Photoshop Dark Arts
I was reading Gawker( like always) and they mentioned their sister site Jezebel had a story related to the July issue of Redbook. Yes, the same issue of Redbook that featured my novel, so yay!
Only not so yay. It seems someone got their hands on the original photo of the cover of Faith Hill, and Jezebel compared it to the on-the-magazine-cover of Faith. To say that there are differences is to master understatement. They airbrushed all her laugh lines and wrinkles (bye bye!) Her skin is bleached. She has more hair on her head. Her 'excess' back skin has disappeared. They inserted an arm! (To the left, to the left, as B would say). They reduced the size of her real arm to twig proportions. Disturbing.
I knew editors retouched cover photos, but I had little idea how much they retouched them. Some people are angry because the cover is a lie, and because the editors didn't think 'real' Faith Hill was pretty enough. Some people want their own Photoshopper. Me? I'm on the verge of a seizure because I cannot stop watching the picture got from untouched to retouched and back. Watch here (you have to scroll down a bit).