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Because their cameras didn't include fully automated digital skin filtering? I agree that everyone (and their mom) looks young on Instagram nowadays. But meet

Because their cameras didn't include fully automated digital skin filtering? I agree that everyone (and their mom) looks young on Instagram nowadays. But meet them in person and you'll sometimes wonder if they sent their parents instead ... Also, old camera tech used to have a good local contrast but bad overall dynamic range. If you use a high contrast HDR tonemapping on modern photos, that alone will also really highlight wrinkles and skin impurities and make the person look old.

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jiggawatts 3y ago
You can see this effect even with normal SLR film photos that haven’t been retouched.
crazygringo 3y ago
So many of these examples are about TV and film though. And while Instagram lets you do that kind of smoothing, it's virtually never done on TV and film except as very explicit (and very expensive) VFX. Because it obviously doesn't work to do cheaply in HD on somebody in motion. Contrast isn't the answer either. Modern high-definition TV shows highlight wrinkles and skin texture more than film ever did (digital cameras simply resolve more detail). And so TV and filmmakers cover them up today exactly the same as they did in the 70's: with makeup.