I look great in this picture!

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Click here. (http://www.hp.com/united-states/consumer/digital_photography/tours/slimming/index_f.html)

[Disneyphile]

Wow. More excuses to just keep weight on.

Now, if only the camera had a way to digitally remove heart disease too.....

[Kevy Baby]

How about a camera that increases girthiness?

[MouseWife]

Wow...wasn't Paula Abdul doing this in her videos? :D

[tracilicious]

Um, as much as I would like to look thinner in pictures, what does this say about our culture?

[Sub la Goon]

I don't mean to offend here, but if this was done with CP, she would probably disappear entirely.

[LSPoorEeyorick]

Que ridiculoso!

[Alex]

What I don't understand is why these things would be build into the camera when they can generally be done just as easily and much better on the computer with software (and without losing the original picture).

But I wondered the same thing about desaturation feature on NA's camera.

[Stan4dSteph]

Que ridiculoso!Je suis d'accord!

[innerSpaceman]

But I wondered the same thing about desaturation feature on NA's camera.
I was wondering that about NA's camera, too. But the fact is, it's much more likely to be done if you can do it in camera ... with no post-production necessary. Ease of special effects when it comes to casual photos is a boon.

Sure, you can photoshop anything after the fact .... but sometimes you wouldn't want to bother, whereas doing it on the spot would be fun.



If we take the "slimming effect" to its next logical step ... there'd be a Funhouse Mirror setting that I might have fun with while I'm taking the pictures, but be too bored with those photographs to bother with when my ADD kicks in 10 minutes later.

[3894]

I don't care about the slimming feature. Give me all you've got of that Soft Glow!

[NirvanaMan]

And America just got a little fatter.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Wow. More excuses to just keep weight on.

Now, if only the camera had a way to digitally remove heart disease too.....It should come with a coupon for a discount at the therapist's office.

Seriously, if you hate your appearance enough that you need to modify it in good photos of yourself, you have problems.

I was wondering that about NA's camera, too. But the fact is, it's much more likely to be done if you can do it in camera ... with no post-production necessary. Ease of special effects when it comes to casual photos is a boon.What he said. NA showed me her camera's abilities and it's so easy, even the photoshopper in me was impressed. Many people do not have photoshop, or the knowledge to pull off effects like that, and the camera does it all for you with instant results.

[Alex]

I guess, but it wouldn't require photoshop. I guess my biggest issue is that (I'm assuming) the original photo is lost (so you can't have both the funny picture and the good picture) and the method for evaluating decency of the result is inherently crappy (being squished down to a one-inch screen covers a lot of sins).

Regardless of ease of use, at some point the photo is going to be offloaded for further distribution and viewed then. Just seems better to me to have those features built into the image viewer than the image taker.

But then I'm not much of a casual photographer (and hardly ever take pictures of people, so the slimming is particularly useless to me unless I want to minimize a tree or something) so I'm sure my perspective is once again warped.

[Not Afraid]

It'a all about instant gratification - and ease. The various setings on my camera make it easy to just play at the moment and to see the results right away. (The screen on my camera is pretty large considering the size of the thing.) This also gets me using more settings on my camera and learning more about it as I play.

To use the photoshop method requires:

Going home (1/2 hour)
Downloading photos (10 minutes)
Choosing one (a milion years)
Opening photoshop (3 minutes)
spending the time in photoshop required to created desired effect (eons for me)


I'd never do it - or at least never do it regularly and certainly not with more than one picture. My attention span is not that great.

Plus, I enjoy being out capturing the moment quite a bit more than I enjoy sitting at my computer.

[MouseWife]

I don't care about the slimming feature. Give me all you've got of that Soft Glow!

LOL Uh, yeah....I realized you can do this on my photo program....

Hey if I can clear up the kids zits why can't I ease up some wrinkles? It's not like I am doing it to all of the pictures....maybe just one or two...:D

[Capt Jack]

How about a camera that increases girthiness?

turn it sideways

[tracilicious]

And America just got a little fatter.


I'm going to take this in another direction. I don't think anyone is going to see this camera feature and think, "Wheee! Now I don't even want to lose weight!" But it does send the message that you aren't even worth looking at in photos unless you are thin. Which is a worthwhile message for any kind of media to send, as they make a LOT of money off of it.

Hate yourself more America! We're raking in the dough! (No pun intended.)

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Did anyone else notice that you can also make people fatter with this camera?

Fun Prank: Take a pic of a friend, quickly make them look fatter, then show them the pic while saying "what a great picture!" :evil:

[3894]

Fun Prank: Take a pic of a friend, quickly make them look fatter, then show them the pic while saying "what a great picture!" :evil:


Yeah .... no. :(

[innerSpaceman]

Maybe future cameras will have the Dorian Gray effect .... your series of self-portrait photos get fatter and fatter at the turn of a dial while you mysteriously and amazingly lose tons of weight in real life!

[Kevy Baby]

How about a camera that increases girthiness?

turn it sidewaysThe camera or my junk?

I don't care about the slimming feature. Give me all you've got of that Soft Glow!I tried that, but I think I put the setting too high:

http://www.mopacity.com/images/concrete_01.jpg

[Alex]

Kevy, I know you like the risque humor, but posting a photo of your genitals is just going too far.

[Kevy Baby]

LOL Alex!

[lashbear]

Anyone else notice that in the movie, the subjects got thinner and the trees in the background stayed the same.

I bet it doesn't do that in real life, and there'll be a lot of photos in people's albums like this:

http://users.tpg.com.au/adslgroh/pics/SlimBear.jpg

Gee, Goofy's lost weight too, huh?

:p

[Not Afraid]

But, Rob, you torso is so long and your legs are so short!

[lashbear]

yeah, but ain't I svelte ??

[DreadPirateRoberts]

I like your hat. :)