# After/Before **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 6, 2003, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-before/199853 "2003-09-06T01:21:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-before/199853/1 "2003-09-06T01:21:53Z")
Check it: [http://homepage.mac.com/gapodaca/digital/bikini/index.html](http://homepage.mac.com/gapodaca/digital/bikini/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![leechbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@leechbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leechbabe)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-before/199853/2 "2003-09-06T01:48:30Z")
freaky! ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-before/199853/3 "2003-09-06T01:54:06Z")
I’ve seen his gallery before, including the shots used for commercials and ads. To a photoshop noob like me, I am amazed at the manipulation that you can do. No wonder we all (women) feel inadequate. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-before/199853/4 "2003-09-06T02:10:50Z")
I really did not need to see that. I’m ill. And I will never get photographed again. But that woman needs more sleep. ---
**Author:** ![Sinshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Sinshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sinshine)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-before/199853/5 "2003-09-06T02:27:32Z")
Okay, I feel better now. I do not need to spend zillions of dollars for skin and body like that, because they don’t exist. Yay!! I looked in the mirror this morning, and told myself it’s a good thing I’m not a model. I had no idea how much the glamour shots had been re-worked after the fact. My very close friends are doing some glamour shots of me in the near future, for the sake of their professional portfolio. I wonder if they have the wherewithall to “improve” me like this? ---
**Author:** ![Gadfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gadfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadfly)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-before/199853/6 "2003-09-06T02:39:06Z")
> [@](#): > > I really did not need to see that. I’m ill. Why’re you ill? Because you laid eyes upon a women who wasn’t surreally perfect? :rolleyes: Also, the dark patches on her face are a result of way too much makeup. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-before/199853/7 "2003-09-06T03:34:49Z")
Have a look at [what](http://www.testosterone.net/nation_previous/03.html) can be done with no software. ---
**Author:** ![Zcrysis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zcrysis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zcrysis)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-before/199853/8 "2003-09-06T04:02:01Z")
Thats amazing. Im never ever trusting a magazine cover again. That was almost surreal. Also as another photoshop wannabe, I’m amazed thats someone can even do that. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-before/199853/9 "2003-09-06T04:12:24Z")
You should see what she looks like when I put on these special sunglasses. _shudder_ ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-before/199853/10 "2003-09-06T13:22:46Z")
No wonder models always look perfect! ---
**Author:** ![j\_sum1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8baadc/32.png) [@j\_sum1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j_sum1)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-before/199853/11 "2003-09-06T14:43:08Z")
Now what’s really funny is to move the mouse back and forward over her face really fast. ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-before/199853/12 "2003-09-06T14:59:31Z")
That was some very fine Photoshop work, I must say. (Though I kind of think the “new” belly-button is a touch too small and looks a little odd.) I saw a TV show about 10ish years ago where they were demonstrating the way they “removed” cellulite from Cindy Crawford and made her thighs smaller… **j66** When you photograph women in a studio, you tend to put the lights higher (enhances the cheakbone shadows) which can make your eyes look a bit more “sunken in” (depending on your brow and the sidelighting). I had to do the same kind of touch ups many times – the folks looked fine when they arrived in the studio, but had unfortunate shadows that enhanced their whole eyesocket! ---
**Author:** ![Tusculan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-before/199853/13 "2003-09-06T15:39:05Z")
Actually I don’t see why they had to do so much Photoshop work in it. Her eyes looked a bit sunken (for which **Eats\_Crayons** gave a good explanation), and her belly-button looked weird, too, but otherwise she seemed fine. In particular enlarging the boobage, trimming the waist, and smoothing the arms were totally unnecessary IMHO. It only served to make her seem unreal and thereby less attractive. ---
**Author:** ![Triss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Triss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triss)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-before/199853/14 "2003-09-06T16:21:10Z")
Wow. Just, wow. I see exactly why they did what they did. The woman in the first link, looks over-tanned and er, a bit ill-used in the ‘before’ shot. In the ‘after’ shot, she looks fresh-as-a-daisy and about twenty years younger. Mind you, her body in the first shot was just fine, IMO, except for the colour of her skin. The link posted by **ultrafilter** didn’t seem to go anywhere specific, maybe it’s expired…? ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-before/199853/15 "2003-09-06T18:02:55Z")
Pretty neat. They should take a snap shot of the SDMB, and make a second layer to see what people are really saying. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-before/199853/16 "2003-09-06T18:26:08Z")
Oops. Try [this](http://www.testosterone.net/nation_articles/227tc.html) instead. ---
**Author:** ![SanguineSpider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SanguineSpider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanguineSpider)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-before/199853/17 "2003-09-06T23:00:36Z")
Isn’t reality cool? ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-before/199853/18 "2003-09-07T14:11:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ultrafilter \* > \*\*Oops. Try [this](http://www.testosterone.net/nation_articles/227tc.html) instead. \*\* OMG. Can that be real? Do all of his studly muscles just relax into his belly when he’s not posing?😕 ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-before/199853/19 "2003-09-07T14:18:36Z")
I prefer the original, more natural girlie. She’s hotter than her airbrushed cousin. Blemishes are indicative of character… ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-before/199853/20 "2003-09-07T14:43:25Z")
‘Before’ isn’t that bad at all. Something’s up with that bellybutton, though. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-before/199853.md?page=2)