Posted by Cosmo7 on Monday, December 29, 2008 | 44 comments

Ah, no, you see, that isn't a disaster because Germans have this thing called verletzterfingersieg, which is the triumph of fingers over logic, dummy. Lumix PSD

Thanks to thePGJ! Original is here!

Reader Captions:

So apparently disjointed puppets use that brand of camera.... by Tash

Hmm, maybe a new special feature of their cams. So, no disaster ;) By Stefan

Ohio TTA: Fill Her Up

Posted by Cosmo7 on Friday, December 26, 2008 | 37 comments

Plato believed in a dualistic nature of existence; we only experience imperfect impressions of perfect "Platonic" ideals.

For example, this image is real (and imperfect), while the Platonic ideal would be a picture of the same bus at a gas station, filling up.

Thanks to James!

US Military: Your Tax Dollars At Work

Posted by Cosmo7 on Wednesday, December 24, 2008 | 40 comments

It isn't often that we feature the US military-industrial complex on PsD, not least because it has the web deployment skills of a meringue.

Regardless, somewhere, deep in the bowels of this ^{[Warning: criminally defective]} site, lies this beautiful example of retro-tokenism.

Props to Z. Happy holidays everyone.

Apple: Light Bending Required

Posted by Cosmo7 on Monday, December 22, 2008 | 97 comments

This isn't a disaster because the Apple Store can approve or deny which reflections will appear on an iPod.

Thanks to Anj and everyone else who sent this in!

Tele7: The Lid Of My Ad

Posted by Cosmo7 on Friday, December 19, 2008 | 66 comments

Since time immemorial man has tried to make pictures of women giving a thumbs up. Time after time, these attempts ended with success. Now at last, the barrier to awfulness has been breached. Enjoy.

Thanks to Baptiste!

Swedish Cosmo: Why So Serious?

Posted by Cosmo7 on Thursday, December 18, 2008 | 57 comments

For some reason Swedish Cosmo held back from going all the way and adding a cleaver and a severed head.

Props to Emil! Original can be found here!

Victoria's Secret: Why Don't You Slip Into Something More Human?

Posted by Cosmo7 on Wednesday, December 17, 2008 | 50 comments

All we know is that something bad happened and underwear was involved.

Thanks to LS! Original is here!

Daily Fail: Shouldn't Throw Stones

Posted by Cosmo7 on Tuesday, December 16, 2008 | 38 comments

We here at the Daily Mail - along with all right-thinking people - are shocked and appalled by the sight of Gordon Brown and Tony Blair retouching their Christmas cards. Why oh why can't these hypocrites stop their clumsy electronical meddling with pictures? I don't recall Margaret Thatcher resorting to Photoshop when her teeth actually [continued p94]

Original is here, thanks to Adam!

National Geographic: Here's Your Prize Cheaty McCheaterson

Posted by Cosmo7 on Monday, December 15, 2008 | 125 comments

PsD Winner
These shallow images are mainly famous for not being very well thought out. The picture shows Photoshop's multiply layers effect.

Original is here (choose Viewers' Choice from the select.) Thanks to jc!

Prison Break: Sun, Shadows And Stupid

Posted by Cosmo7 on Friday, December 12, 2008 | 53 comments

I don't think shadows really work like that.

Thanks to Rien! Bigger image here.

Dude You're Getting A Pink Slip

Posted by Cosmo7 on Thursday, December 11, 2008 | 38 comments

iStockphoto is a microstock company that charges a billion dollars per image. Or you would think so judging by this motley crew of light-fingered miscreants. The Oktoberfest banner you can kind of excuse. The laser lady is just dumb. But Dell? Really?

Thanks to Eros, Roman and Ainstushar!

Tatler: Legs Akimbo

Posted by Cosmo7 on Wednesday, December 10, 2008 | 66 comments

Even though about 500 people have sent this in, I'd like to say that this clearly isn't a disaster and this blog, which used to be good, has jumped the shark again.

Campari: Buy Her A Drink And She'll Give You A Little Head

Posted by Cosmo7 on Tuesday, December 09, 2008 | 30 comments

And heeeere are the top reasons why this happened:

Jessica Alba really is pinhead, usually uses concealer

Had to resize body to hide naked Terry Richardson in background

Photographer using fairground mirror

Image is 'before' image for diet plan

Little known side-effect of Campari: microcephaly

Retoucher about to quit anyway

Applied too much Preparation H

Original image featured bizarre decapitated Alba; this was a compromise

Shapeshifting aliens not that good at proportions

Witchdoctor on set mightily pissed off

Thanks to Mari! Original is here!

Apple: Live By The Wet Floor, Die By The Wet Floor

Posted by Cosmo7 on Monday, December 08, 2008 | 26 comments

I don't think Apple invented the wet floor style, but they have certainly used it a lot. So it was only a matter of time before an album sleeve featuring a wet floor should appear on Apple's site within another wet floor composition. Result: human sacrifice, cats and dogs living together, mass hysteria.

Thanks to Hannah! Original is here (for now)!

InTouch: Zahara Mystery Child Of Evil

Posted by Cosmo7 on Friday, December 05, 2008 | 47 comments

Intouch Germany reveals the truth about "Bennifer" (a cool way of talking about Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.) Gossip magazines never alter the images they show, providing proof that the couple's youngest child, Zahara, has an evil twin.

I'm sure that some of you think this evil twin theory is ridiculous, and that the child is, in fact, from an evil alternate universe. Unfortunately we can't prove this either way as she is hiding the evil goatee that she probably has.

Zahara Mystery Child PSD

Thanks to Sara, Siv and others for sending this in!

Reader Captions:

Maybe Brad and Angelina clone their kids to keep the real ones out of the spotlight, and this picture was taken when they'd just picked up the new clone? By R

Sarah Connor Chronicles: I'll Be Background

Posted by Cosmo7 on Thursday, December 04, 2008 | 37 comments

In this episode they have to go back in the image history to a time when the comping wasn't hilariously bad.

Thanks to Darren!

IPS: Does This Make My Bottom Look Disastrous?

Posted by Cosmo7 on Wednesday, December 03, 2008 | 44 comments

The mission of the image in the context of marketing a medical procedure is usually to imbue confidence and value in the mind of the consumer. In rarer cases, images can be used to convey a dread sense of profound incompetence, a terrible feeling that something is very wrong, and that a long slow descent into a hellish nightmare of pain and regret awaits. Ask your marketing adviser which strategy would work best for you.

Thanks to Ben! Original is here!

HCN: Is That Supposed To Be Finnished?

Posted by Cosmo7 on Tuesday, December 02, 2008 | 79 comments

Ooh bad Photoshop
That plodding fat hand reveals
An absence of thought

Thanks to Joonas! Original is here!

Edit: the original site has (rather unsportingly) fixed the image.

Daily Fail: People Who Live In Glass Houses

Posted by Cosmo7 on Monday, December 01, 2008 | 43 comments

In another scandal to rock the world outside of the Daily Mail, indignation about inept Photoshoping has spilled over into an ugly battle between [please fill in details, I have no idea what this is about].

In a torrent of cliches, Photoshop has become a cruel bagel of opportunity for editors who all too frequently want to have their cake and not face the consequences. Albatross.

"I have no clue how Photoshop works but I use it anyway" said Daily Fail graphic designer Nigel Bottomly, who asked not to be named for fear of retribution.

Thanks to Alexandra, original is here.