Guess the URL

November 6, 2008

The small text below “as real as it gets” says download at www.software.UNKNOWN.com. I had a hunch that the unknown text was “cs4″, but I had to make sure.

Ascertaining whether or not I was right simply involved attempting to replicate the final result (the mystery text) using what I thought was the text would be. To start off, a similar font and font size was applied to a new text layer containing “www.software.cs4.com”. This layer was then scaled down.

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The original text and the simulation text were then scaled upwards.

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Already it was evident that the unknown text was indeed “cs4″. The application of a few filters to this one image further confirmed my hypothesis.

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Filter > Stylize > Find Edges

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Filter > Stylize > Torn Edges

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Image > Adjustments > Thresholds

Unfortunately, http://www.software.cs4.com/ does not exist.

Update: A commenter has found a 1200 x 750 version of the original image and revealed that I was wrong. Someone on Digg managed to locate what seems to be the original post on Flickr. The missing text wasn’t cs4, but rather asli. The link, http://www.software-asli.com/ , leads to a software vendor. So this wasn’t made by Adobe after all.

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  3. The URL reads:

    www. software-asli .com

    seems to be some warez site though, that’s why I split the URL up.

    Bigger version:
    http://pics.livejournal.com/mi3ch/pic/007fdr5s

  4. md Says:

    it looks like software.cs4.com and is probably just a fake link for the page.

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