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Adobe Photoshop was released 26 years ago, and since then you cannot trust anything you see. What may look like a simple amateur picture at first, could look like a stunning portrait after a photoshopper has done its magic.

Below, Bored Panda has put together a list of photos that prove the power of photoshop. The results are mind-blowing. Take a look and vote for your favorites.

Enjoyed this article? Check out these pics that show photography is the biggest lie ever.

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    Hans
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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is a nice one. Artificial, yes, but surely with the intention of creating a dream-world.

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    Peitto Burrito
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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love this! Clever editing. I was about to say that only the background and atmosphere changed, but also baby's hoodie has been made longer. I guess high waist pants were out of fashion? Lol.

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    Hans
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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why leave the bag in the first place? And did anyone notice that even the bust size seems to increase for fairytale mode? o_O

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    Peitto Burrito
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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Super nice! You can see how everything was planned beforehand and photoshopped parts really have a base in the original. I prefer this to pictures where the edited version doesn't look like the original at all.

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    Corey Owen
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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't know, guys, I think I prefer {the sites that leave the comments section discreetly at the bottom}. {All the patronizing derision by people who followed a discouraging and leading clickbait headline, and don't know a PhotoShop filter from a coffee filter,} seems a little too artificial to me. Ahem. That is, these aren't created to mislead consumers, they're not selling you a lifestyle that'll attract butterflies and make your baby float in the air-- most of these are meant to be fantastic art. It's neat to see what they were working with beforehand. I understand the critiques of the ones that changed peoples' bodies, but the sour commentary on two thirds of the photos makes me glad BoredPanda didn't stumble on my digital work.

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    Steve Bowcutt
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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A bit too much facial editing with this one. Her nose is all FUBAR in the shopped version.

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    Arty
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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    if only we didn't had the necessity to erase industrial landscape...

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    Penumbra Report

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    Fernando Fumero
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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Saturation is ok, but the final one looks oversaturated in some parts, like the lollipop

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    Steve Bowcutt
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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I understand the adjusting of the aesthetic to fall, and making it more artistic, but they should have left the hair instead of trying to make it fuller, and why remove that little rag or ribbon or whatever on his overalls? The new additional pocket looks super fake, and the rag/ribbon thing gave it visual interest.

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    Hans
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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well done but for the tattoo...it looks like one of these non-permanent rub-on tattoos for children...

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    photoshopactions Report

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    Steve Bowcutt
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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hate the HDR-like glow around the building--a dead giveaway that the sky is artifical, but good otherwise.

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    Hans
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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    With that amount of editing...why not create it from scratch digitally?

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    Steve Bowcutt
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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This one's good, though I'm not sure I agree with the decision to remove a bunch of the branches and the tree in the back right.

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    Steve Bowcutt
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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The tone and ambient light definitely needs to be adjusted on the woman to make this look believable.

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    Jhoa
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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The second one is really cool - but what is that thing on her head? The bird doesn't look very real either. Still awesome. I love her freckles.

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    Steve Bowcutt
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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Odd that they made most of the greens more vibrant, but then changed the greenish brown water (a normal color), to a nastier-looking brown.

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    Chelsea Panek
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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The eyes are Windows to the soul, and everyone's eyes are beautifully unique. I prefer her eyes natural. Otherwise beautiful!

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    Jace
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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh hey, actual correct-ish lighting from above, rather than just glow FX. I know the rays are fake, but the lighting is otherwise positioned correctly for a change.

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    The Cappy
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    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He forged on, thinking about the words he'd heard that night. "One does not simply walk into Mordor." Well, he'd done it anyway, and he was nearly there. It was only afterward that he realized he'd brought his Rubik's cube and left the Ring back in Rivendell. Dammit. He'd have to go back and start over.

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    Lindsey Lee Photography Report

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    Елена Николова
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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The unedited photo was already perfect. The edit makes it look fake... I don't even understand why was it necessary...

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    Dima Fisenko Report

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    Suze Shon Ng
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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All tattoo parlours should have such features to help with decision making, ha!

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    CrowBloody Report

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    Jace
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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Rather different person, really, in the end result, with the changes to the nose and eyes..

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    Mariposa photography Report

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    jptr3z
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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you're not on the ground, your feet isn't in a flat position..

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    Line Gramhart
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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wtf did they do to her beautiful neck??!! It looks awefully uncomftable in the eddited version!!!

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    The Cappy
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    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow. Someone actually left the pretty girl intact. I'm impressed.

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    Dani Diamond Report

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    Hans
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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Too much makeup, even if it is digital...and why do most edited pictures of women include an increase in bust size?

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    Jace
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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Neat, but I'm not buying the blood. Where is it supposed to have come from? Not his face, surely. Is that supposed to be blood or makeup on his face? There's none on his hand either.

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    Jhoa
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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That dress!! :D Why put Make up on such a little girl? It makes her look like she's competing in one of those beauty pageants. Otherwise the lights look amazing.

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    Jace
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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pretty idea. Needs more contrast in the darks around the perimeter. The black point isn't right. The lantern, like most post-effect lights, doesn't sell itself for me.

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    Jace
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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pretty, but I don't dig the weird brown on evergreen trees in the second. The tones seem badly done and there's an unretouched halo around the model as well as some leftover green reflection on her white shirt.

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    Jace
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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't care for either version. The original needs tone and color balance adjustments (which is really quite normal), while the final has skin that looks like bronze, not merely warmed. It totally exaggerates the shape of her face.

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    .gas.
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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Must have been tough to hike all the way there in high heels! :-o

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    Rainy Day Wolf
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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The original one is too beautiful... How could they ruin it with such harsh colors?

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    sunnyrei82
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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What? no ridiculous waist reduction and super boob enhancement? Pfft! amateurs!

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    Jace
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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fun but the forehead on the vamp is too featureless.

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    Hans
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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Artificial baby shot...I am sorry, but I cannot find anything nice in them. Why would you have babies in poses they would never take themselves when you can have innumerous cute shots of them all natural?

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    lisodocus
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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She looks like Belle in Beauty and the beast. Such a beautiful dress and shot!

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    Jhoa
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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They look like different people, despite the few changes.

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    Titus Overway
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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The first on is sooo much better. It has people and the second one they took away her tan lines why? It's part of beauty.

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    Jace
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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Black point is off again in this L&L photo. Pretty though and I like that the model's body wasn't modified.

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    Jace
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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Awful makeup either way, but they left the body intact.

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    Tamra Smith
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    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They have edited the dress in the reflection to provide more coverage under her breasts and now it doesn't match the dress in the foreground.

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    Salma Abidi
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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i'm sorry - but that looks like a child porn "commercial" :( couldn't you cover that poor girl's cheest a little bit?

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    Psotny Puk
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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    From a nice, pretty girl to a creepy doll in no time! Photoshop - not even once.

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    Jace
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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's nothing wrong with the model's body in the original image. Might as well be a different woman.

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    Jace
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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm torn. It's both very well done and absolutely horrifying (I'm neither a fan of dolls or babies). Clearly the porcelain-robot-child in the modified version is not looking at the cat we are being told to believe he/she is reaching out toward. The porcelain-robot-cat-statue appears to be similarly oblivious to its environment and the other entity next to it. The color matching seems pretty darn good though, except for the blown out solid whites in the background center. Hat isn't shadowing the head enough. Should be enough light occlusion to be as dark or darker than the underside of child's chin area and dress folds.

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    Jace
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    8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Distracting blurry halo around subjects in modified image. Makes the image seem constrained and badly focused.