Skinny VS Curvy

Filmmaker Jesse Rosten launched a few days ago a spoof commercial called ‘Fotoshop by Adobe’ in order to highlight the extensive use of Photoshop in today’s magazines and promotional campaigns.

The video presents a few of Photoshop’s most used tools and effects, such as Liquifiying (as in making on skinnier, elongating and narrowing their figure), Brightening (of the eyes, skin and teeth) and Healing (of skin imperfections). And the tagline of the video says it all very well: ‘this commercial isn’t real and neither are society’s standards of beauty’.

Watch it and share your thoughts!

Left: the wrinkle-free, plastic-like version of Sarah Jessica Parker on the cover of, ironically, The Age Issue of Vogue Magazine.

Right: the real and lovely 46 year-old Sarah Jessica at a recent red carpet event.

Too much Photoshop or acceptable level?

See the inside spread on the glamorous mom theme on the next page!

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Here’s Kim Kardashian in Inland Empire magazine this month (right picture), with the tiniest waist in the universe – a waist that has had help (besides from Spanx and a tight belt) from our frenemy Photoshop.

Then take a look at Kim’s completely different face shape on the cover of the magazine! For some unknown reason, the editors chopped off her chin, slenderized her face and elongated and thinned her neck, too.

What do you guys have to say about this one?

See the full pictures on the next page!

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Here’s a little exercise meant to train our eyes in order to detect the Photoshop touches that the media is constantly and unnecessarily serving us:

Guess Katy’s Shape! Identify the Unphotoshopped Picture and point out the fakes!

See the answer here!

Note: This picture was edited by skinnyvscurvy.com for enjoyment reasons only and the above is simply meant to be a lighthearted game.

Left picture: Rihanna with her shapely and toned figure, rocking the stage in Italy in November 2010.

Right picture: Rihanna minus her actual figure, plus model’s figure in Interview Magazine.

Congratulations for yet another job well unnecessarily done!

Click here to see yet another ridiculous case of Photoshop!

And check the next page for more real and photoshopped pictures of Rihanna!

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