Is this a real Photoshop message?

Gary Edstrom wrote:

Just Curious: Is this a real Photoshop message, or is it just a doctored image?

http://www.funpic.hu/files/pics/00035/00035722.jpg

It is real. Try it yourself. Scan a US bill and open it. The same works for several currencies besides the USA.

There are documents that describe how it works. Rather clever in its simplicity – it requires, in part, incorporating certain patterns in the notes.

"John J" wrote in message

Gary Edstrom wrote:

Just Curious: Is this a real Photoshop message, or is it just a doctored image?

http://www.funpic.hu/files/pics/00035/00035722.jpg

It is real. Try it yourself. Scan a US bill and open it. The same works for several currencies besides the USA.

There are documents that describe how it works. Rather clever in its simplicity – it requires, in part, incorporating certain patterns in the notes.

Similarly, on some of the higher resolution Canon colour photocopiers in the 1990’s, there was a feature built in that would prevent the photocopying of banknotes.
It worked by recognising tightly clustered parallel lines of the same colour, and when it detected such a thing, the entire machine would just shut down and display a "Call engineer" message. When you called him, he would come out, issue a penny lecture and unlock the machine for you while sending a log of the attempted copy off to the police.
The office I worked in at the time was in the business of working with mapping, and there were certain Ordnance Survey 1:50000 Landranger sheets, especially around Snowdonia and the Scottish Highlands which would regularly lock up the machine, as it kept mis-interpreting the contour lines on the mountains as a banknote.
In the end, the engineer was being called out so often that the feature was disabled on our copiers.

Sam wrote:

"John J" wrote in message

Gary Edstrom wrote:

Just Curious: Is this a real Photoshop message, or is it just a doctored image?

http://www.funpic.hu/files/pics/00035/00035722.jpg

It is real. Try it yourself. Scan a US bill and open it. The same works for several currencies besides the USA.

There are documents that describe how it works. Rather clever in its simplicity – it requires, in part, incorporating certain patterns in the notes.

Similarly, on some of the higher resolution Canon colour photocopiers in the 1990’s, there was a feature built in that would prevent the photocopying of banknotes.

Say, let’s spill the whole pot of beans. Most inkjet and laser printers produce upon the image a pattern of yellow pixels representing their serial number. It helps so very much in tagging the fools who would use the same to unethical ends.

"John J" wrote in message

Sam wrote:

"John J" wrote in message

Gary Edstrom wrote:

Just Curious: Is this a real Photoshop message, or is it just a doctored
image?

http://www.funpic.hu/files/pics/00035/00035722.jpg

It is real. Try it yourself. Scan a US bill and open it. The same works for several currencies besides the USA.

There are documents that describe how it works. Rather clever in its simplicity – it requires, in part, incorporating certain patterns in the notes.

Similarly, on some of the higher resolution Canon colour photocopiers in the 1990’s, there was a feature built in that would prevent the photocopying of banknotes.

Say, let’s spill the whole pot of beans. Most inkjet and laser printers produce upon the image a pattern of yellow pixels representing their serial number. It helps so very much in tagging the fools who would use the same to unethical ends.

Didn’t know about that one, but I have seen the Canon copier one in action

On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:14:03 -0600, John J wrote:

Sam wrote:

"John J" wrote in message

Gary Edstrom wrote:

Just Curious: Is this a real Photoshop message, or is it just a doctored image?

http://www.funpic.hu/files/pics/00035/00035722.jpg

It is real. Try it yourself. Scan a US bill and open it. The same works for several currencies besides the USA.

There are documents that describe how it works. Rather clever in its simplicity – it requires, in part, incorporating certain patterns in the notes.

Similarly, on some of the higher resolution Canon colour photocopiers in the 1990’s, there was a feature built in that would prevent the photocopying of banknotes.

Say, let’s spill the whole pot of beans. Most inkjet and laser printers produce upon the image a pattern of yellow pixels representing their serial number. It helps so very much in tagging the fools who would use the same to unethical ends.

unless I registered the printer and told them how would anyone know the serial number of the printer I have.

john @ world.com wrote:

unless I registered the printer and told them how would anyone know the serial number of the printer I have.

Nobody would know, of course. If an investigation suggests you as a suspect in something relating to printed output, then for further evidence the authorities would have to have physical access to your printer by warrant, or whatever.

If you do register it, then I’ve no idea if the registering body can be solicited.

There may well be a market for clothing and other personal articles imprinted with the currency protection constellation. Celebrities would find them effective against paprazzi. Photographing a person wearing such clothing would result in images that could not be opened in Photoshop, making them more difficult to publish.

With a bit of legislation, it could be made illegal to publish an image of a person protected with such clothing. Voila – instant privacy protection for the price of a T-shirt.
—
Mike Russell – http://www.curvemeister.com

Gary Edstrom wrote:

Just Curious: Is this a real Photoshop message, or is it just a doctored image?

http://www.funpic.hu/files/pics/00035/00035722.jpg

Adobe joined a few others in attempting to protect banknotes from forgeries by recognising a star pattern printed on participating countries currencies.

There are plenty of ‘fixes’ around for this pathetic attempt to stop you forging notes. One is not to use Photoshop at all for scanning them. But before you decide to become a forger, ask yourself why?

Remember too, that much of the world’s banknotes are printed on unobtainable or carefully monitored supply paper so any attempt to print them is likely to lead to eternal damnation… Maybe while you bask on the foredeck of your new yacht but damnation just the same.

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