Watch How Photoshop Completely Transforms This Woman's Appearance

This shocking time lapse video shows how Photoshop can completely transform a woman's appearance.

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It’s no secret that Photoshop is an integral part of fashion photography, for better or for worse. While the extreme lengths that editors go to (or attempt to go to) can sometimes have hilarious results, this video is more shocking than funny, and shows just how much an image can actually be manipulated when at the mercy of Photoshop pros.  

This time-lapse video shows a complete digital “touch-up” of a model where every one of her features is nipped, tucked, cut and cropped, from enlarging her eyes to elongating her feet. The end result looks nothing like her actual self. While the video itself is an exaggerated example of the Photoshop phenomenon, it certainly brings up some interesting questions: if the end result looks nothing like the model, then what’s the point of even using a real human? Why don’t we just use digitally rendered humans, because that’s what they essentially end up as.

Check out the video above.

[via FastCoCreate]

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