed" and usually not for the better, especially out here in blogtopia. But as with all thing reality based, Malkin gets it wrong.
Update: A defensive Reuters photo editor explains who's responsible and also admits how the image was Photoshopped.
So not right. It was subjected to Photoshop, using a process called "burning" which as all you old-time darkroom types like me know, brings out detail in "thick" parts of a negative...ie, it brings out existing detail in light-colored areas. Like paper.
The white parts of the picture were overexposed, so a Reuters processor used Photoshop to burn down the note. This is a standard practice for news photos, Hershorn says, and the picture was not manipulated in any other way.
I guess that Michelle was too busy trying to get herself (a) interned or (b) deported because she's from a country with a sizable "terrorist" presence, to learn what "burning" is. But then when did wingnuts ever bother to learn much of anything factual anyway?
posted by Jo Fish on 09.16.05 at 06:49 PM
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As a professional photographer, one of the single most irritating things I ever hear is the word "Photoshop" used as a verb.
Of course the Reuters picture was changed in Photoshop. You wonldn't make a straight print from a negative in a darkroom and put it on the front page, would you?
Michelle Malkin is a stupid-ass. It's clear that the work done in Photoshop was hasty; if you look carefully at the Reuters photo, you can see the hard outline of a mask along Bush's monkey-scrawling hand; that doesn't mean that he didn't write what he did.
For fuck's sake, I'd love to debate that hysterical little twit on TV about digital imaging. That's for sure.
By the way; my grandfather took CV-36 out to the Pacific just in time to see the war end. He met Poppy Bush once and I'll never forget his words in 1988: "I don't trust that man."
I suspect that if he were alive today, he'd say it goes double for the kids.
posted by: F'in Librul on 09.17.05 at 04:03 AM [permalink]
Ooooh ... will Malkin get a friendly yet firm letter from Adobe’s lawyers for this?
Proper use of the Photoshop trademark
Trademarks help protect corporate and product identity, and Photoshop is one of Adobe's most valuable trademarks. By following the below guidelines, you can help Adobe protect the Photoshop brand name.
The Photoshop trademark must never be used as a common verb or as a noun. The Photoshop trademark should always be capitalized and should never be used in possessive form, or as a slang term. It should be used as an adjective to describe the product, and should never be used in abbreviated form. The following examples illustrate these rules:
Trademarks are not verbs.
CORRECT: The image was enhanced using Adobe® Photoshop® software.
Why do you even care about this stupid photo? What does that say about your age in emotional maturity? Hey, Mommy, Billy farted and Georgy needs to go poo poo.
posted by: Dubya on 09.17.05 at 06:36 PM [permalink]
And 'burning' rhymes with 'kerning' ... someone call Hindrocket!
Another scandal provoking the rabid defense of their "fearless" leader. Guess Barbara never told her spawn to go to the bathroom before an imortant meeting or leaving the house.
Isn't it nice to know what our representatives are really thinking?
posted by: MMichaelAK on 09.20.05 at 02:33 PM [permalink]
