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Old 04-14-2007, 04:30 PM
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Originally Posted by jiminyClickit View Post
But when this program reshapes jaw/cheek lines and changes the distance between eyes, it's no longer a portrait: it's an advertising gimmick in search of "perfection.".
Check out the YouTube video The Evolution of Beauty; it says, in motion, what I think Jiminy is driving at with his words. There is certainly a point, often crossed in product advertising, where post-processing (which was going on well before computers got involved with developing tricks and airbrushes) creates an impossible standard of physical beauty.

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