Retouching...

Check this website out... it is very interesting... go to 'Portfolio' at the top and click the thumbnail pics 2/3 the way down the page... hold mouse over pic and not over pic... crazy, huh?

That's pretty cool.

hehe wow.. from tired and greasy to gorg and fab!

wow...they even had to make eva thinner than she already was!

Thats cheating!! They reshape the body in a lot of those! Not just a little...they do HUGE reshape-ing!

I think that goes beyond photo "touch up" and into just digital art o.O

Now if only I could hire these guys to do all of my photos...:)

I was really surprised to see that they added roundness to Beyonce's backside!

suddenly I feel a lot better about myself....

Whoa that was a very entertaining 20 mins I spent going back and forth on those photos!  Its amazing that they had to add size/shape to some, and take it away from others!

Poor Kelly Clarkson, I think she's gorgeous and they gave her a completely different body.

I do this all the time when I'm bored. I grab a photo from somewhere, usually a stock site, and touch it up a bit.

It's actually kinda fun to do, especially when you're finished and you can click back and forth between them, like you can do on this site.

It is pretty amazing though how different you can make people look; and this is common practice for almost all magazines and advertisement. Think twice when you see that beautiful girl (or gorgeous guy) on a cover, or when you pass a billboard.

i have saved this link to my favourites then when i am feeling down about me i can look back hehe a friend has photoshop which is just the same i would think you can airbrush your face and be as thin as you want :)

That is unreal.  I mean, yeah, it really is.  Can't believe they had to make Eva thinner & more shapely either - OMG - is that how real mag pics are?  And the actress for Grey's Izzy - is she NOT already thin enough?  The only untouched besides for color is Halle Berry, right?

That was cool.

wow this is amazing. more people need to see this. I showed my friends and we allll feel better about ourselves. the world needs to see this! lol. <3

This was really cool.  I had seen another site that did retouching before, but never of famous people that I recognized!  It's incredible how they had to slim down the waists, curve up the breasts, and curve out the booty in nearly every picture!  Sigh...

This is exactly how they make magazine and ad pictures. I was especially impressed at how Beyonce's mini-waist roll (in the seated picture) disappeared in the retouch. This retouching is why nobody believes me when I say that it's pretty much impossible to not have a little waist pooch when you sit down. :)

I also like the Dove movie about this.

thank you for that website!  my coworkers and I feel as glamorous as they are now.  They actually had to add fat to Eva Longoria and then whittel down her wiat.  So she's tiny but has barely any shape

this is fascinating, thanks for posting it!

i mean, wow, i know they retouch photos for magazines extensively, but some of these are really insane! i can understand whitening eyes and teeth, getting rid of skin flaws and stuff...but changing entire bodies, crazy! i guess it's good to know that not even the stars look like the stars!

Thanks for posting that site!  Untouched, those people look like actual...people, warts and all.

So that's what everyone is aspiring to, digital perfection. 

wow, that's incredible... i think it's interesting that the "pudged" julia stiles up in the reimaging... it  looks like she's trying to aspire to the hollywood look that doesn't even exist..

Playboy and other mags. do the same thing. Could you imagine if they didn't do that to the pictures what those women/men would really look like would we buy them? Probably not...I knew they did that, but never seen it quite like that. Pretty cool...

That is so cool, I love retouching photos! However, never to that extreme! Sheesh. Does anyone know how you could possibly get into that profession? I do it a lot just for fun anyways, imagine being paid to do it! :-D