Kipi, Queen of Photoshop?
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Nov 7, 2009 13:45 JST
- Tags: Comparison, Cosplay, Fake, Idol, Kipi, Main, Photography, Photoshop, troll, Video Gallery
Just how much of the superb cosplay turned out by the likes of Kipi is due to liberal usage of Photoshop? And can such manipulation allow even the most ugly or inept of cosplayers to emerge as colourful cosplay butterflies?
This none too sparing video demonstrates the process:
Although obviously intended as a rebuke to cosplayers who are dependent on heavy Photoshop to achieve their looks, those who are fans of Kipi and company can at least rest easy knowing that video or third party photographed appearances do demonstrate the Photoshops are not entirely fanciful…









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man, what i'd give to have those m4d photoshop sk1llz
Everybody uses photoshop in photography and modeling. Pick up cosmos and tell me that's a 100% natural non shopped photo on the cover.
People ARE EVIL...
:(
so does that guy have superhuman speed or something? he seems to move his mouse around super fast. Either that or (the obvious answer) he sped up the video.
The most funny thing is that the whole thing is backwards what you see when you look at the single options he choses which is the main reason why it is so fast.
the eyes were literally zoomed in and put closer, wow!
its just the eyes mostly tho
she's still pretty prior to the photochop
ITT: butthurt asians
Ah, it matters not, I'd still bang her brains out...
over and over and over...
I can understand manipulating the facial features, but the make-up? Wouldn't that be easier/cheaper to do practically?
Still a cute girl.
if she just a photoshop idol, she would rather fix that teeth first. i can really tell the pic in that video can be recognized shopped in an instant. but the kipi pic i saw wasnt shopped that hard
this video is a fake
oh so that's what kipi really looks like? either way to me she's still ugly
the after-shop picture looks more like garra then haruhi :/
=O
I doubt your average cosplayer knows how to photoshop themselves to that extent.
I would still do naughty things to her reguardless ;P
Pre-shop she looks like a cute girl cosplaying. The shop version looks like some Diva. They are really miles away from each other. Atleast Kipi still looks good pre-shop but thanks for sharing the vid. I'll keep it in mind when I look at pictures from now on.
Ahahahaha come on people, the video is already photoshopped. She uses CIRCLE LENSES, they're contact lenses that makes you iris bigger, so your eyes look bigger.
Are you going to tell me that EVERY photo of her (including photos with fans) and EVERY VIDEO are photoshoped? There are pics of her WITHOUT the lenses and she still looks awesome.
Envy fat cosplayers.
that "unshoped" picture is fake
Compared to the infamous Ralph Lauren photoshop, that's nothing. She was still decent looking in the original, most of the changes are almost subliminal when viewed normally rather than close up.
They made her eyes HUGE, though.
There is no 'original', you idiot.
Internet Disease!!!!
fucking awful!, Kipi you are Krap!!!!!!!!!!!1
Bah, that is no difference from girls with 6 inch of make up..
Video's a hoax
some videos (usually made by Kipi's cell phone) proved it
She may not be as good-looking as the shopped-photos
but she's still pretty
Well another comment lost to the dryer.
post on toast test...
Anyway sure there is some photoshop but finding anyone who really looks good in a picture without photo trickery of some type is extremely rare.
Well either something is wrong with my ability to post comments or there is so weird lag and there is gonna be a ton popping up eventually.
Grr one last try.
Sure Kipi has some PS going on but it is nearly impossible to find anyone who looks good naturally on camera. The video is bogus tho. It's not even a good fake.
What I found more funny was that "Veryproudtobeasian" person. I sense anger in them.
BTW when did youtube turn into video /b/?
What's with the hurry?
Im gonna -1 your comment anyway
Anyway sure there is some photoshop but finding anyone who really looks good in a picture without photo trickery of some type is extremely rare.
What I found more interesting in the other vids. I sense some anger in that Veryproudtobeasian person.
I guess noobtube is now the video /b/
So lets try again.
Well she is obviously photoshopped to a certain extent since as was said photos really show any blemishes or imperfections, the video is just garbage.
What was really interesting is the links from that video. When did youtube degenerate into "trolling with videos"?
shee looked beautiful when the video started, I thought she'd be ugly or something... but nah
the only thing she lacked was some eyeliner in the lower err.... eyelid [párpado de abajo xP]
Still cute w/o PS though
Never like her.
Why all the trouble? She was prettier before the photoshop.
Fake vid, etc.
But yeah, it's true that lots of cosplayers, models, actresses, famous people, presidents, etc depend on photoshop to look "perfect".
And this, my friends, is why every person that says that finding 2D girls hot is weird ends up playing the part of an idiot.
In the end, they are all fapping to some heavily 3D photoshopped fake model...
