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You'll see these kinds of filters at lots of places in Asia. For example, in Japan, there are many "ki-re-i" photo booths that will automatically clean up your

by jfim 6y ago

You'll see these kinds of filters at lots of places in Asia. For example, in Japan, there are many "ki-re-i" photo booths that will automatically clean up your face for your ID pictures. Even the old Panasonic digital camera I bought 13 years ago has a smooth skin option.

krastanov 6y ago
Coming from Europe where you are usually asked to not even smile on ID photos, it blows my mind that there is a whole legal ID photo retouching industry on Japan. Or are such retouched photos not supposed to be used for official purposes?
- esperent 6y ago
  I'd imagine you would have trouble traveling outside of japan with an obviously retouched passport photo.
  - srtjstjsj 6y ago
    There's the classic trick that Penn& Teller wrote about in "Play in Traffic" https://www.instructables.com/Prank-a-Cop-with-a-Clown-Nose/ https://www.instructables.com/Prank-a-Cop-with-a-Clown-Nose/
    - Simon_says 6y ago
      > Then, while he is looking at your drivers license, grab the bigger red clown nose from your visor and put it on! Nice way to get shot.
- jfim 6y ago
  I haven't needed to use one of them, but if you look at the pictures on this website (https://travel.e-japanese.jp/japan-id-photo https://travel.e-japanese.jp/japan-id-photo), you'll see that it's possible to select passport pictures and also apply skin correction/lightening to the pictures. I don't know if those options are disabled for official photos though.
- BeetleB 6y ago
  In the US, for things like passports, retouching is disallowed. However, if the effects are small, they'll have no way of detecting. No one's going to scrutinize your face for all the wrinkles you removed.
- greggman3 6y ago
  There isn't. Japanese photo IDs look just like most other countries IDs (horrible). There are photo booths for taking "fun" pictures, not IDs pictures.
fomine3 6y ago
ki-re-i photo booth has a feature to auto clean up feature but it's paid option. I've used the machine without the option. BTW the name "ki-re-i" is maybe comes from "kirei" (means beautiful).

by jfim 6y ago

krastanov 6y ago

Coming from Europe where you are usually asked to not even smile on ID photos, it blows my mind that there is a whole legal ID photo retouching industry on Japan. Or are such retouched photos not supposed to be used for official purposes?

esperent 6y ago
I'd imagine you would have trouble traveling outside of japan with an obviously retouched passport photo.
- srtjstjsj 6y ago
  There's the classic trick that Penn& Teller wrote about in "Play in Traffic" https://www.instructables.com/Prank-a-Cop-with-a-Clown-Nose/ https://www.instructables.com/Prank-a-Cop-with-a-Clown-Nose/
  - Simon_says 6y ago
    > Then, while he is looking at your drivers license, grab the bigger red clown nose from your visor and put it on! Nice way to get shot.
jfim 6y ago
I haven't needed to use one of them, but if you look at the pictures on this website (https://travel.e-japanese.jp/japan-id-photo https://travel.e-japanese.jp/japan-id-photo), you'll see that it's possible to select passport pictures and also apply skin correction/lightening to the pictures. I don't know if those options are disabled for official photos though.
BeetleB 6y ago
In the US, for things like passports, retouching is disallowed. However, if the effects are small, they'll have no way of detecting. No one's going to scrutinize your face for all the wrinkles you removed.
greggman3 6y ago
There isn't. Japanese photo IDs look just like most other countries IDs (horrible). There are photo booths for taking "fun" pictures, not IDs pictures.

fomine3 6y ago

ki-re-i photo booth has a feature to auto clean up feature but it's paid option. I've used the machine without the option. BTW the name "ki-re-i" is maybe comes from "kirei" (means beautiful).