photo manipulation
Digital picture editing
Photo manipulation is the alteration of photographs using digital tools or, historically, darkroom techniques to change their appearance or content.
This can range from basic adjustments like cropping and color correction to extensive modifications that add, remove, or transform elements within an image.
The term often carries connotations of deception when used to describe images presented as unaltered documentation, though photo manipulation is also a recognized art form and standard practice in advertising and entertainment.
The magazine was criticized for its photo manipulation of the actress's body.
- PhotoshopProfessional graphics manipulation program
- clone stampTool copying image regions
- croppingCutting to resize
- advertisingPaid promotional communication
- fake newsIntentionally deceptive media content
retouching · skin smoothing · compositing · digital art · authenticity · cloning · magazine covers · layering · color grading · selective color · misinformation · GIMP · sharpening · masking · Canva · deepfake · body image · liquify
- art photographyportrait art, artistic vision, visual storytelling, landscape art, self portraits
- image effectsblur, sharpen, filtering, brighten, darken
- media ethicsjournalism ethics, media ethics, media bias, journalistic ethics, journalistic integrity
- media literacymedia literacy, media bias, fact checking, news literacy, critical thinking
- photo editingPhotoshop, tints, red eye removal, smooth, hues
- visual satireparody art, caricature, editorial cartoon, political cartoon, visual gag
photo manipulationphotojournalism
Visual news reporting
candid photography · documentary photography · street photography
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