Photoshopping pictures

[Shimmer]

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Originally Posted by CantAffordMAC I don't see the point in photoshopping a FOTD. Whats the point in trying to show pictures of your true makeup skills if you're just going to perfect it and make it perfect with photoshop? I don't see the point.

arguably, the point is that flash washes out colors, and a slight adjustment in levels, contrast, or whatever can bring the colors back true to life.

I can see making the pictures resemble the actuality (e.g. bring the colors back or to sharpen the picture), and that not being deceptive.

 

[x-ivy]

yeah, i think it's fine. I photoshop my acne away, it's doesn't look realistic or anything, but i have fun doing it

 

[blazeno.8]

Well I've posted a photoshopped image in a FOTD before, and I said that it was just for fun. It was obviously not trying to fake anyone out about the work which I had already done, and it was just like a kid making a picture for mom and dad and saying "look what I can do!" No one is going to be fooled into thinking it's an original handmade masterpiece of the artists' brush.
Too many of those get annoying though and it's like "We get the point that you know how to play with contrast, now move on."

 

[greentwig]

In My Opinion...

OK: Photoshop acne or mole's out is ok (or other little things like those) & making color more true to life 4 eyeshadow (cuz flash can be a booger :/)

Not OK: Flawless skin and cleaning up your MU booboo's to make the application look perfect NOT ok 4 FOTD's

^^I agree w/ the other's on the false impresion of how good products are.

 

[ginger9]

I can understand photoshopping out big zits, because imo doing so doesn't take away from makeup skills, effects and the purpose of FOTD photos. These are extremely close up photos of people's faces and if a person is not comfortable displaying a blown up pimple for the world to see I can dig it.

When someone smoothes out their entire complexion so that it looks completely airbrushed like many of the unrealistic ads you see in fashion magazines then it's overboard. It defeats the whole purpose of the fotd/tutorial forums.

This topic just reminds me how much we are still influenced by society/medias obsession with unattainable ideal of beauty. We still want to be worshipped and indeed am worshipped when we appear flawless by unnatural means (photoshop).

 

[darkishstar]

I dunno. If I have a zit, I'm going to edit it out in a photo. But I leave everything else alone, I just use photoshop to adjust colors and lighting because my camera isn't great, I suck at photography, oh, and I can never go out into natural light to take my pictures.

 

[heart]

I don't see why not... I have a lot to learn about photography and retouching, but I do know that no one wants to see my breaker box when the focus is supposed to be of my friend. I admit, I do like to brighten/sharpen photos a little but I don't alter any of their physical attributes (ie change their nose or make them look thinner, etc.) other than softening skin a little so no one can see pores or pimples etc. But I think it can be fun as long as the subject is OK with it.

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[Meisje]

It really depends on what you're changing and why. I'll adjust color and darkness/lightness; I'll take out anything "distracting" that shouldn't be there in the first place... a stray hair, a speck of glitter in a closeup shot, if I realized that I missed one eyebrow hair when plucking and that it's really obvious in the macro. I take out weird shadows. I sometimes take out zits or stuff that is not usually on my face (I have a lot of contact allergies and will sometimes get a big red patch, which sort of ruins and FOTD I spent hours doing...).
I do stuff that will make the makeup pop more without making myself look too fake or anything.

 

[dxgirly]

I edit my contrast/brightness/color balance to make my photos and swatches more true to life. Like for some reason my camera always produces slightly red images so I up the cyan color in the picture a bit. I don't edit imperfections though because I'm lazy.