As a photographer and Photoshop professional, I take great delight when I see Photoshop used to pull the wool over our eyes. Actually, what amuses me is when its used badly.
I frequent a blog full of Photoshop disasters, and was pleased to find this example.
See if you can spot the trick used on this listing. (Click Here to bring up a larger image).
The trick used here is called “cloning.” Cloning is used to copy a good part of an image and place it over a bad part of an image. For example, if you can find clear skin you can copy and paste that good skin over any blemish, including acne, and its subtle enough to not be noticed.
Cloning was used in this famous picture which got an AP Photographer fired, and its probably the most often badly used “trick”.
Have you spotted the trick yet? Look close at the grass. One spot of good grass was copied, and pasted over and over again to cover bad grass or bare lawn. Look for circles of repeating grass.
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