doctored photo
Digitally modified picture
A doctored photo is an image that has been altered to deceive—removing people, adding elements, or changing details to misrepresent what actually happened.
The term implies manipulation with intent to mislead, distinguishing it from routine editing like cropping or color correction: The campaign distributed a doctored photo showing crowds that weren't there.
- photoshoppedDigitally manipulated an image
- alteredChanged from before
- manipulatedControlled through cunning
- image manipulationModifying digital visuals
- fakeNot the real thing
edited · retouched · airbrushed · touched up · falsified · hoax · forgery · tampered · cut and paste · fabricated · misleading · fake news · filtered · cropped · spliced · composite · deepfake · misinformation
- misinformationmisinformation, disinformation, fake news, falsehoods, hoaxes
- forgeriesforged passport, forged signature, forged check, fake passport, fake ID