Using Photoshop to make yourself skinny
It’s long been understood that celebrities and models don’t look in reality as picture-perfect as they do in magazines. But now the technology is such that you can Photoshop (or use another photo manipulation program) yourself from fat to thin, too. Even if you’re not a computer expert, there are tons of resources online to show you what can be done and how to do it.
The Photoshop Diet
Searching for “Photoshop fat to thin” on YouTube will allow you to watch many different videos illustrating how a person can be taken from fat to thin in a matter of minutes.
Most of these videos look like they were done by guys, given that sometimes everything shrinks on the woman’s picture but her chest. Here’s just one example of what can be done, one of the rare videos using a man:
How it’s done
Doing such extreme makeovers is actually pretty easy. There are plenty of videos that will show you how to do that, too, whether you use Photoshop, where the liquify tool is your friend, or Paint Shop Pro, where it’s all about the warp brush.
Liquify can be used to make other effects as well, such as warping a head or bulging out an eye. There are also many tools in Photoshop that allow you to do digital cosmetic surgery, from clearing up skin problems to whitening teeth.
You can also make someone look fatter using the pucker tool.
Photoshopping the stars
Sure it’s fun to retouch yourself for your MySpace page or the family Christmas card, but it’s even more fun to make celebrities look large, or super-skinny, with the help of digital photo manipulation.
The good folks at Worth1000 have wonderful collections of weight-enhanced celebrities including the Olsen twins, Halle Berry, Will Smith, Carmen Electra and Hillary Duff, as well as a somewhat scarier collection of anorexic stars, including Nicole Kidman, Angelina Jolie and J Lo. Almost all of them have really giant heads.
Can’t use Photoshop? Outsource it
It was only a matter of time before this happened: A Web site that in effect puts you on the Photoshop Diet. The Web site is called LiquifyMe, and within 48 hours of uploading your “before” photograph the wizards at LiquifyMe will produce an “after” photograph for you based on your stated weight loss goal of from 5 to 50 pounds — perfect for sticking on the refrigerator door to motivate you not to eat those leftovers. And best of all, the service is free.
A new phenomenon?
While Dove’s Real Beauty campaign showed how easy it is to take a normal looking person and turn her into a supermodel with the help of makeup and digital manipulation, we’ve got to wonder if the pinups of the past weren’t somehow manipulated as well.
Or is it just that a diet without fast food and high fructose corn syrup made everyone have flawless skin and visible collarbones?
(By Sarah E. White for CalorieLab Calorie Counter News)
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July 12th, 2008 at 10:09 am
Yikes, I would not encourage this. It could be a problem with online dating — people sending pictures of them looking skinny and clear-skinned, only to show up overweight and pimply! I think people need to focus on being healthy and honest…not covering up their problems with a computer programs. I absolutely LOVE that Dove commercial — it is such a great reality check for your girls who think those women really are that perfect.