Photoshop Or Not?

The article titled " Photoshop or Not? A Tool to Tell " from the New York Times is about how 2 computer scientists ( Dr. Farid and Eric Kee ) are researching how much photos have been changed photoshop wise. Many photos that are in magazines or on billboards has been changed to make the person seem prettier or more handsome. 


what photoshop does is that it could take a pimple or a blemish off of a persons face and makes their skin look flawless; it could also make a heavy set person look skinny or a skinny person look more full figured. 


based on the information from the article Dr. Farid and Eric Kee are proposing a software tool for measuring how much fashion and beauty photos have been alterd, a 1-to-5 scale that distinguishes the very little from the fantastic. 


Question #1 : Do you think super-skinny, overly perfect images of women in magazines, the internet, and TV encourage eating disorders and low self-esteem in the people who see those images?


- Yes , because many people think that the celebrities they see in magazines and on tv is what they look like foreal but its really not. These celebrities put the thought into peoples head that their suppose to be THAT skinny. 


Question #2 : Do you think altered images should be labeled so that those who look at magazines can know how much the images has been changed ?
- Yes, this would make the readers feel better about how they look. I really dont see why people change their appearence jst for a magazine/photo shoot.