Image-Manipulation Ethics

Image-Manipulation Ethics in Adobe Photoshop — with a ready prompt for the moment it comes up. 1 real situation leads here.

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The moments that lead here

If one of these is your afternoon, you are in the right place.

I want to codify ethical checks for image manipulation in our workflow

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Written for the moment this actually comes up.

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I've seen ambiguous retouches pass and later be questioned; I want to reduce that. Review recent…
I've seen ambiguous retouches pass and later be questioned; I want to reduce that. Review recent cases where matching and retouching drew ethical concerns and propose a simple decision matrix or checklist I can adopt for the desk that separates acceptable editorial grading from manipulation requiring disclosure.

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