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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Man, Stalin would have loved this tech... Even with just film, the USSR was able to make some impressive photo edits to remove politicians that Stalin had "purged," from previous photographs.

Because I guess that means they never existed?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Adobe announced a 'distraction removal' Photoshop feature this week at their annual MAX conference. Makes removing people from pictures a one-click operation for anyone: https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/remove-tool.html

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

My very first job back in the late 90s after art school involved erasing people out of corporate annual photos using Photoshop.

So no... it's not just Stalin.