Last August, I showed off this amazing video of prototype photo editing software that makes it easy for rank amateurs to do nearly anything to their photos. Now the NY Times has a good round-up article on how that technology is beginning to pop up around the Web where anyone can use it.
Automated tools… are changing the editing of photography by making it possible for anyone to tweak a picture, delete unwanted items or even combine the best aspects of several similar pictures into one.
The tools are giving everyone the ability of the Stalin-era propagandists, who edited the photographic record of history by deleting people who fell out of favor. Software like Photoshop from Adobe Systems opened the process for millions of graphic artists, but it was never cheap; the professional version of Photoshop sells for about $650.
Now, though, some of the new tools for removing tourists from photos, stretching pictures without distorting faces and making reality flexible are free and online.
So if you have some time this weekend, check out some of these sites and marvel at how easy technology makes it to distort reality.
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