Castro with newspaper, real or photoshopped?

apnews ^ | 8/12/2006 | APnews

[omega4179]

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/ap/ADDITION_CUBA_CASTRO.sff_NY110_20060813062244.jpg This is one of four photographs published Sunday Aug. 13, 2006 by Cuba's Communist Youth newspaper's online edition Juventud Rebelde proporting to show The first photographs of Fidel Castro since his illness two weeks ago. Castro holds a copy of the Saturday Aug. 12, 2006 edition of Granma, the Communist Party newspaper. The headline reads "Absolved by history." The Associated Press cannot verify the authenticity or the date when these photographs were shot. (AP Photo/HO)

Copyright 2006 Associated Press. All right reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

[omega4179]

The newspaper looks to bright and perfect to me.

[Minus_The_Bear]

Good analysis from a graphic designer and photoshop wrangler

[Koblenz]

can't someone zoom in on the newspaper and then zoom in on Fidel's face and see if the two images had the same resolution? Because if they have different #s of dpi, we have a photoshopped photo...

I don't know how to do this, I'm not a graphics guy

[Dr. Ed Bravo]

See also.

[jimboster]

[pollyannaish]

Ok, that is the definitive analysis. Thanks for posting it. Right on the money.

_{If it makes any difference, I'm pretty familiar with this stuff because I did it for a living for almost 29 years...and now I teach it for a living.}

[pollyannaish]

_{Oops. That was supposed to be almost 20 years. And I STILL need a proofreader.}

[Chi-townChief]

Aha!!!! So it was cosmeric surgery to get rid of those unsightly liver spots!!

[joonbug]

Little Green Footballs couldn't find any evidence of photoshopping.

http://www.littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/weblog.php

[Poser]

The paper is a proof. Castro is real. He is wearing makeup to make him look less pale. That is the simplest explanation.

[kabar]

"I suggest you all be optimistic, but at the same time always ready to face any adverse news." This is Castro's setting up people for the bad news.

[Kirkwood]

It is interesting that they feel the need to even show this, but commies are funny that way.

[kabar]

Sometimes we miss the forest for the trees. Why would Castro pose for these shots, including pictures of him on the phone, when he could have just as easily have had someone film or tape him giving his birthday message? Why pose with a dated newspaper? To me, this is all phony.

[turbocat]

I think it's an old photo of Castro - I've done photo comparisons with old and new

More Here at Sticky Notes with some explanation.

[true_blue_texican]

Hey, that fourth picture looks like Mike Wallace with a beard!

[Mr. K]

He'seither already dead or will be soon...

either way...good news for cuba

[GeronL]

Could have been taken before the surgery.

It is a proof copy, so that it could have been a test run of their special edition

[Sloth]

[GeronL]

Its being held together with staples and the real edition was with bright red ink....

I think the Castro photo was taken before he died.

[cincinnati65]

Update: CNN is now showing a picture of Castro holding the "paper" with the black letter headline; HOWEVER, the cropping is now like a regular newspaper and the staple is missing. Can anyone post the picture?