Drudge's Photo Fakery: An example. (This is good)

[sabra]

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http://www.mykeru.com/weekly/2005_0619_0625.html#062205
Subject: Drudge's Photo Fakery: An example.

You guys wrote:

"I reported here that I thought Drudge darkened this picture to sensationalize it."

Yes, of course it was "darkened", and the darkening alone would serve to hide the underlying manipulation of the image. The worse the photoshopper, the more they have to smear, blur, grain or otherwise degrade the original to hide their tracks. But moreover, the photograph was given a slightly grainy green hue to suggest it was clandestinely taken with some night vision equipment.

Although the effect wasn't particularly well done, it can be exactly duplicated. Attached is a photo of our boy Matt, and a the same photo manipulated to show the bong he must be hitting to write the crap he does. The effect could be done any number of ways, and probably done half-assed by Drudge whose skills at graphics are are somewhere slightly above a Rhesus monkey using an Etch-A-Sketch. In my case I did it with the Photomatic "Nightscope" plugin, although it could also be done by manipulating the hue, grain and contrast manually.

Feel free to use the example as you see fit.



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[Ian David]

1. Excellent! Now, can you change the bong to a giant dildo? n/t

[sabra]

3. Hey you can do anything, even throw Jeff Gannon in there...

[cynatnite]

2. That is not drudge with a bong

It's charles manson with a bong. :sarcasm:

:rofl: