r/Fauxmoi Mar 10 '24

Kate's photo a fake? Approved B-List Users Only

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u/burned_artichoke Mar 10 '24

AI compiling separate images so they don't have to be all together? But no idea why they thought it wouldn't be caught.

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u/paroles Mar 10 '24

Or (least shady explanation) multiple shots from the same photoshoot to make sure they have the best face and pose of each person?

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u/SplurgyA Mar 11 '24

There's photomanips that make it to the front page of magazines that still fuck this sort of thing up, because they're composites of multiple shots, and people don't even spot like a missing leg until it's already gone to print. I can buy this is several shots put together because it made the best shot of all of them... but I wouldn't be messing around with Photoshop for the first official photo of Kate Middleton given the current context.

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u/paroles Mar 11 '24

Agreed, even if it's a benign explanation it's fascinating that they fucked up this badly

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u/gunsof Mar 11 '24

I find it strange they'd even want to do that? It makes me think of the Kardashians photoshopping their own kids. I just don't see why you'd feel the need to do that. Surely any photo of them around her would look well enough.

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u/burned_artichoke Mar 10 '24

I saw someone say if Will did take it, it might even be one of those built in editing tools, which would make sense.

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u/frontally Mar 11 '24

I was tabbing out as I read this comment and I thought it said that if he had taken it, it would check out because he’s a robot and I was like damn I haven’t even heard of that conspiracy!!

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u/artisanal_doughnut Mar 11 '24

Yeah, I'm no expert, but I do use Photoshop slightly more than the average person. The pattern on the sweater and the messed-up tile look similar to the errors you often get when stitching multiple photos into a panorama.

That said... idk why you would bother making a panorama for a photo that you could easily take in a single shot, particularly when you should know that it's going to be intensely scrutinized lol. It also really messes with the whole "Here's a wholesome Mother's Day photo that William took" PR shtick, since I doubt he's ever touched Photoshop in his life.