# Take A Look: Photoshopped?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-a-look-photoshopped/611326>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 31, 2012, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-a-look-photoshopped/611326 "2012-01-31T18:35:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-a-look-photoshopped/611326/1 "2012-01-31T18:35:54Z")

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[![](https://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff71/Drummerboy49/photoshop.jpg) ](https://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff71/Drummerboy49/photoshop.jpg)

Found it on my FB page…

Q

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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-a-look-photoshopped/611326/2 "2012-01-31T18:42:31Z")

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Im on ur bak hidn n ur fer.

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**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-a-look-photoshopped/611326/3 "2012-01-31T19:32:29Z")

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I guess it could be real. Maybe posing the cat to get the image right? Still seems kind of odd for coloration on a cat though.

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**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-a-look-photoshopped/611326/4 "2012-01-31T19:37:15Z")

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It is the mark of Basement Cat.

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**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-a-look-photoshopped/611326/5 "2012-01-31T19:47:58Z")

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I could probably give you a good idea if it’s photoshopped if I had access to a much larger high quality image. I looks like a good job if it is though.

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**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-a-look-photoshopped/611326/6 "2012-01-31T19:53:12Z")

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At first glance, there’s a bit right between the “ears” of the cat marking that looks a little off; there’s no blending between the dark fur and the white fur. Like someone did a quick patch job to give an otherwise round spot ears so it looked like a cat head. I could be wrong though, the photo isn’t terribly high quality. (JPGs - disguising photo-fakery behind poor quality since 1992.)

Aside from that, the mark doesn’t look like it’s outside the realm of possibility. A friend of mine has a piebald tabby not unlike that, with a thin white question mark swirled through the dark fur on her back.