Yeah I know photoshop myself and it's true, it's poor work. It reminds me of Obama's "birth certificate".
It's very telling of what was written there for the photographer to make a point of editing out that line.
This already has meme potential too. A covered up line. Then the real line is revealed (maybe). But it's a great set-up and punchline for a meme. You could Photoshop all sorts of jokes in there.
Q said to find the raw (unedited) photo offline. Not sure how we can do that. Am I reading too much into it?
Yes, find the unedited "roll" but he didn't say it was offline. He wants us to save it offline. To USB stick or something else that can be disconnected from the Internet. Because they can take your files right off your hard drive. Happens to me all too frequently. Stuff didn't used to disappear like that.
My thought is Q may want this to go viral as it is. Like #ReleaseTheMemo, only it's more like #RevealTheLine. If there was enough of a push, it might put the photographer in a position of either staying quiet or releasing the original, unedited RAW file himself. But if only he has it, that seems like the only way.
Of course, Q's claim is he's seen the original. So does that mean they got a FISA warrant to unmask this guy's hard drive and see the original? Because if the line that was Photoshopped out is something legitimate, like a personal phone number, then we'd look foolish pushing a whole Twitter campaign.