{"id":8287,"date":"2012-08-19T17:37:41","date_gmt":"2012-08-20T00:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/betaknowledge.tumblr.com\/post\/29793506493"},"modified":"2017-08-18T17:57:54","modified_gmt":"2017-08-18T17:57:54","slug":"two-weird-examples-of-photo-manipulation-that-aims-at-converting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.nearfuturelaboratory.com\/2012\/08\/19\/two-weird-examples-of-photo-manipulation-that-aims-at-converting\/","title":{"rendered":"Two weird examples of photo manipulation that aims at converting\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<img src=\"http:\/\/24.media.tumblr.com\/tumblr_m9132tMMFO1qgczcwo1_500.jpg\"\/><br\/> <br\/><img src=\"http:\/\/24.media.tumblr.com\/tumblr_m9132tMMFO1qgczcwo2_500.jpg\"\/><br\/> <br\/><p>Two weird examples of photo manipulation that aims at converting an \u201cinnocent\u201d image into something erotic or\u00a0pornographic in nature: (1) The now old \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbandictionary.com\/define.php?term=mormon%20porn\">mormon porn<\/a>\u201d strategy, which consists in adding circular bubbles on an image in order to make people focus on certain aspects, (2) The pixellation technique, that the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment\/tv\/showtracker\/la-et-st-pixelization-tv-20120819,0,4365657.story\">LA Times<\/a> described in an article today:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201c<em>Known as pixelization, the post-production technique, which displays a certain area of a photo or footage at a much lower resolution, came into wider use years ago largely in TV news, documentaries and reality programs. There, the practice obscured product placements, and distorted everything from a license plate number to a human face to protect privacy rights. But now television writers are using the tactic as a sight gag and a way to attract attention, in much the same way that scripted programming commonly bleeps out censored language.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Why do I blog this?<\/strong> I\u2019m fascinated by how adding elements to an image can have this sort of effect.<\/p><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/NicolasNova?a=-jJ7SBMxbhw:skQzICQ7vzM:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/NicolasNova?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/NicolasNova?a=-jJ7SBMxbhw:skQzICQ7vzM:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/NicolasNova?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/NicolasNova?a=-jJ7SBMxbhw:skQzICQ7vzM:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/NicolasNova?i=-jJ7SBMxbhw:skQzICQ7vzM:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div><img src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/NicolasNova\/~4\/-jJ7SBMxbhw\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two weird examples of photo manipulation that aims at converting an \u201cinnocent\u201d image into something erotic or\u00a0pornographic in nature: (1) The now old \u201cmormon porn\u201d strategy, which consists in adding circular bubbles on an image in order to m&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":8295,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[71,169],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v14.9 - 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