editing...

Today we started our group presentations and the first group discussed photo editing, which I think is a very interesting topic. They showed us how easy they could do it, and even photo of famous dictators that were editing, and celebrity photos that had been edited as well. It got me thinking though, and how much is real in today's age, and not altered in any way. My guess is very little, and it was even illustrated by that group. They showed a dove commercial which showed a woman, then fast forwarded through all the makeup and computer altering they had done to her. The dove commercial touched on other topics but it did show us how pictures are altered. In todays age where software has advanced so much, and companies want to present us with the best looking product, they will alter images to give us that. I would be willing to guess that almost everything that is shown in magazines, and on tv are edited to show us the best. I found this video on youtube, which demonstrates some "fake" advertising on some famous tv shows. I think thats the biggest thing to, were being fooled into believing this is real. See for yourself.

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