http://blog.photoshelter.com/2012/11/friday-happy-hour-weathering-the-storm-more/ Daily discussion of photography business issues & photography websites. Marketing and sales tips for smart photographers, plus a dose of inspiration from the PhotoShelter team. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:02:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blog.photoshelter.com/2012/11/friday-happy-hour-weathering-the-storm-more/#comment-358914 Buddy Grant Sat, 10 Nov 2012 16:03:32 +0000 http://blog.photoshelter.com/?p=25588#comment-358914 the "photoshopped" pic of the mitt romney rally was not actually photoshopped, but rather a poorly done photomerge. someone wanted to take a picture of the size but did not have the ability to back up far enough to get the whole thing, so instead they took six to eight pictures and then later, at home, tried to combine the pictures together to make one big picture, probably using photoshop elements. their photo merge tool is not the best and basically takes its best guess at where the two pictures overlap and fuzzes them together in a diagonal line. this also explains why some spots look similar but aren't quite exact matches (people moving about). if it had been done well, the picture would have only been 400 pixels wide. the “photoshopped” pic of the mitt romney rally was not actually photoshopped, but rather a poorly done photomerge. someone wanted to take a picture of the size but did not have the ability to back up far enough to get the whole thing, so instead they took six to eight pictures and then later, at home, tried to combine the pictures together to make one big picture, probably using photoshop elements. their photo merge tool is not the best and basically takes its best guess at where the two pictures overlap and fuzzes them together in a diagonal line. this also explains why some spots look similar but aren’t quite exact matches (people moving about). if it had been done well, the picture would have only been 400 pixels wide.

]]>