PhotoShop 8 won't accept images of US currency!

[Theophylact]

Slashdot points to this interesting post at Adobe's forums:

Topic

No Wonder Photoshop CS Seems Slow - It's Analiyzing Images For Content!

Brian NoSpam - 10:02am Jan 7, 2004 Pacific

We received a TIFF image from a customer, of a $20 bill. The image does
*not* violate any laws regarding reproduction of currency (it's not even
close to actual-size, and it's not a "flat" portrayal - it's wavy, as if
it's fluttering in the wind. Nor is it real-color.

However, Photoshop CS refuses to open the image, and provides an error
message regarding the (il)legality of currency reproduction and an
"information" button that takes you to the web. (Photoshop 7, of course,
has no such qualms).

What the hell is this? In my book this is completely unacceptable -
Photoshop is an image editor, not a censor, government policy enforcer
or anything else.

Adobe, you've got some explaining to do.

Brian

[Starfury_2260]

how do they make it so it knows that you're trying to load a picture of money???

I didn't even know PS8 was out?! Good grief I'm behind.

And that is interesting. I do wonder how the figured out how to do that.

They don't know.
They watch you while you work.
They are always watching.
They are coming for me right no . . .

[Martoch]

Originally posted by Whir
I didn't even know PS8 was out?! Good grief I'm behind.

It's called Photoshop CS

Sweet addons since PS7....not that I know how to use it or anything.

Originally posted by Martoch
....not that I know how to use it or anything.

You know what I'm gonna say, so I'm not even gonna post a reply.

[Theophylact]

More detail on this from Ed Felten.

[Droppyale]

wtf...