Digital body manipulation and the use of extreme Photoshop is fairly common in print, but this this funny College Humor video takes it to a whole other level.
The video stars off with a gorgeous model and announces that it will be showing Photoshop in reverse. In a few moments, the woman goes from being thin to plus size, to looking like a burn victim, but the Photoshopping doesn't stop there.
College Humor continues with the excessive digital manipulations by turning the woman's red bikini into three round very pepperoni-like circles... then her mottled skin starts to look more and more like a pizza. Since she was initally posed with both of her hands behind her head, it doesn't take much more work to complete the radical transformation from woman to slice of pizza.
Extreme Photoshop Spoofs
This College Humor Video Turns a Woman into the Unexpected with Photoshop
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