Comments on: Unfortunate fake water reflection in newspaper photo

By: bloopeeriod

bloopeeriod — Mon, 07 May 2012 20:36:00 +0000

Wrong. Measure it.

By: blagos

blagos — Mon, 07 May 2012 14:52:00 +0000

I laughed so hard I think I soilded my armor.

By: Jer_00

Jer_00 — Sun, 06 May 2012 17:09:00 +0000

It’s like Kathy Griffin selling her name to Joe the Plumber and now he comes onstage in a red wig and tells jokes about ‘his gays’.

It’s like that, only far less hilarious.

By: Andrew Singleton

Andrew Singleton — Sun, 06 May 2012 04:19:00 +0000

It involved Bricks didn’t it?

By: Guest

Guest — Sat, 05 May 2012 23:45:00 +0000

That’s not even true anywhere

By: Michael J. "Orange Mike" Lowre

Michael J. "Orange Mike" Lowre — Sat, 05 May 2012 20:47:00 +0000

But a person with better English skills can often get a better job than this.

By: Manuel Hoffmann

Manuel Hoffmann — Sat, 05 May 2012 19:20:00 +0000

nope

By: keplers

keplers — Sat, 05 May 2012 18:19:00 +0000

that font is awful.

By: Hopeful_Greis

Hopeful_Greis — Sat, 05 May 2012 17:38:00 +0000

Very old joke:
“Why do they have those ruts on the sides of the roads in (insert geographic object of derision here) ? – So their knuckles don’t drag on the ground.”
My guess about ErnestPayne’s comment is that the vast majority of media consumers (I would say almost anywhere, not just America) are so saturated with imagery that something like this is rarely noticed. This does not imply a general culture of inattention, just sensory overload.

By: Guest

Guest — Sat, 05 May 2012 15:08:00 +0000

you do know that English is an official, widely spoken, language in India, right?

By: Liz Godfrey

Liz Godfrey — Sat, 05 May 2012 13:54:00 +0000

Did not notice until you mentioned it… Thanks!

By: Robert

Robert — Sat, 05 May 2012 13:26:00 +0000

Well, when I saw it, I damn near… well, you know.

By: Robert

Robert — Sat, 05 May 2012 13:26:00 +0000

Can there possibly be a better typo in existence?

By: Paul Renault

Paul Renault — Sat, 05 May 2012 12:35:00 +0000

If she could feel those muscles loosen, just where were her fingers? Hand?

By: Thorzdad

Thorzdad — Sat, 05 May 2012 12:28:00 +0000

This sounds entirely probable. And, it was probably done on a “we need it 15 minutes ago” basis at some graphics sweatshop. The telltale is that they didn’t even have time to add transparency to the reflection. That might have helped.

A lot of these kinds of “features” are actually syndicated filler, and not produced by the particular newspaper.

By: twianto

twianto — Sat, 05 May 2012 08:49:00 +0000

Only a potential problem if it’s reeeeeally small, not an obvious problem in its intended print format, which is probably why they didn’t notice it.

By: Jake0748

Jake0748 — Sat, 05 May 2012 08:00:00 +0000

Please rephrase the question. I don’t get it.

By: Ian Nickerson

Ian Nickerson — Sat, 05 May 2012 07:55:00 +0000

i think her arm appears to be longer because of the way the newspaper is bending creating an illusion

By: ErnestPayne

ErnestPayne — Sat, 05 May 2012 07:00:00 +0000

Would anyone other than the erudite spot the problems? Not in america.

By: Vernon

Vernon — Sat, 05 May 2012 06:34:00 +0000

Thanks for the feedback!

By: voiceinthedistance

voiceinthedistance — Sat, 05 May 2012 06:01:00 +0000

See: Gallagher Too . . .

http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/38105

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Sat, 05 May 2012 04:43:00 +0000

I used to check it out regularly. And then it just stopped being funny one day. And then I saw the announcement that it had been sold. How do you sell something like that? It’s like Kathy Griffin selling her name to Joe the Plumber and now he comes onstage in a red wig and tells jokes about ‘his gays’.

By: Boomer

Boomer — Sat, 05 May 2012 04:02:00 +0000

The rule of thumb I lived and cringed by when I was in newspapers was the bigger the type, the less likely you were to spot the error. That’s how I once put an earthquake in the wrong state: 48-point type, couldn’t see the problem. Besides, Oregon fit better than California.

By: Art

Art — Sat, 05 May 2012 03:38:00 +0000

I laughed so hard at this I almost suited myself!

By: voiceinthedistance

voiceinthedistance — Sat, 05 May 2012 03:38:00 +0000

The fact that the Photoshop Disasters website is still up and running after being sold by the original owner to someone with no sense of humor (who is also semi-illiterate), is a testimony to how many really bad comp jobs there are out there, and how funny some are without the original witty content that made the site such a treat. It’s now something akin to PSD porn: just look at the pictures, but don’t expect any added content. Some things are so bad, they can’t be ruined.

By: LightningRose

LightningRose — Sat, 05 May 2012 03:14:00 +0000

That’s an amazing optical illusion.

If you stare at the photo for several minutes you’ll suddenly notice large pink lettering off to the right side!

By: Preston Sturges

Preston Sturges — Sat, 05 May 2012 03:07:00 +0000

That rag is owned by notorious wingnut loony Richard Mellon Scaife, who brings dishonor to both the Mellons and Scaifes.

By: Finnagain

Finnagain — Sat, 05 May 2012 01:40:00 +0000

Aaaaand, welcome to PhotoShoop Disasters!

By: regeya

regeya — Sat, 05 May 2012 01:35:00 +0000

Speaking as a former paginator/comp person, it might not even be anyone at the Trib. If they’re like a lot of newspapers around the country, the person responsible for the art might be in India, and they probably won’t pony up for someone with good English skills.

Or someone was just stupid about it.

By: nosehat

nosehat — Sat, 05 May 2012 00:53:00 +0000

I haven’t read that novel, but I can already tell you that I prefer the typo version.