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Can you spot the biggest Photoshop fails of 2012?

The ads in which legs and arms go missing – and some people grow extra fingers.
7.45am, 24 Dec 2012
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IN ADVERTISING, everyone always looks perfect. And when they don’t, well, that’s what Photoshop is for.

But whenever Photoshop is used, there’s a chance an art director can make a mistake.

In 2012, publishers and advertisers kept the population plied with a steady stream of atrocious Photoshop fails.

From extra fingers to missing limbs, these are the most epic Photoshop disasters from 2012.

Find out if you can spot the flub, or if you would have approved the photos for publication.

Can you spot the biggest Photoshop fails of 2012?
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  • What's wrong with this SimplyBe catalogue item?

  • The hands!

    Fun fact: Simplybe changed the photo and wrote "non-mutant" in the jpeg name.

  • What's wrong with the February cover of In Style?

  • There's usually a hip there

  • What's wrong with this photo from the Ann Taylor Loft website in May?

  • That's not how thumbs work

  • What's wrong with this photo from June's Marie Claire?

  • She doesn't have an arm (fingers are good though)

    Via Jezebel

  • What's wrong with this Neiman Marcus ad?

  • Where did the back of the bike go?

    As Huffington Post put it, even if the bike is tucked behind her back, "there's no way the other half of that big-ass bike is hiding behind a pair of skinny jeans".

  • What's wrong with this Victoria Secret's website pic?

  • Models are only that skinny if you remove ribs

  • What's wrong with this JCrew website photo?

  • A photoshopper didn't quite finish the job...

    ...of thinning out the model's already thin thighs.

  • What's wrong with this American Apparel shot?

  • The horse doesn't have a body.

  • Fun fact: Simplybe changed the photo and wrote
  • Via Jezebel
  • As Huffington Post put it, even if the bike is tucked behind her back,
  • ...of thinning out the model's already thin thighs.

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