I thought it was obvious that Kipi was shopped. No one is that perfect.
That perfect? She looks like a pretty average asian chick, what's so special about her?
ahaha..simca was amused by this.
it was good for laughs XD
This sucks hard! those girls with their cosplays and stuff it's ok. but photoshop the pics is to much. She's ugly, then be ugly women! :D
This is fake. This video is running backwards. He made this ugly girl.
That video is fake. The guy there photoshopped the photo at the beginning to make Kipi look ugly, then photoshopped it again. That's why the photo doesn't look like the original one he shopped first.
Plus Kipi doesn't have that big eyes, her eyes are normal and she wears circle lenses, mascara and eyeliner to make them look bigger.
Its real and true you can make your eyes like hers by using make up and circle lenses, you can get proof by wearing it yourself.
http://www.circlelens2u.com/
http://www.secreteyes.org/
If she really did shop her pictures, then she'd fix up those ugly teeth of hers.
Shopping bad teeth is significantly more difficult than shopping tiny eyes and less-than-stellar skin.
What a waste of time. Do not bother!
Faggot needs to learn english first.
So he want to do a girl and that make him a fag? I think your the fag and an ass.
I feel a bit sad with all this photoshop makes me wonder if anything is real... or im just ugly and can never be a fabulous cosplay >.< hurrrmph
Anybody know what program they are using in the video? I've never seen those tools in any version of Photoshop I've owned, in fact the whole program looked nothing like photoshop. Anyway I want to get my hands on it!
it IS photoshop, but the guy is just very good at it. Probably "Liquify" tool or something.
shes still gorgeous! but i am sad i do love those photoshopped eyes
Her eyes are not shopped as you can see on videos made by others that saw her on conventions.
Ah, pero yo ya habia visto este video
He actually made the nice looking girl scarier!
She looked so much better anyway. Now she looks like shes some 'gal' kind of girl...
It just means cosplayers are people like you and me.
Someone here discovered the obvious. Let's applause him/her...
Photoshop's widely used in the media production to make the scenario, animals and people closer to perfection or the way the script determined them to be. In a person's case, before and with or without Photoshop, makeup and lighting makes him/her much more beautiful. Makeup, lighting and Photoshop became part of the artwork.
If Kipi is the queen of Photoshop, it isn't the question. What makes her an elite cosplayer are the result, not the technique.
Teach me all the techniques!
i think it doesn't matter..photoshop or not she is still the best cosplayer i ever seen..XD. nobody perfect but that doesn't mean that they have to be hated just because they wanted to look good..think about it..
What the fuck, I hate this!... ¬_¬
wow, if all her pictures have to do these things... I'm impresse, it won't change her image to me anyway, make up are same as photoshop
i'd tap her
I use Photoshop for a living and I can tell you this shopper is actually quite amateurish. The biggest fuck up was to alter the eye shape so much that the irises weren't perectly round anymore, dead giveaway of a shop. Also he seems not to know that a very important part of eye-enhancing is to make brighter the white of the eyes. 5/10
Video is fake. Original photo was shooped anyhows. a Raw pictures does not look like that.
I am a cosplayer that uses the same brand of contact lens as Kipi, and they do turn out the "circle" way in photos. They are also slightly bigger than the diameter of your eyes, so it makes your eyes look bigger (this is fairly popular in korea). The use of makeup and eyeliner also gives the "illusion" of bigger eyes
I'm not sure how many people outside of the photography or cosplay community know, but there is raw files and processing for photos, which is not airbrushing (I post process my photos through raw). It enhances the colour, lighting etc, and unlike airbrushing, there is not a loss of detail. When airbrushed, people tend to shop out any sort of imperfections and make themselves thinner etc (Like Arisa) but you can tell, from the improportionate photos, the fake "blurring" result from airbrushing (which you can tell from the video) but does not apply to the rest of her photos which are so high in detail . If you look closely, Sometimes you can still see hints of her moles that are not covered entirely through makeup in some photo sets. If people say they can use sharpening, sharpening does not always work that well.
And yes, there are normal videos of her talking and photo pictures AND pictures from other photographers/sites and she looks completely the same, and cosplay makeup etc. so there's really no point for this massive shopfest?
Video is irrelevent. Probably by some massive trollfag with too much time on their hands.
To show an example, I will use a photo of my own. Although I didn't use as heavy eyeliner as her at this time (I had yet to purchase a better one at the time) lol
Image Link: http://i49.tinypic.com/f2u1hu.jpg
Left: Original, raw file photo
Right: Raw file processed.
