photoshopping
Altering images digitally
Photoshopping is digitally altering an image, especially to improve appearance or create deceptive effects.
The term comes from Adobe Photoshop software but applies to any image manipulation: They photoshopped her waist smaller, That sunset looks photoshopped.
The practice ranges from minor touch-ups to wholesale fabrication, making photoshopped a synonym for digitally fake.
Post-capture image enhancement
- airbrushingSprayed-paint smoothing technique
- compositingCombining visual elements digitally
- maskingConcealing by covering
- blendingCombining into uniformity
layering · cropping · contrast · saturation · sharpening · softening · cloning · healing
Altering deceptively
- alteringMaking changes to
- fakingSimulating something false
- falsifyingMaking intentionally untrue
- fabricatingManufacturing falsely
distorting · warping · morphing · slimming · elongating · erasing · adding · removing
Major graphics software maker
- GIMPFree image manipulation software
- layersStacked levels or coatings
- filtersSelective passage barriers
- pixelsDisplay's smallest points
resolution · toolbar · brush · lasso · histogram · undo · workspace · plugins
Spreading quickly online
- parodySatirical imitation
- satireMockery exposing vice
- cutoutShape removed from material
- celebrityWidely recognized public figure
politician · absurdist · community · humor · trolling · Reddit
retouching
Post-capture image enhancement
- airbrushingSprayed-paint smoothing technique
- compositingCombining visual elements digitally
- maskingConcealing by covering
blending · layering · cropping · contrast · saturation · sharpening · softening · cloning · healing · dodging
doctoring
Altering deceptively
- alteringMaking changes to
- fakingSimulating something false
- falsifyingMaking intentionally untrue
fabricating · distorting · warping · morphing · slimming · elongating · erasing · adding · removing · splicing
Adobe
Major graphics software maker
- GIMPFree image manipulation software
- layersStacked levels or coatings
- filtersSelective passage barriers
pixels · resolution · toolbar · brush · lasso · histogram · undo · workspace · plugins · presets
viral
Spreading quickly online
celebrity · politician · absurdist · community · humor · trolling · Reddit
contouring
Shaping with highlights, shadows
- body imagebody image, body positivity, body acceptance, body shaming, body shame
- glorificationglorifying, glorification, exalting, exaltation, idolizing
- objectificationsexualization, objectification, dehumanization, commodification, male gaze
photoshoppingunedited
Not yet corrected
untouched · unaltered · documentary photography · original · genuine
photoshoppingunfiltered
Not passed through screen
film photography · analog photography · candid photography · photojournalism · documentary photography
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