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Soviet Image Editing Tool From 1987

Posted by timothy on from the airbrushing-is-so-stalinist-1940s dept.

nacturation writes "Three years before Photoshop 1.0 was released, computer engineers in the USSR were already retouching photographs using some surprisingly advanced technology. A video shows how the Soviets went about restoring damaged images with the help of rotary scanners, magnetic tape, and trackballs. No word on whether this technology was used to fake moon landings or put missiles in Cuba." Photo manipulation in the USSR (and elsewhere) had a pretty good jump on computers, though.

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  1. Obligatory Yakov Smirnoff joke by mschaffer · · Score: -1, Redundant

    ...in Soviet Union, picture edits you...

  2. In Soviet Russia... by Logibeara · · Score: -1, Redundant

    photographs retouch YOU

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    I'd rather search for the answers than just ask the questions.
  3. In Sovi3t Russia by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Image edits YOU!