I did not airbrush.
well i look up in the mater, and find something i fell compel to post. whit the simple purpose of... finish the discussion or maybe create more controversy i dont now lol... but my felos look this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYhLq1k2R4M
I was well aware of the omnipotence of the Photoshop, and how it virtually transformed every fugly camwhore to somewhat real-world incarnation of 2D beauties. But this is my first time of watching a girl re-hashed, and that is beyond imagination.
For anyone that uses photoshop prodigiously for any purpose, it still was an interesting video from a technical standpoint.
Although really any of the effects done in this video can be done with make up and a person that's not a retard. How the 'shopping was dugh was really interesting for me to watch. Copy a few techniques and whatnot for other pictures I work on.
judging by the kipi videos it doesn't seem like they were photoshopped. whoever put it together must have had a strong hate towards her.
But I wouldn't be surprised if she had cosmetic surgery performed on her eyes. They are unnaturally large and if I met her in person I would be frightened. It only looks normal in photos.
Well, she uses circle lens and fake lashes, thats enaugh for that eye anlarging effect and she mainly uses the Geo Wing series. I can even show you the ones she uses at this cosplay:
http://pinkyparadise.com/webshaper/store/viewProd.asp?pkProductItem=85
Fat fake. :x
Never heard of this Kipi - I guess that's a good thing? This is some sad, creepy shit I'm seeing.
Her tit's and body didn't change, so...yes...
What the fuck do you think paper bag's where made for anyways..
Christ..
I still like her, the photoshopping is more for the sake of photoshopping since they mostly retouch the eyes (way overdone eyelashes in my opinion anyway).
KOTONON of Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei FTW! LOL.
AS long as fat people dont cosplay then im happy.
She does NOT sew her own stuff you idiot. It's pretty damn obvious, because sources and stores for her cosplays are bloody everywhere. She's a Moe Model not a 'Cosplayer'. She probably doesn't even like or know most of the characters she models as.
She does hell. She even made videos how she makes her costumes on her blog, special on her tuna.be!
http://still.kipi.lomo.jp/
Don't talk about her like if you would know her since you don't know anything about her.
Seen Kipi IRL. She's pretty, obviously not unreal like photoshop shit, but still above average.
WHY SO SERIOUS?
Old video is old
false video!!!! kipi is kipi!!!! kipi!!!!
I have no doubt that Kipi more or less uses photoshops on her photos. But I'm pretty sure that isn't kipi. There are videos of her on youtub and she looks nothing like the girl in this photoshop proof.
Kipi was an ugly photoshopped bitch before this. Fanboys, go her dick or something.
Learn English before you insult people, faggot.
この世に悪があるとすれば
それは人の心だ。
キピ。D。モリソン
People are evil aren't they?
Even Morison decedent said so.. lol
The video seems like wayyy too much effort was invested by someone with wayyy too little skill. A lot of the effects used can be achieved just by make-up alone.
I have to wonder about their motive in uploading this video. It disturbingly reminds me of a certain Negima doujin series by STUDIO KIMIGABUCHI where Asuna was getting more popular in ranking than the net idol girl (forgot her name already OTL) and made her even more desperate to ruin Asuna's good name - in the end she has a complete nervous breakdown including several identity crises, and battered several people into hospital.
Actually that YouTube user does that to all famous cosplay idols saying his shopped photos are the unshopped versions to ruin their image.
kipi would be epic, shopped or unshopped.
Bah, I'd still do her.
Probably not 100% true, I always hate hate HATE her mascara in pictures. If she photoshopped everything, she could definitely get rid of the ugly eyelashes.
who cares about Kipi..? Ushijima Banzaii!!
Francesca = Don't Care
Kipi = Don't Mind really.
Alodia = You can take me to Hell but I still won't say Aye.
Shoko-tan = Now you're talkin'! :D
a non-shopped kipi would be nice for a change. even if she is fugly in reality.
kipis photos are not shopped like said and proven already billion times here, it is only the light effect options of her cam.
shes not shopped theres another video of her in live
but she looks the same as photos and u cant shopp a video
You CAN, but it takes a lot of processing power involved in rendering your changes. It's called Rotoscoping.
Ill still fuck her, even without a bag over the face.
photoshop is a dangerous thing
The top picture makes her eyes look as if she is tripping on a substance like lsd, though i am sure the photo is photo-shopped to give a animated characters eyes effect.
This feels like pretty old news and seems so unimportant that it really didn't need that much time devoted to it.
If true, so her eyes were a little bit smaller originally, wooptidoo. She's still much cuter then the majority of girls you're gonna find.
Don't be fooled.
The "original" was actually photoshopped. Basically whoever did that shopped it again to reverse the process.
Kipi-sama forever!
Wait. This guy takes a pic which has already been photoshopped to make Kipi look like shit, then does a shit photoshop job on it, and this is supposed to convince us of... what exactly?
I thought of Gaara when they did the before and after picture.