Photoshopping and airbrushing?

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In low angle shots my nostrils always get really prominent and my second chin comes out to play. Ew. Not a fan of those.

By PIe. 04/11/09, 04:11 pm

I'm going to be controversial and say that I don't mind altering of body shape, I've had it done to photos of me before, making my thighs and hips smaller and I'm glad it was done, it probably has something to with me dabbling in the modeling world a bit last year and getting used to the idea that the photo is the end product and if it needs to be altered to look best then that's what should happen. I don't know, I'm just fine with it, if a photographer wants to make my ass smaller and my boobs bigger that's fine by me, I know I have flaws

By Rehtse. 04/11/09, 04:39 pm

Personally I don't really care. It's not my problem what some dude wants to do with my photo. If they want to photoshop it then fine. Whatevs.

By Selphiroth. 05/11/09, 06:49 pm

It's one of those YMMV situations, from the look of it. If there's anything that really needed to be nailed home here for my own future reference is that it pays to ask the models.

JVCA, Static, U_Ne_korn and Zari. The point over body morphing is certainly a principle that should be adhered to. However I am still not sure about whether it's acceptable to remove the extra bits added by the camera, the chubbiness that are false anyway; or is it better to leave it as people expect photos to be a bit rounder?

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By **JVCA**. 05/11/09, 06:59 pm

I think I would have to see photo examples to be able to give my opinion on this.
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By Rikki-Leigh. 05/11/09, 07:00 pm

I think, if you're unsure on what you should change or not, you can talk to the model in the photo about it.

For cosplay photos, it can also depends what look you're going for. I know when editing photos of myself - because those are the only photos I tend to edit - I usually shoop out the little folds at the corner of my mouth at the bottom of my cheek, generally because of the character I am cosplaying - specifically for Yamamoto. I took them out because he has a younger face and the folds make me look so much older.

By **Aurellion**. 17/11/09, 11:32 am

Mainly I think it's fine as long as it doesn't become a case of someone from the net seeing you in person and thinking - huh. They look noooothing like those pictures...

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n283/aurellion/photoedit_demo.jpg?t=1258497048

^ That's as far as I'll ever go with an edit, and even then I'm wondering whether or not I've gone too far. The specific edits were changing the levels and saturation of the photo, changing eyebrow colour, removing under-eye bags, blurring the background and cropping out unneeded bits. The only thing I have an issue with looking 'fake' is my edit of getting rid of under-eye bags, so now I have resolved to try and learn as much as I can about make-up and concealing the damn things BEFORE resorting to editing. (Or just trying to up my hours of sleep to 10 instead of 8. Razz

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By **JVCA**. 17/11/09, 01:31 pm

See, that's about as much editing as I think of as acceptable! :3
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By azeria. 17/11/09, 01:33 pm

I don't really see anything wrong with it, as long as it doesn't go as far as that Kelly Clarkson one.

That was kind of scary 0_0

By vefalasiel. 22/03/11, 09:51 am

When I edit photos, I play around with a bit with lighting and colours (nothing a good camera/reflector combo wouldn't have already done). Sometimes I get rid of houses or unwanted things in the background.
When it comes to photoshopping the cosplayer, I only do things like get rid of eye bags, brighten colours of eyes or eyeliner, just to bring the vibrancy of the picture up. I never alter the shape of someone, I don't think it's polite.

By Mischa. 24/03/11, 11:11 am

I think at a certain level* it's insulting- it basically says "I don't like how you are so I'm going to change you"

I talked to a bride once who was really quite hurt that her friend had altered wedding pictures to make her skinnier (note: this woman was a knock out) and posted them in her facebook.

I've had my teeth altered and eyecolour changed by con photographers and I think it's creepy. Who is someone else to decide what my flaws are?

*Pimples, stray hairs, colour adjustment all good, not cosmetic surgery

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I agree with Misha.

Eyecolour I wouldn't mind if it was to match the character, or to do something thats not physically possible, like glowy eyes. I just don't do contacts, so having someone else do that little bit of the work would be nice Very Happy

Just 'coz you don't like the brown though, no.

Cropping the photo and tweaking colour/lighting/etc, and playing with the background (like those amazing helicopters in the background of one of yours Misha!) is all good Very Happy

PLEASE fuzzy out the photobomber.

By Selphiroth. 24/03/11, 01:48 pm

I've had my teeth altered and eyecolour changed by con photographers and I think it's creepy.

Rude. sad

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By neimhaille. 24/03/11, 02:34 pm

Unfortunately people gets these mixed up all the time: photography, model and cosplay are three distict things.

I see so often someone post a photo and accept kudos for their cosplay when the art is actually all in the photographer and post production manipulation.

So ask yourself why you are modding the photo? As already said correcting things that are an artifact of photography is fine. That includes flyaways, red eye, colour imbalance, shine on the face (usually due to lighting and angles etc.). Photobombers too...

Once you start manipulating the body shape and proportions you have to ask yourself is the photo worth salvaging if you have to do that much work? I'd rather not have a photo uploaded if I need that much work to be 'acceptable'. It's dishonest and once people see you in person they really notice and wonder what else you could be faking.

Heavy photoshopping usually is down to making the people look like an artificial ideal or because the photo is not good to begin with. I don't think we should celebrate either. Not unless we are photo-manip artists who do crazy things with some sort of commentary attached (art is supposed to have meaning, not just be pretty).

By Phantom. 17/05/11, 12:48 am

Depends on what for, and who's editing it.. Personally I wouldn't appreciate someone else editing a picture of me, editing teeth, etc. I think that down-right creepy. Shocked

But if it is for things like changing eye-colour, brightening things up, removing pimples and such, I don't think it's a bad thing. I'd probably get quite offended if a stranger edited the heck out of one of my pictures. D: