Photoshop detector
Assuming that these scientists go forward with their research we’ve come with 5 great uses for the new Photoshop detection tool. [...] Some say, just accept it and move on, while others (like us) long to see realistic images in the media and are on a quest for photo justice. [1]
Farid and PhD student Eric McKee have developed an algorithm that measures the level of retouching in magazine photos, and displays the results as a heat map. [2]
When you find some awesome treasures during your metal detecting extravaganzas you might even use what you find to add to your graphics design, in fact it might help inspire you to do some type of amazing new design that you hadn’t really thought of before. [3]
The researchers developed the algorithm by looking at anatomically impossible images pulled from Photoshop blunder sites. [2]
“The ubiquity of these unrealistic and highly idealized images has been linked to eating disorders and body image dissatisfaction in men, women, and children,” says Dr. Hany Farid, a professor of computer science and digital forensics at Dartmouth. [4]
It’s interesting because in the Kim Kardashian photo, her face looks almost identical even not retouched because lighting and makeup can also have a huge effect. [...] Facebook helps you connect and share with the people in your life. [...] If you toggle back and forth it looks like he had a stroke. [5]
But good luck getting Glamour to put a surgeon’s general warning on the cover of its Spring Fashion Special, right next to the amazing makeovers and tanning secrets. [4]
Sources:
[1] New Photoshop Detector Shows Where Images Have Been Altered …
[2] Photo Retouching Detector of the Day - TDW Geeks
[3] Metal Detectors, Cool Hobby for Graphics Designers
[4] Does the World Really *Need* a Photoshop Detector? | Who2 Biographies
[5] The Photoshop Detector | The Hairpin