Comments on: Soviet proto-Photoshop ca. 1987 http://boingboing.net/2010/11/03/soviet-proto-photosh.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 14:22:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: SamSam http://boingboing.net/2010/11/03/soviet-proto-photosh.html#comment-928012 SamSam Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-928012 Of course, the Soviets were already the great masters of Photoshop. Check out the professional use of the Clone Tool in these 1937 photos: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Voroshilov,_Molotov,_Stalin,_with_Nikolai_Yezhov.jpg">1</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Commissar_Vanishes_2.jpg">2</a> Of course, the Soviets were already the great masters of Photoshop. Check out the professional use of the Clone Tool in these 1937 photos: 1 2

]]> By: Crispinus211 http://boingboing.net/2010/11/03/soviet-proto-photosh.html#comment-928018 Crispinus211 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-928018 In Soviet Russia, photo 'shops YOU! In Soviet Russia, photo ‘shops YOU!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/11/03/soviet-proto-photosh.html#comment-930322 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-930322 Sork: SNAKE! Sork: SNAKE!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/11/03/soviet-proto-photosh.html#comment-928037 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-928037 there's a time traveller using a copy of Photoshop CS6 on his smart phone in one of those photos. there’s a time traveller using a copy of Photoshop CS6 on his smart phone in one of those photos.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/11/03/soviet-proto-photosh.html#comment-929317 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-929317 so, two years earlier they could have bought an amiga with dpaint? so, two years earlier they could have bought an amiga with dpaint?

]]> By: Not a Doktor http://boingboing.net/2010/11/03/soviet-proto-photosh.html#comment-928294 Not a Doktor Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-928294 I wonder when Lomography will have this up in their retirony section. I wonder when Lomography will have this up in their retirony section.

]]> By: dross1260 http://boingboing.net/2010/11/03/soviet-proto-photosh.html#comment-928044 dross1260 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-928044 усиливать! усиливать!

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2010/11/03/soviet-proto-photosh.html#comment-928051 Brainspore Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-928051 Fake. I can tell by the silver granules. Fake. I can tell by the silver granules.

]]> By: Chentzilla http://boingboing.net/2010/11/03/soviet-proto-photosh.html#comment-928307 Chentzilla Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-928307 Soviets having made the first CG film, "Кошечка", is old news now, right? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWiWYqvP0BU Soviets having made the first CG film, “Кошечка”, is old news now, right?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWiWYqvP0BU

]]> By: zikman http://boingboing.net/2010/11/03/soviet-proto-photosh.html#comment-928054 zikman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-928054 the examples they show at the end look more like after/before's the examples they show at the end look more like after/before’s

]]> By: MAS http://boingboing.net/2010/11/03/soviet-proto-photosh.html#comment-928060 MAS Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-928060 Did anyone notice the Apple III computer? Right at 1:37 With the discretely-placed diskette sleeve covering the Apple logo. Did anyone notice the Apple III computer? Right at 1:37
With the discretely-placed diskette sleeve covering the Apple logo.

]]> By: darren http://boingboing.net/2010/11/03/soviet-proto-photosh.html#comment-928070 darren Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-928070 I love the shot of the highly unpopular Apple /// computer. Steve Jobs shipped all those things to the Soviet Union when they didn't sell in the west, and Apple never used the number "3" in a product name again (until the iPhone 3G). I love the shot of the highly unpopular Apple /// computer. Steve Jobs shipped all those things to the Soviet Union when they didn’t sell in the west, and Apple never used the number “3″ in a product name again (until the iPhone 3G).

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/11/03/soviet-proto-photosh.html#comment-928073 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-928073 It's not soviets, it's french Pericolor 1000, with interface translated in russian, lol! It’s not soviets, it’s french Pericolor 1000, with interface translated in russian, lol!

]]> By: howaboutthisdangit http://boingboing.net/2010/11/03/soviet-proto-photosh.html#comment-928078 howaboutthisdangit Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-928078 I don't know if I'd want that man's job. I'd be afraid of getting an important assignment removing a fallen politico from a photo - and then having someone come to remove me as a witness. I don’t know if I’d want that man’s job. I’d be afraid of getting an important assignment removing a fallen politico from a photo – and then having someone come to remove me as a witness.

]]> By: Sork http://boingboing.net/2010/11/03/soviet-proto-photosh.html#comment-928090 Sork Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-928090 Enhance 224176 Enhance, Stop Move in, Stop Pull out, Track right, Stop Center in, Pull back, Stop Track 45 right, Stop Center and Stop Enhance 34 to 36 Pan right and pull back, Stop Enhance 34 to 46 Pull back, Wait a minute, Go right, Stop Enhance 5719 Track 45 left, Stop Enhance 15 to 23 Give me a hard copy right there. Enhance 224176
Enhance, Stop
Move in, Stop
Pull out, Track right, Stop
Center in, Pull back, Stop
Track 45 right, Stop
Center and Stop
Enhance 34 to 36
Pan right and pull back, Stop
Enhance 34 to 46
Pull back, Wait a minute, Go right, Stop
Enhance 5719
Track 45 left, Stop
Enhance 15 to 23
Give me a hard copy right there.

