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JosephThomas — People Magazine - May 2000
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My most ambitious Photoshop manipulation.I scanned the cover of People Magazine (May 2000) which was "The Fifty Most Beautiful People in the World 2000."
They had chosen Julia Roberts for the cover.
In Photoshop I extracted all the elements of the image to layers and finally erased Julia Roberts and replaced her with a photo of my wife, Bee. Then I dropped all the elements back onto the background, leaving me with this.
I then printed the image and pasted it over the original cover of the magazine. I laid it on a table in the living room and said nothing. Finally, Bee saw the magazine as she walked by it (for about the fiftieth time), and did the world's biggest double-take.
She took it to work with her to show it around. One of the people there said "This is amazing! But I can't find the article!"
Update, Sept 11, 2010.
The image shown is the image I used in my photo manipulation. As I noted in my journal, People magazine demanded that I remove the deviation. I'm sure that sketchybob is very proud.
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pixelwitch is absolutely correct. sorry it turned out this way. but i can totally imagine your story playing out, thanks for sharing
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It was fun showing off and sharing the image, but being "forced" to remove it takes nothing away from the original intent, which was to express love and to pull a bit of a gag. No one can take away the feeling that Bee had when she saw it or that she has when she thinks about it today.
Funny that the troll who reported it didn't have anything to say about the Playboy gag....
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This is NOT copyright infringement. As parody, and per US Copyright law: [link]
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It's not worth worrying over. Nothing will change the importance of the picture to Bee or to me.
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You know what really burns my ass?
A flame about three feet high.
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As he is not making any attempt to make money off of this image, and it was done in parody, he is NOT breaking any copyright infringement rules.
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Your reporting of this work, which was done in fun and does not affect the market or potential market of People magazine. Your comment and reporting simply shows your ignorance and spiteful nature.
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Wow...what a jerky thing to do. "Sketchybob" makes THAT user sound like a criminal by username and connotation. 
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I'd fav this comment if I could 
People need to get a life on here!
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And fully agreed.
(P.s. So sorry for the way late response)
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according to US copyright law, any unauthorized use is infringement.
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Obviously you didn't read far enough. Parody is allowed.
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Thanks!! You should also see the "Facebook Queen" ID card that I made for her -- along with the story
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She does, she does!
The photo on this (fake) magazine cover is from when she was a good bit younger, but this is still the girl I see when I look at her today.
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so why didn't you write the article and insert it
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Heheh...not enough ambition!
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Wow, that's so romantic! Your wife looks like a very sweet, pretty woman. I hope you spend many more wonderful years with her by your side.
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Thank you! I am a romantic.
And my wife is still beautiful, as I say in the story.
On our last anniversary I told her that another 43 years with her wouldn't be enough.
We are fast closing on our 44th Anniversary!
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good job on keeping the love alive!
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Thank you, Miss. I think I'm going to scan the back of the original magazine, and the inside covers, and have Kinko's print it for me so that I can replace the original cover with a new one.
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Oh yes! You definitely should!
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I will, I will! Don't rush me!
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Rushing would ruin your brilliance, so you shouldn't do that 
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Yeah, I also need to write my story, "Crazy She Calls Me." I have it sort of finished in my head, I just need to write it down.
And I'm running out of free time. Next week I start back to work. I sure have enjoyed goofing off for the last couple of weeks. And I'm so good at it!
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I wish there was a plug that you could put in your brain, and everything spills out on paper 
It would do me soooo much good lol. I have the same situation most of the time 
Oh no! I'm good at goofing off to X). Well, maybe you'll find the time to write it down, or find inspiration to right it down 
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I'll get to it, I'm sure. I just want it to be right.
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I completely know what you mean!
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This idea do proof one thing for sure, you had married the right person! Congratulations!
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I did, indeed, marry the right girl! Thank you!
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So my conclusion is: YOU ARE A LUCKY MAN!
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Oh, well, thank you very much!
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You're very welcome.
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by the way...your wife is in 50 most beautiful people
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