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Orwelling, sad, and easily defeated...
I read this and can't help but feel disapointed with Adobe et. al. about this? Are we all just conterfitting scum, who can't be trused to use an image of U.S. currency in our copies of Photoshop. What's next, no images of the current president, lest we Photoshop something that he might not find amusing? Doubleplusgood, NOT!

Now I'm glad it's totally half-assed "protection" mechanism, that can be worked around with a little thought in a few seconds. What? Don't have that kind of time you say. Well - I do. ;p - so here's how. (tested on XP / OS-X 10.3)

Assuming your scanner will still scan money, scan/acquire a nice TIFF of some, preview it in some less Orwellian app. that still gives a damn about your individual rights, then copy it to the clipboard.

Open a new PS. doc to size and make two layers.
Paste the image of the U.S. currency on the SECOND layer. Layer one can be totally empty.
Save your masterwork.

Open. Rinse. Repeat.

Yep that's it. You scan scribble censorship sucks on the first layer if you want, just remember to set it as an invisibile layer when you're running off your poster size copies of currency for it's artisic value, or to entice people into purchasing your fairly priced goods and services.

I in no mean wish to condone conterfitting, but this kind of draconian goverment madness needs to end.
Posted by: BillDollar   Posted on: 01/10/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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ADOBE saving us from ourselves... - TEST it YOURSELF  povimage | 01/09/04
Orwelling, sad, and easily defeated...  BillDollar | 01/10/04
Money wasted!!  womanmarine | 01/12/04
Photoshop CS  BobWeston | 01/09/04
Your damned if you do and your damned if you dont..chill.  jimk_z | 01/10/04
To each thier own  Pongo13 | 01/10/04
No, don't chill...  robshreve | 01/11/04
Oh... my... god...  Zulummar | 01/11/04
Product Activation in Adobe Software  tic swayback | 01/12/04
Not Worth It  RoyTyrellFl | 01/09/04
Can you say class action lawsuit?  d_jedi | 01/10/04
Objections  Martin Marvinski | 01/10/04
hmmm  Zulummar | 01/11/04
Can you say class action lawsuit?  hognoxious | 01/11/04
Can you say class action lawsuit?  d_jedi | 01/11/04
Who next?  slapmaxwell | 01/12/04
So what else is Adobe not telling us about their products?  KECKSTER | 01/10/04
who pays for the rd costs for this  JWatson77 | 01/10/04
GIMP  pj-xmesh | 01/10/04
Our cars DO monitor our driving  radellaf | 01/15/04
Orwellian, sad, and easily defeated...  BillDollar | 01/10/04
What next  FilledOut | 01/10/04
Adobe Announces new Ashcroftware Line of Products  pollymathis | 01/10/04
More to come...  concernedcitizen | 01/11/04
Amen...  robshreve | 01/11/04
On second thought, this may be a good thing...  robshreve | 01/11/04
don't buy adobe  gsbtech | 01/11/04
Waste of time  John L. Ries | 01/11/04
When you voted for Bush, you should have expected this  Atlant | 01/12/04
Government Control is Non-Partisan  mhanratty | 01/12/04
Constitutional rights  acetroubleshooter | 01/12/04
You're exactly right.  libertyaikido | 01/13/04
Freedom is soooo inconvenient  Sunny Jalolly | 01/12/04
Ignorant Americans  Stupid_people | 01/12/04
Painting with a broad brush, are we?  kywriter1@... | 01/12/04
You got it all wrong  Stupid_people | 01/12/04
Which party is that?  tic swayback | 01/12/04
People like you make Republicans look bad  ndelc | 01/12/04
Where does it end???  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/12/04
Simple solution  Chris Moller | 01/12/04
Shhhhhhh .... don't give out ideas  toomuchgreeatea@... | 01/12/04
We NEED better labling laws for digital content.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/12/04
Agreed, and throw in the license agreements too!  tic swayback | 01/12/04
What a stupid idea.  bhanes@... | 01/12/04
hehehehehhe. what a waste!!!  princessangry | 01/13/04
Just advances the open source alternative  FilledOut | 01/15/04

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