Used to mean “this is fake”, now it means “an actual human was involved in the creation of this, please enjoy”
A classy form of fake that requires skill to perform
Puritan gatekeepers have always existed. It’s just the goalposts that keep moving.
its largely been replaced by AI. PS requires some “skill” to use, and certain instiution heavily discourages like in labs that use microscopy.
There’s tons of ai tools in Photoshop though
last time i checked (2024) there was only content aware replace/stretch, and a bunch of those face filters
has that changed?
Yep, you can select an area and make a generative edit
ew :(
yeah except that PS is chocked full of AI bullshit now
Man, I want artisan bullshit, not machine-generated slop.
Same with “I solved this with a calculator”.
and “here’s the wikipedia article that backs up my claim”
It’s become somewhat grey, too. Someone might have spent hours skillfully putting something together in PS, to spending five minutes applying the right tools to an existing piece, or doing little more than clicking a couple times to apply a complex filter, completely transforming a piece.
I’m definitely in the second category for all my art in general. Minimal, decisive, meaningful.
