January 28th, 2011 
Azamat "Bohed" E. 
Photoshop changed the design industry. You can manipulate photos as much as you can and want, limited only with your capabilities. But some dudes, wanna-be-designers or just not-so-careful guys screw their projects up pretty well.
When you are retouching a picture you have to be careful about details. Most common mistakes are seen in anatomic mishaps. You will see that mostly designers forget to remove unwanted parts and there come the third arms, legs or missing legs and so on and so on.
Sometimes you won’t even believe that such a mistake could ever be done. So obvious!
So, come on guys, we are given a talent, a great tool called Photoshop, only thing to do is be careful and use your mind. Look at those awful mistakes and keep them in mind next time you start manipulating a photo! Read more »
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