Photo Editing
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History
1860
The first most popular edited photo came in 1860, not too long after Niepce invented the photograph.
1864
In 1864, there is a picture that appears to show General Ulysses S. Grant in front of his troops during the American Civil War.
1865
This stately scene shows general Sherman with all of his generals around him, but as shown: one of them was not in the original photograph and was added to the image at a later date.
1942
In 1942 Benito Mussolini wanted to appear more heroic in the photo so he had the horse trainer removed.
1987
In 1989, on the cover of TV Guide, a composite of Oprah's head was placed on a body from an advertisement for the gown. Neither the gown designer nor Oprah was notified about this ad before it went public.
2007
In 2007, the popular movie series, Harry Potter, release a promotional movie poster for The Order of the Phoenix, with the actress Emma Watson's chess enlarge.
Techniques
Cropping
Cropping is known as the taking a subset section of a photo. This can remove an elements from the scene.
Color Manipulation
Image editor software allows user to change the color tones of the photo in numerous ways.
A popular usage of coloring is skin lightening for dark skinned celebrities.
Music artist Beyonce had a cosmetic ad that shows her skin appear lighter.
Controversial Edited Photos
University of Wisconsin as Madison wanted to portray student diversity in one it's borchures by inserting an black student in the crowd of white students.The original photograph of white fans was taken in 1993. The additional black student, senior Diallo Shabazz, was taken in 1994.
