Bad Photoshop Job by Microsoft Marketing

jpsum · 08-26-2009, 03:14 PM

Wed Aug 26, 9:53 am ET
LOS ANGELES – Software giant Microsoft Corp. is apologizing for altering a photo on its Web site to change the race of one of the people shown in the picture.

A photo on the Seattle-based company's U.S. Web site shows two men, one Asian and one black, and a white woman seated at a conference room table. But on the Web site of Microsoft's Polish business unit, the black man's head has been replaced with that of a white man. The color of his hand remains unchanged.

The photo editing sparked criticism online. Some bloggers said Poland's ethnic homogeneity may have played a role in changing the photo.

"We are looking into the details of this situation," Microsoft spokesperson Lou Gellos said in a statement Tuesday. "We apologize and are in the process of pulling down the image."

Source: Yahoo news

The images can be seen here:
http://erictric.com/online/microsoft...erson-in-an-ad

The white guy's face doesn't even look right on the body, let alone the color of the hand.

solefald · 08-26-2009, 03:17 PM

what? you never seen white dudes with black dude's hands? hahah

MCMLXXXIX · 08-26-2009, 03:50 PM

huge head

chinoxs203 · 08-26-2009, 04:14 PM

i was reading about this but they didnt show the images.. thanks

E92-Lighting · 08-26-2009, 04:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by solefald

what? you never seen white dudes with black dude's hands? hahah

+1, this is america, lol

Year's_End · 08-26-2009, 06:00 PM

hahahahahahahhahahahahahhahaha that's hilarious.

Scorpion · 08-26-2009, 06:29 PM

Reminds me of these cereal box lmao

'Cane · 08-26-2009, 06:58 PM

Maybe they should have photoshopped out the white MacBook too?

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jpsum Major 286 Rep 1,088 Posts Drives: 2010 TSX Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: New Haven area iTrader: (4)	Bad Photoshop Job by Microsoft Marketing Wed Aug 26, 9:53 am ET LOS ANGELES – Software giant Microsoft Corp. is apologizing for altering a photo on its Web site to change the race of one of the people shown in the picture. A photo on the Seattle-based company's U.S. Web site shows two men, one Asian and one black, and a white woman seated at a conference room table. But on the Web site of Microsoft's Polish business unit, the black man's head has been replaced with that of a white man. The color of his hand remains unchanged. The photo editing sparked criticism online. Some bloggers said Poland's ethnic homogeneity may have played a role in changing the photo. "We are looking into the details of this situation," Microsoft spokesperson Lou Gellos said in a statement Tuesday. "We apologize and are in the process of pulling down the image." Source: Yahoo news The images can be seen here: http://erictric.com/online/microsoft...erson-in-an-ad The white guy's face doesn't even look right on the body, let alone the color of the hand.
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