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21 September 2006When I think about you I retouch myselfConventional wisdom says that the camera adds ten pounds. (Which, of course, makes me ask: "How do I get these nine or ten cameras off me?") The standard solution, as Katie Couric knows, is good ol' Photoshop. But Photoshop is expensive — even Photoshop Elements, the stripped-down version with about four-fifths the functionality, isn't exactly cheap — and the learning curve for either is steep. Hewlett-Packard has a workaround: cameras that can adjust the ratio between width and height to create a "slimming" effect which might, under certain conditions, be somewhat convincing. Remember when photographs used to be good enough for evidence? Fuggeddaboudit. (Via Salon.com's Broadsheet.) Posted at 3:15 PM to DyssynergyTrackBack: 11:02 AM, 22 September 2006 » Links That Don't Stink from The Crazy Rants of Samantha Burns Funnies/Of Interest When I think about you I retouch myselfVenting News/Opinion Take No More PrisonersTen Reasons Why the West Will Lose the War on Terror (the pessimist's view)Bombs Not Boobs And, please be sure to check out 123beta who always......[read more] That could make for some rather long faces... I use PhotoShop Elements and it is pretty good stuff. I don't remember it being very expensive, but then there's a lot I don't remember. PaintShop Pro is supposed to be very good and I think they still have a freebie version. Posted by: Winston at 6:44 AM on 22 September 2006I got Photoshop Elements free because it came with one of the digital cameras we have rattling around here somewhere. Still haven't learned to use it. Posted by: McGehee at 7:38 AM on 22 September 2006Retail on Elements is around $129. I think I paid $99 for mine. (Full-blown Photoshop runs $600ish.) |