Comments on: De-advertising with Photoshop

Question: De-advertising with Photoshop

bokane — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 14:07:39 -0800

I remember seeing a really cool Photoshop project a while ago that took pictures of street scenes, removed all the text from the image, then created a second image consisting only of the removed text, with font and placement preserved. Who did it and where can I find it?

By: DMan

DMan — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 14:11:24 -0800

I recall a similar thing where some people took a picture of Times Square and removed all of the advertising from it. That's not what you're thinking of, is it?

Unfortunately, I can't remember where to find that thing, either.

By: bokane

bokane — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 14:15:47 -0800

Could be part of the same thing -- I remember seeing several regular street shots -- billboards, roadsigns, etc. were cut out -- but it's been years now since I saw it, so I could just be making stuff up.

By: DenOfSizer

DenOfSizer — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 14:17:37 -0800

Hmmm, sounds like an adbusters project. Can't be more helpful than that, tho, sorry.

By: null terminated

null terminated — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 14:25:36 -0800

Is it The Untitled Project?

By: null terminated

null terminated — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 14:26:33 -0800

(and associated mefi thread)

By: ludwig_van

ludwig_van — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 15:49:38 -0800

null terminated has it.

By: effigy

effigy — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 19:05:46 -0800

In case you're interested, how to do it without Photoshop.

By: bokane

bokane — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 21:07:03 -0800

Yes, that's it. Awesome! Thanks!