]]> By: Yenisei http://boingboing.net/2010/11/03/soviet-proto-photosh.html#comment-928091 Yenisei Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-928091 Your comment is exactly 50 years late. USSR in 1987 was very, very different from 1937. It's like looking at an English kid from the sixties and saying, "Oh, I wouldn't want to be him. He probably has to work sixteen hours a day as a chimney sweep for a bowl of gruel and his master treats him worse than a dog. That's what happens to kids in England, I read it in 'Oliver Twist'". To be fair, it's exactly what we were told in Soviet times. Your comment is exactly 50 years late. USSR in 1987 was very, very different from 1937. It’s like looking at an English kid from the sixties and saying, “Oh, I wouldn’t want to be him. He probably has to work sixteen hours a day as a chimney sweep for a bowl of gruel and his master treats him worse than a dog. That’s what happens to kids in England, I read it in ‘Oliver Twist’”. To be fair, it’s exactly what we were told in Soviet times.

]]> By: eti http://boingboing.net/2010/11/03/soviet-proto-photosh.html#comment-928093 eti Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-928093 3 years before photoshop, but not sooner than Letraset's ImageStudio http://bit.ly/bRdJnE 3 years before photoshop, but not sooner than Letraset’s ImageStudio
http://bit.ly/bRdJnE

]]> By: Tim http://boingboing.net/2010/11/03/soviet-proto-photosh.html#comment-928116 Tim Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-928116 Scitex, an Israeli company, had the Response system in 1982 - sure it cost US$1.5 and took up a room but... Scitex, an Israeli company, had the Response system in 1982 – sure it cost US$1.5 and took up a room but…

]]> By: notasheep http://boingboing.net/2010/11/03/soviet-proto-photosh.html#comment-929147 notasheep Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-929147 Those scanners are called "drum scanners," and I've used them up into the 21st century at graphic arts firms where I did prepress work. They are capable of high resolution scans, and were once state of the art, even long after this piece was produced. Those scanners are called “drum scanners,” and I’ve used them up into the 21st century at graphic arts firms where I did prepress work. They are capable of high resolution scans, and were once state of the art, even long after this piece was produced.

]]> By: semiotix http://boingboing.net/2010/11/03/soviet-proto-photosh.html#comment-928134 semiotix Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-928134 Hmm, I <i>have</i> been looking for a plugin that will easily replace Stalin's face with Khrushchev's... Hmm, I have been looking for a plugin that will easily replace Stalin’s face with Khrushchev’s…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/11/03/soviet-proto-photosh.html#comment-928142 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-928142 There was a ton of image editing software in use prior to Photoshop 1.0. At the time most of the higher-end software ran on Sun and Silicon Graphics hardware. Photoshop just brought the price tag down a notch. @eti mentions ImageStudio, but there were many others. There was a ton of image editing software in use prior to Photoshop 1.0. At the time most of the higher-end software ran on Sun and Silicon Graphics hardware. Photoshop just brought the price tag down a notch. @eti mentions ImageStudio, but there were many others.

]]> By: MrsBug http://boingboing.net/2010/11/03/soviet-proto-photosh.html#comment-928162 MrsBug Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-928162 When the video started, I was hearing a Russian dubbed version of <i>Twilight Zone</i> "You're entering a dimension of sound..." When the video started, I was hearing a Russian dubbed version of Twilight Zone “You’re entering a dimension of sound…”

]]> By: turn_self_off http://boingboing.net/2010/11/03/soviet-proto-photosh.html#comment-928696 turn_self_off Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-928696 Funny thing is that some of the issues with the apple III came from his Jobs-ness. https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Apple_III#Design_flaws Funny thing is that some of the issues with the apple III came from his Jobs-ness.

https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Apple_III#Design_flaws

]]> By: LeFunk http://boingboing.net/2010/11/03/soviet-proto-photosh.html#comment-928200 LeFunk Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-928200 And only 20 years later russian technology was already so advanced, that they were able to rip some footage from "Titanic" DVD and present as footage from their submarine! And only 20 years later russian technology was already so advanced, that they were able to rip some footage from “Titanic” DVD and present as footage from their submarine!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/11/03/soviet-proto-photosh.html#comment-928212 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-928212 @Sork Quote of the Month goes to you buddy! @Sork Quote of the Month goes to you buddy!

]]> By: zyodei http://boingboing.net/2010/11/03/soviet-proto-photosh.html#comment-928752 zyodei Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-928752 Well, Russians have always been good at software..but manufacturing hardware, not so much. Well, Russians have always been good at software..but manufacturing hardware, not so much.

]]> By: MichaelWalsh http://boingboing.net/2010/11/03/soviet-proto-photosh.html#comment-928247 MichaelWalsh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-928247 For a good history of Soviet photo alteration: "The Commissar Vanishes: The Falsification of Photographs and Art in Stalin's Russia" by David King. It's OP, but used copies can be found by using the InterWebs. For a good history of Soviet photo alteration: “The Commissar Vanishes: The Falsification of Photographs and Art in Stalin’s Russia” by David King. It’s OP, but used copies can be found by using the InterWebs.

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