gnu@l5.uucp (John Gilmore) (12/05/85)
[Photo folks check out net.rumor on this, it's a short discussion.] CoEvolution Quarterly (now the Whole Earth Review) had a cover story on how easy it is to fake photos these days. It was within the last year, maybe the summer issue. There is commercial image processing equipment that digitizes photos and does interactive "paint program" stuff, matting, etc in high resolution, then prints them (to film). The cover showed flying saucers flying near the Transamerica building in North Beach, SF; inside the article were many "before and after" pictures, like the National Geographic cover where they moved the pyramid over to make it fit. Truly amazing -- don't believe ANY photo these days. Technology has come a long way since Playboy's 1950s airbrushes...
dollas@uiucdcsb.CS.UIUC.EDU (12/15/85)
Can you elaborate a little on the National Geographic cover? it is such
a reputable magazine that it is hard to believe that any tricks would be
used in a cover or elsewhere.
-Apostolos Dollas
U of Ilinois
Dept.of Computer Science
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ARPA: dollas@uiuc.arpawitters@fluke.UUCP (John Witters) (12/16/85)
> > Can you elaborate a little on the National Geographic cover? it is such > a reputable magazine that it is hard to believe that any tricks would be > used in a cover or elsewhere. > > -Apostolos Dollas > U of Ilinois > Dept.of Computer Science > > USENET: ...!{pur-ee,ihnp4}!uiucdcs!dollas > CSNET: dollas%uiuc@csnet-relay.arpa > ARPA: dollas@uiuc.arpa I've always assumed that the colors were cooked to make the pictures look brighter, but this is the first time I've heard of NG phaking (sp) a picture. By the way, is it true that Kodak makes a special film for NG (called National Geographic Ectachrome)? -- Are we not Beatrice? We are John Witters John Fluke Mfg. Co. Inc. P.O.B. C9090 M/S 243F Everett, Washington 98206 (206) 356-5274