Photoshop Etiquette

Where is the rest of this deer?

Putting PS in the hands of the creators gives people more power to “mislead” the public and needs to be handled carefully especially when advertising. For example, bigger size commparisons of products in proportion to people vs the size actually recieve, altered news images making people questing the validity of the event, weight loss adds with fake aftershots full of muscles or hair loss regrow promises where you can see mismatched skin tones, people advertising in cars or products they have never personally been near, promotions to follow people who are successful by showing themselves in mansions they don’t own, property pictures of perfect rentals that are filthy or damaged in reality, or just people try countless manipulation tactics on others by causing an ex, friend, or family member to think that they are better off without them as now suddenly they have been going on dates with or attending parties with gorgeous people they don’t even know. The liquify tool is commonly used in personal ads and covergirl photos and can lead to insecurities for developing adolescents like wishing for bigger eyes or perfect teeth and bodies giving them anxiety when they compare themselves to these digital paintings instead of authentic images of their role models.

Everyone naturally desires their human image to be a little better or wishes they had been a little more successful at this point, and no one likes to be looked down upon because their place of living is a mess but maybe they are full time workers or parents, and otherwise would not have posted at all. Things like face filters can be all a person needs to boost their confidence and begin a new path they would have shied away from before, but somewhere there needs to be a balance or confession before others start to assume EVERYTHING they post or advertise is a lie. If you want someone to believe you 100% of the time, photoshopping yourself to the extreme is not a good way to start.