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Article: Watchdog blasts digital distortion
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- Winnipeg Free Press
- Article date:
- April 5, 2008
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By Misty Harris
A Canadian media watchdog is calling for restricted use of Photoshop and other methods of digital enhancement in magazines, both in editorial photographs and in advertising.
Media Action's criticism of the widespread practice of retouching photos -- which can include the removal of everything from fat to frown lines on models and celebrities -- comes as the United Kingdom's Periodical Publishers Association launches its own inquiry into industry "Photoshopping." The association announced plans this week to create a working group with the British Fashion Council and top U.K. magazine editors to discuss a possible ethics code governing the use of computer technology to ...
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