Caution: Squirrel May Bite

So here is a a recent conversation my Human PA Thingy had with a customer this week:

Customer	I was wondering if you could do anything with this photo?
Thingy	Sure, what was it you had in mind?
Customer	Well, I thought you could take out the stuff on the table?
Thingy	Yeah no problem, what would you like there instead?
Customer	Pardon?
Thingy	When I take that away, what would you like in it’s place?
Customer	Nothing
Thingy	Just an empty table?
Customer	No, nothing
Thingy	You want the table taken away? I would have to build up the legs of the people behind, thats a major job
Customer	Oh no
Thingy	I’m confused, you want NOTHING there?
Customer	Yes
Thingy	Just a blank spot?
Customer	No, I was hoping you could Photoshop it
Thingy	Yes, I can
Customer	Just air brush it away
Thingy	But leaving what in its place?
Customer	Nothing!
Thingy	There has to be something there
Customer	[thinks] how about leaving the table, but with nothing on it?
Thingy	Good idea.

BBC's QI

And on the TV panel show QI, reffering to a picture of someone ‘French’

“Is he supposed to have a cigarette in his hand? I guess they must have photoshopped it out”

It didn’t occur to this person it would be easier to use a different picture than to Photoshop it out

photoshop (v.)

“to edit an image using a computer program,” 1992, originally in ref. to Photoshop, a bitmap graphics editor trademarked and published by Adobe, released in 1990.”

The verb to photoshop has become such a throw away word now that those who don’t Photoshop are under the assumption that it is some point-and-click-work-is-done-program. For goodness sake, don’t them tell them there’s a Magic Wand tool!

Then there’s the other downer. Create a wonderful image and you get the look down the nose and “oh no, I prefer more traditional ways to create my art”, (to which i assume they mean a bit of charcoal on a cave wall).

[I have deleted about 5 paragraphs from here, I think you get what I am getting at]

What I am trying to say is this, if you are a newbie to Photoshop, welcome along. You have a lot of work ahead of you. If you are already an accomplished photoshopper or digital artist, I salute you, I admire your dedication and appreciate what you have achieved. One day, I hope they will too.

Out Now

Busy time for magazines this week, today saw Advanced Photoshop on the shelves. Again no cover pic, I could scan it I guess… but err… too lazy.

As always your comments, suggestions, links and criticisms are not only desired but needed.

Have a great weekend, I may blog over the weekend, that depends on how much acorn wine I can find.

May the Vibrancy’s slider of life be stuck on +100

Some other posts by TipSquirrel

About the author

Greyson TipSquirrel wrote 157 articles on this blog.

Based in the UK, TipSquirrel has what some have described as an 'unnatural obsession' with Photoshop.

An avid Twitter fan, TipSquirrel can often be found sharing links from TipSquirrel.com and other sites. This account also has him jibbering away about tea, scones, biscuits and anything else that randomly pops into his tiny little brain.

For pure Photoshop links, TipSquirrel has a second Twitter account, Photoshop_nut.

TipSquirrel is afraid of crows.