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critter1 said:
dukefleming said:
I'm having trouble finding that. Could you provide a link to the
page?
(The tread that discusses this)

Thanks,
Duke
eileen said:
Every artist and designer on this forum need to visit the Adobe
Photoshop & ImageReady CS Win forum at http://www.adobe.com . Specifically
view the thread - and the links to the press - associated with "No
Wonder Photoshop CS Seems Slow - It's Analiyzing Images For
Content!"

Net-net: Adobe has taken it upon itself to censor not only citizens
of the US - but also censor citizens of the Photoshop-purchasing
world.

Whether or not you are, today, affected by this new "feature" is
inconsequential. It's a precedent - and one that need to be stopped
in its tracks.

When I was, first, made aware of this new feature, I was stuck on
feeling violated by the "lack of disclosure". (The feature has no
impact on my life - but I would have appreciated the disclosure
thereof - especially considering how many thousands of dollars I've
given to Adobe in the past 15 years.) Now, though - and based on
what independent entities are saying about this feature - and the
fact the organisation that mandated this feature is not either well
known nor available for comment, well, I just feel really, really
angry.

eileen in bc (us citizen, canada resident, first generation
american, really p* sed off)
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Actually, you CAN scan the new $20 bill if you do it at 50% (or less). Based on what I've read, anyway. Even in PS CS.

I suppose if you then could remove the patterns that PS CS is looking for, you could then blow it up to whatever size you needed.
Scott Fleming said:
Just why are you really so upset that you cannot photocopy a $20 bill?
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If you REALLY need to edit a $20 bill in Photoshop CS, someone will make a crack for this "thing" in Photoshop.

But, with such hacks/cracks come a high chance of Viruses and other nasty things.

I can't rember ever needing to scan money :/

There is always Photoshop 7/6/etc. I don't see the point. Kinda like "Were gunna ban guns, so people don't get killed anymore." Yep, problem solved.
hifive said:
wmcdowell said:
interested to hear.

wm
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Me-Confused
 
You get how totally unconstitutional this action on Adobe's part is. And, since you get that, I believe you also get how this action so negatively impacts every individual - regardless of locale and law - who pays good money for Adobe's products.

eileen in bc
 
Ummm, Adobe can't do anything unconstitutional. They can only break laws.

Congress can pass unconstitional laws, of course.

And the President can use powers that aren't constitutionally his.

And the Supreme Court can rule unconstitutionally, as well.

And all of these infractions have methods by which they can be rectified. Constitutionally.
eileen said:
You get how totally unconstitutional this action on Adobe's part
is. And, since you get that, I believe you also get how this action
so negatively impacts every individual - regardless of locale and
law - who pays good money for Adobe's products.
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Tried to open that PDF in PSP 8.1 and got the error message.

An image of the new US $20 at 40 inches wide (150dpi) will open, try to set it to 6 inches wide and the error message comes up and the program crashes....

So I guess the 150% rule is in the software.

Doesn't really bother me, but if I ever have a regular image that sets off this alarm I'll be plenty mad.
Jason Hutchinson said:
Whoops, don't open that PDF in Photoshop at 200dpi or you'll get
the warning and some traffic goes out your Internet connection.
Open it up at 50dpi and everything is ok. I guess I need to
install Acrobat Reader. :)
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Canon: 1OD

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I;ve read the posts on the Adobe Forums

I was speaking of the future. Maybe Canon/Nikon/Simgma/Sony decide to put such software in camera-models, sometime in the future.
eileen said:
...you just won't be able to open the downloaded image.

How do you think all of this got started???

eileen in bc
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OK since no one else has yet. I'll start the list. I'll just list what I think the obvious ones are and others can add as they think of them.

1.US government announces today that everybody gets a punch card once a month that allows you to drink. Once its full you wait till next month to drink, after all if you drink more than the card allows, your a drunk and you are now being stopped before you hurt someone.

2.Pornography is outlawed because some small group decides its bad.

3.Religion is banned in US all together. Its just too controversial. They have been secretly monitoring church services and most times there is just too much conservative talk happening. Thats just too one sided.

4.Government today announces that they will take taxes out of your check before you even see it......ooops, that one is real. But hey we are all so dishonest they have to. Right?

5.Government says if we disarm the people we can more easily control them........uhhh, wait that was Hitler or was it Hillary Clinton?

6.US automakers announce new technology to limit how fast a car will accelerate and how fast it will go no matter how hard you push on the gas pedal. Thats gonna save lives right, so no one will be opposed........Right??

7.Think before you reach for that second or third cup of Coffey in the morning, the FDA has secretly had technology in place for years in all major brands of Coffey makers both residential and commercial and are now ready to use the findings to impose fines on abusers. a
After all caffeine is not good for you over a certain amount.

