![]() ![]() Most widely used img in CV algorithms and publications, Lenna, was originally cropped from the centerfold of November 1972 issue of Playboy. ![]() It was a workplace, so the researchers were tasteful – they scanned and cropped the top third of Söderberg’s photo shoot, so only her face and her bare shoulder were visible. But, as Playboy readers tend to do, the researchers went straight to the centerfold to get their image. They got one! As they were looking for a photo, an employee walked into the lab with a copy of the November 1972 Playboy, which featured Pamela Rawlings on the cover. “They wanted something glossy to ensure good output dynamic range, and they wanted a human face.” “They had tired of their stock of usual test images, dull stuff dating back to television standards work in the early 1960s,” Jamie Hutchinson wrote. It all started in the summer of 1973, when a group of engineers at the University of Southern California were trying to help a colleague scan an image for a research paper, according to an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers newsletter. ![]() And the issue’s popularity partly has to do with. But one of the publication’s strangest stories involves its reportedly highest-selling issue of all time: the November 1972 edition, with Swedish model Lena Söderberg as the centerfold. The “Rabbit Head,” as this letter bafflingly describes the Playboy Bunny logo, will return to the page, but another possible economic collapse sending 2008-PTSD waves through the publishing industry is certainly not what magazines needed right now.Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close MenuĪfter the death of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, who died Wednesday at age 91, recollections of the magazine’s most famous moments poured in. So, it’s more of a pause in print than an outright stoppage. Print is how we began and print will always be a part of who we are. In 2021, alongside our digital content offerings and new consumer product launches, we will bring back fresh and innovative printed offerings in a variety of new forms–through special editions, partnerships with the most provocative creators, timely collections and much more. We will move to a digital-first publishing schedule for all of our content including the Playboy Interview, 20Q, the Playboy Advisor and of course our Playmate pictorials. newsstands and as a digital download this week, will be our final printed publication for the year in the U.S. We have decided that our Spring 2020 Issue, which arrives on U.S. Here’s an excerpt from the long open letter by Playboy’s CEO: The publication announced today that it will no longer be putting out its quarterly print magazine and going fully digital for the remainder of the year before recommencing more limited print runs in 2021. Just as many other businesses are having to rapidly reevaluate structures and revenue streams in light of coronavirus-related isolation measures being put in place, so too is Playboy. ![]()
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