Category Archives: Photoshopping

The All Saints Tetris t-shirt rip off

4 Color Rebellion – Zounds! We’ve Been Plagiarized! Via comments I discovered this wonderful blog dedicated to cheeky rip-offs.

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On the subject of stolen images

The Great Architect tells the tale of his struggle to protect his property… and also reveals something quite surprising about News International.

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Rest in carefully manipulated pieces

Guardian/PA – Menezes image ‘dishonestly changed’: A composite image comparing Jean Charles de Menezes and Hussain Osman shown to a jury by lawyers for the Metropolitan Police was dishonestly manipulated, it has been claimed. The picture, containing half the face … Continue reading

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Gordon Brown Down With Teh Kids: does anyone smell photoshopping?

Via Charlie, a heads-up about the image currently dominating the front page of the Labour website. The original can be downloaded here if you’d like to take a closer look. Me, I’m thinking that your average British arm has unique … Continue reading

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Thanks, Emap

What the hell is this? 7 weeks after I was promised payment by Emap, I get an envelope with my name and address hurriedly scribbled on the front. There isn’t a cheque inside; instead, there’s a BACS form for me … Continue reading

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O… M… G…

(puts head in hands) Emap have just scored one hell of a two-fer… not only did they ask for permission and yet totally screw it up on one image, they also nicked another image without asking and printed a picture … Continue reading

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Result!

Within a week, the Sun sees sense. (Psst! By sheer coincidence an email came in about 30 seconds after my previous post that has me hoping that this won’t be the last quick result today.)

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Gotcha!

Remember the recent adventure with Emap? (The update on this has been delayed, BTW…hang in there.) Now it’s the Sun’s turn.

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Emap: an itty-bitty update

Here’s an article about the recent Emap kerfuffle that is of added interest once you delve into comments (some readers would appear to think that Mr Nash’s response fails the scrutiny test). (Psst! I’m not waiting until my cheque arrives … Continue reading

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Emap honours my invoice

After I blogged that I’d been passed straight over to Emap’s lawyers, I called those lawyers (Wiggin) and was informed that I was, in fact, to expect an email from the picture editor for Zoo Weekly (i.e. the individual I … Continue reading

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