Digital BW, The Print

Glenn Mitchell wrote:

>This thread is proof that some people will believe *ANYTHING* and 
>others will recklessly repeat anything.
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Well, then I guess Dan Margulis and Ian Lyons are crazy too..  Dan 
posted the info over on the colortheory list himself.. Ian has been 
involved in the posting on the ADOBE forum on this very image..

Before you start calling this tripe, simply because I'm associated with 
it, I suggest you head over to the ADOBE Forums..  If it was libel, it 
would have already been removed by ADOBE as a topic..

>You better be able to prove this, BTW. It appears to be a libellous 
>claim. Repeating it and then reinforcing it with additional comments 
>might make you equally liable, Keith. 
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Very aware of that..

I already replicated the results myself.. There's an actual test image 
posted to that thread over on the ADOBE forums..

>I have seen no credible evidence that Adobe Photoshop CS has such 
>pattern recognition built into it.
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>Consider the following:
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>(1) Notice no mention of which $20 bill. The new version. The old 
>version.
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It's only the new versions apparently..  It seems to also pick up 
something in the new English Pound notes..  This leads me to think it is 
recognizing some kind of watermark.. Older versions of the currency seem 
not to trigger the feature..

>(2) Adding such a pattern recognition feature would impose 
>development and maintenance costs on Adobe for which it would 
>receive no financial return. Hence, it would be economically 
>irrational to incorporate such a feature.
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Not if the gov't made it a condition of selling the product to the 
government market..

>(3) Many people have not noticed a slower loading of PS CS. Some 
>have noted slower load times. Some notice faster loading or no 
>difference. Adobe has offered several plausible explanations for the 
>slow loading times *some* users experience.
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Go read the thread before you make assumptions..

>(4) Inclusion of such a component would be certain to become public 
>and create hostility for Adobe.
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Well, that's exactly the result of the thread..

>IMHO, a reasonable person would find the claim of a currency pattern 
>recognition component to be highly dubious.
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That's why I didn't post this until I had tried it myself..  Dan, Ian, 
and I all saw the same evidence that you can see yourself..

>I'll wait for credible evidence, thank you.
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Good, I suggest that if you want to do more than pontificate that you go 
read the thread..


 
Keith Krebs

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