much all studio photos are airbrushed anyway, and pretty much all of the photos we see in “Pretty magazines are airbrushed, too. I think real Gifford said. that’s life,” for instance, we took a photo of someone who had really bad acne, we would probably offer to take the “If, Gifford said. acne off,” of the senior photos happens every day, so the Gifford said. do “Airbrushing what’s difference?” “We don’t it just because it looks better, but change it if they I’d asked.” Photo manipulation for inclusion One place that Gifford said Photoshop helps her staff present a better product is a large, foldout senior photo spread. These pages, Gifford said, are edited for appropriateness and to include all of the seniors. out hand signals, no matter what they are. We warn them in advance that we will take them “We cut out,” Gifford said. have to go through one person at a time. Every once in a while a “We junior sneaks in. I’ll clone a wall in to take them out.” These edits are important, Gifford said, because they help the photo tell the complete story of the senior class. supposed to be a representation of the whole school and we want to make sure we “The yearbook’s include as many (seniors) as Gifford said. possible,” She adds that the students who miss the senior photo are often the students who are less involved in the school and, therefore, less represented in the yearbook. Adding them in to the senior photo helps get them into the book. Truth be told, the reader is not getting the entire story from an image with cut-out background. This image may now be out of context and not tell the entire story, or tell it in a truthful way. Consider the story you are trying to tell in words and images when you think about using a COB. Photoshop cheating Truth be told, the reader is not getting the entire story from an image with cut-out background. This image may now be out of context and not tell the entire story, or tell it in a truthful way. Consider the story you are trying to tell in words and images when you think about using a COB. In the same situation, though, Tanner would arrive at a very different conclusion.
“Pretty much all studio photos are airbrushed anyway, and pretty much all of the photos we see in magazines are airbrushed, too. I think that’s real life,” Gifford said. “If, for instance, we took a photo of someone who had really bad acne, we would probably offer to take the acne off,” Gifford said. “Airbrushing of the senior photos happens every day, so what’s the difference?” Gifford said. “We don’t do it just because it looks better, but I’d change it if they asked.” Photo manipulation for inclusion One place that Gifford said Photoshop helps her staff present a better product is a large, foldout senior photo spread. These pages, Gifford said, are edited for appropriateness and to include all of the seniors. “We cut out hand signals, no matter what they are. We warn them in advance that we will take them out,” Gifford said. “We have to go through one person at a time. Every once in a while a junior sneaks in. I’ll clone a wall in to take them out.” These edits are important, Gifford said, because they help the photo tell the complete story of the senior class. “The yearbook’s supposed to be a representation of the whole school and we want to make sure we include as many (seniors) as possible,” Gifford said. She adds that the students who miss the senior photo are often the students who are less involved in the school and, therefore, less represented in the yearbook. Adding them in to the senior photo helps get them into the book. Truth be told, the reader is not getting the entire story from an image with cut-out background. This image may now be out of context and not tell the entire story, or tell it in a truthful way. Consider the story you are trying to tell in words and images when you think about using a COB. Photoshop cheating Truth be told, the reader is not getting the entire story from an image with cut-out background. This image may now be out of context and not tell the entire story, or tell it in a truthful way. Consider the story you are trying to tell in words and images when you think about using a COB. In the same situation, though, Tanner would arrive at a very different conclusion.
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