{"id":1017,"date":"2012-11-07T23:00:46","date_gmt":"2012-11-08T05:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sebersole.wordpress.com\/?p=1017"},"modified":"2012-11-07T23:00:46","modified_gmt":"2012-11-08T05:00:46","slug":"is-it-real-or-is-it-photoshopped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/is-it-real-or-is-it-photoshopped\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it real, or is it Photoshopped?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>With cell-phone cameras everywhere, and digital photo sharing sites and apps like instagram so easy to use, we are seeing more photos than ever before. And while most of these photos are true depictions of real events, others are intended to mislead or deceive. Take, for example, the photos at right that came out in the days surrounding the “Superstorm” named Sandy. Of the four photos at right, only one is “true” or “real.” Can you guess which one?<\/p>\n

Not only are fake photos easy to create, they are even easier to distribute. One cleverly made photo can go viral via social media like twitter, Tumblr and Facebook.<\/p>\n

People with Photoshop skills can make composite photos that often defy detection. Photoshop has even become a verb, as in, “I ‘photoshopped’ him out of the picture and put Josh in his place.”<\/p>\n

Photoshopped images in advertisements have even attracted the attention of European lawmakers who are threatening to ban the use of Photoshop or digital retouching in ads targeting those under the age of 16.<\/p>\n

Oh, and by the way, the only photo that depicts Sandy in an accurate way is the shot of the roller coaster surrounded by water. The photo of Lady Liberty is from the movie The Day After.<\/em> The shark is photoshopped, and the photo at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier was taken in September.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With cell-phone cameras everywhere, and digital photo sharing sites and apps like instagram so easy to use, we are seeing more photos than ever before. And while most of these photos are true depictions of real events, others are intended to mislead or deceive. Take, for example, the photos at right that came out in … <\/p>\n

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