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Adobe Photoshop: Counterfeit deterrence system

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Re: Adobe Photoshop: Counterfeit deterrence system

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Post by [deleted] »

kazinator wrote: post #24
dumpsterdiver wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What legitimate use case can you think of where the benefit of faithfully reproducing currency is not outweighed by the need to prevent the proliferation of counterfeit currency?

Making Monopoly money for the kids? You cannot make counterfeit currency with Photoshop. Paper money has security features that won't even convert to pixels in the first place, like holograms, transparencies and fibers embedded in the paper and such, never mind reproduce by conventional printing. This whole deterrence system is idiotic. People who accept an obviously fake printed copy of a banknote basically deserve…

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Re: Adobe Photoshop: Counterfeit deterrence system

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Post by treeman79 »

kazinator wrote: post #24
dumpsterdiver wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What legitimate use case can you think of where the benefit of faithfully reproducing currency is not outweighed by the need to prevent the proliferation of counterfeit currency?

Making Monopoly money for the kids? You cannot make counterfeit currency with Photoshop. Paper money has security features that won't even convert to pixels in the first place, like holograms, transparencies and fibers embedded in the paper and such, never mind reproduce by conventional printing. This whole deterrence system is idiotic. People who accept an obviously fake printed copy of a banknote basically deserve…

School lunch lady had a habit of accepting Bill Clinton 3 dollar bills.

Spending real 2 dollar bills will freak some people out.

Some people just aren’t clued in.

Re: Adobe Photoshop: Counterfeit deterrence system

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Post by acomjean »

hilbert42 wrote: post #39

Years ago I had an Austrian 5000 Schilling note in absolute mint condition. It was a beautiful note with an image of Mozart on it but it was too expensive for me to keep just to admire (~$500 USD) so I cashed it in for local currency. (Also, it had to be converted as the Schilling was being made obsolete by the Euro.) However before I did I wanted to keep a permanent record of it so I scanned it in the highest resolu…

Money can be pretty. Before the euro (last century) a friend had a poster sized version of a 50(?) German Mark bill.

Re: Adobe Photoshop: Counterfeit deterrence system

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Post by dillondoyle »

Can open a file of money in illustrator, then copy and paste in as an object in Ps!

Really dumb 'feature.'

As if anyone could print money at home that would work, and even if so somehow this will stop amateur counterfeiters.

Welll... I guess we did do that as pre-teens for $1 cookies. School found out obviously. Poor lady whose job that was I'm sure she got in trouble.

kids are assholes.

Re: Adobe Photoshop: Counterfeit deterrence system

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Post by Wistar »

About a year ago, I purchased an Adobe Stock photo of a banded stack of crisp $100 bills for use in a print ad. Then I discovered I couldn't open it in Photoshop. I was, however, able to open it, "place" it, in Adobe Illustrator and was able to finish the ad—minus a couple of small raster-image edits and masks I had wanted to make in Photoshop.

I went back to Adobe Stock and read the user comments on that particular image. There were a lot of irritated comments, mostly asking why Adobe doesn't warn people that the shot can't be used in Photoshop.

Re: Adobe Photoshop: Counterfeit deterrence system

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Post by teruakohatu »

hilbert42 wrote: post #39

Years ago I had an Austrian 5000 Schilling note in absolute mint condition. It was a beautiful note with an image of Mozart on it but it was too expensive for me to keep just to admire (~$500 USD) so I cashed it in for local currency. (Also, it had to be converted as the Schilling was being made obsolete by the Euro.) However before I did I wanted to keep a permanent record of it so I scanned it in the highest resolu…

In hindsight do you think it would have been profitable to hold onto it?

A quick look at eBay the listings range from ~500 EUR to ~2000 EUR. But what they actually sell for is what matters.

Re: Adobe Photoshop: Counterfeit deterrence system

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Post by sircastor »

kazinator wrote: post #24
dumpsterdiver wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What legitimate use case can you think of where the benefit of faithfully reproducing currency is not outweighed by the need to prevent the proliferation of counterfeit currency?

Making Monopoly money for the kids? You cannot make counterfeit currency with Photoshop. Paper money has security features that won't even convert to pixels in the first place, like holograms, transparencies and fibers embedded in the paper and such, never mind reproduce by conventional printing. This whole deterrence system is idiotic. People who accept an obviously fake printed copy of a banknote basically deserve…

> People who accept an obviously fake printed copy of a banknote basically deserve it;

Nobody deserves to be defrauded.

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