I was running a test on one of my big lenses and photographed a 20 dollar bill from about 30 feet away. I was surprised that when I tried to open the photo in CS4, it wouldn't let me. It recognised the banknote and gave out an error message. Oh well, there goes my new idea for making money in photography.
Posted by Ron Dudley on January 6, 2009 at 1:48 PM
Sometimes a guy's gotta get creative to pay for trips to Ecuador and such, huh Charlie. Was it a generic error message or something specific?
Posted by David Bostedo on January 6, 2009 at 2:08 PM
Photoshop has had that feature for a while...but from what I understand it should still let you open it with a warning about printing or counterfeiting or something. I'll try it in CS4 myself tonight if I remember...
Posted by David Bostedo on January 6, 2009 at 6:02 PM
I've also heard it's the same with Euros....not sure about any others.
Posted by Dan Borzynski on January 6, 2009 at 7:01 PM
Actually, if you have an older version of PS or Elements, and use the OEM or a third party convertor, you'll probably find that not only can you open the images, you can also print them as well.
I've also heard rumors that with a macro lens, you can do a panoramic stitching of a bunch of files to put together the currency and that should print as well. I've never tried it, though.
Based on what I heard, Adobe had worked with the main banks of many different countries to ensure that their currency was protected in this fashion.
They have also provided some web-site(s), from where one can download authorized scans of currency notes, with some special markings, that will open up in PS. This is meant for use by graphic designers and other artists in their work.
In CS4 It is specifically an error about copying "banknotes", and it won't let you open the image at all. By the way, Capture NX had no problem with it.
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I've also heard rumors that with a macro lens, you can do a panoramic stitching of a bunch of files to put together the currency and that should print as well. I've never tried it, though.
Based on what I heard, Adobe had worked with the main banks of many different countries to ensure that their currency was protected in this fashion.
They have also provided some web-site(s), from where one can download authorized scans of currency notes, with some special markings, that will open up in PS. This is meant for use by graphic designers and other artists in their work.
Pete D.