8.New York Times headline "Do you really need to drive that much anyway?" Government unveils new plans and technology to include in every new car and retrofit all existing cars a "smart millage chip" it will monitor how much driving you 'need' to do and how much you do for pleasure and such. Your driving time and millage will be regulated according ingenious government studies.

9.I would keep going with 9 here but government issue 'Sleep Bracelet" is blinking telling me its time for bed, and as usual its right, I don't need to be up this late. Plus my 'TimerNET' wrist watch is flashing me that my internet time is almost up. I just can't afford another $1000 fine at 25% interest for staying on too long. So gotta go. Someone with Internet time left will have to finish the list.
 
Adobe prohibits - without dislosure and based on the request of an little-known, multinational entity - the creation of an image that is, legally, permitted to be created, provided the outline of law is followed.

What's next? Censorship -without disclosure - of any images that include government officials? Celebrities?

What's after that? Censorship -without disclosure - of the so many technically bad - yet charming - images of photo-enthusiasts' kids/spouses/pets???

What's after that? Censorship -without disclosure - of images of individuals who do not represent the implied majority of the world's middle class population?

Adobe has made history. It has set a precedent by including a feature of this magnitude without disclosure. (Other companies that have included similar features have done so with full disclosure.) This fact is what each of us needs to reflect on - and act on.

eileen in bc
 
All aboard the Adobe Money Train


portraitfan said:
OK since no one else has yet. I'll start the list. I'll just list
what I think the obvious ones are and others can add as they think
of them.

1.US government announces today that everybody gets a punch card
once a month that allows you to drink. Once its full you wait till
next month to drink, after all if you drink more than the card
allows, your a drunk and you are now being stopped before you hurt
someone.

2.Pornography is outlawed because some small group decides its bad.

3.Religion is banned in US all together. Its just too
controversial. They have been secretly monitoring church services
and most times there is just too much conservative talk happening.
Thats just too one sided.

4.Government today announces that they will take taxes out of your
check before you even see it......ooops, that one is real. But hey
we are all so dishonest they have to. Right?

5.Government says if we disarm the people we can more easily
control them........uhhh, wait that was Hitler or was it Hillary
Clinton?

6.US automakers announce new technology to limit how fast a car
will accelerate and how fast it will go no matter how hard you push
on the gas pedal. Thats gonna save lives right, so no one will be
opposed........Right??

7.Think before you reach for that second or third cup of Coffey in
the morning, the FDA has secretly had technology in place for years
in all major brands of Coffey makers both residential and
commercial and are now ready to use the findings to impose fines on
abusers. a
After all caffeine is not good for you over a certain amount.

8.New York Times headline "Do you really need to drive that much
anyway?" Government unveils new plans and technology to include in
every new car and retrofit all existing cars a "smart millage chip"
it will monitor how much driving you 'need' to do and how much you
do for pleasure and such. Your driving time and millage will be
regulated according ingenious government studies.

9.I would keep going with 9 here but government issue 'Sleep
Bracelet" is blinking telling me its time for bed, and as usual its
right, I don't need to be up this late. Plus my 'TimerNET' wrist
watch is flashing me that my internet time is almost up. I just
can't afford another $1000 fine at 25% interest for staying on too
long. So gotta go. Someone with Internet time left will have to
finish the list.
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Interesting list, but I don't think the governement is going to say "Adobe can do it, why can't we?"

I guess they might, but I think there are more ways to voice your opinion for government-related matters, than decisions made by some software company.

I don't think Adobe has broken any laws, but still think it sucks.

Would be nice if there was a law that this Photoshop-image-filtering code DID break.
 
I didn't go to the store and buy the radar gun. The point is it's $20 bill today, what is going to be tommorow?
Scott Fleming said:
of the Civil Code. The Constitution? Take your time.

While you're at it maybe you can get rid of all the cameras that
are looking at us. How about radar guns?

Just why are you really so upset that you cannot photocopy a $20 bill?

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sjstokes said:
Interesting list, but I don't think the governement is going to say
"Adobe can do it, why can't we?"

I guess they might, but I think there are more ways to voice your
opinion for government-related matters, than decisions made by some
software company.
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Yeah this is partly in jest of course but I don't think the government was left out of the loop or had nothing to say. Some of my list was gov/company collaboration. I'm sure some of my list and other lists I have seen will happen in one form or another to protect us from our selves .

Most interesting is the payroll tax one. Can you imagine back before they did payroll taxes if you could go back in time and tell some guy that soon the gov would take their part even before he got hes. I guarantee you that would laugh you out of town. Now its just so normal. The wheels of our government turn very sloooooooowly but are always rolling towards their goals.
 
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