http://www.jkr.co.uk/design-gazette/cautionary-tales-of-photoshop-disasters/ JKR – Packaging Design Agency London UK, Branding Agency UK Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:45:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.jkr.co.uk/design-gazette/cautionary-tales-of-photoshop-disasters/comment-page-1/#comment-171 Will Robinson Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:16:26 +0000 http://www.jkr.co.uk/design-gazette/?p=1607#comment-171 As far as the Loreal advertisement goes, I think that perhaps they haven't got it so wrong. Yes, maybe the model's hair has been subjected to an outrageously large dose of the Photoshop treatment, however, the fundamental idea of the product is that it makes a woman's hair larger than life. For that reason maybe its a good thing that the model's hair comes across as unnaturally perfect. It certainly makes it stand out, and aside from the product itself (in the foreground) the model's hair should be the main focal point of the advertisement. As far as the Garnier advertisement goes, they've got it all wrong with the hands. They obviously look superimposed and take the attention away from everything else. This would certainly have been a case of less is more. As far as the Loreal advertisement goes, I think that perhaps they haven’t got it so wrong. Yes, maybe the model’s hair has been subjected to an outrageously large dose of the Photoshop treatment, however, the fundamental idea of the product is that it makes a woman’s hair larger than life. For that reason maybe its a good thing that the model’s hair comes across as unnaturally perfect. It certainly makes it stand out, and aside from the product itself (in the foreground) the model’s hair should be the main focal point of the advertisement.
As far as the Garnier advertisement goes, they’ve got it all wrong with the hands. They obviously look superimposed and take the attention away from everything else. This would certainly have been a case of less is more.

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