who can tell me all about image manipulation?

Answer 1

is the technique of modifying a photographic image by either analog or digital means.

In digital manipulation, photographs are usually taken with a digital camera and input directly into a computer. If a digital camera is not available, a printed photograph may be digitized using a scanner. Photos can also be obtained from stock photography databases. With the advent of computers, graphics tablets, and digital cameras, the term photo manipulation encompasses everything that can be done to a photo in a darkroom or on a computer. A photo manipulation is most commonly subtle (eg alterations to colouring, contrast, so forth), but may be explicit also (eg overlaying a head onto a different body, changing a sign's text). Sometimes a photo manipulation has little or no resemblance to the photo from which is started. Image manipulation software is then used to apply effects and warp the image in whatever way possible until the desired result is achieved.

Before computers, photo manipulation was done by retouching with ink, double-exposure, piecing photos or negatives together in the darkroom or scratching Polaroids. Photo manipulation is as old as photography itself; the idea of a photo having inherent verisimilitude is a social construct. Manipulation has been used to deceive or persuade viewers, or for improved story-telling and self-expression. As early as the American Civil War photographs were published as engravings based on more than one negative.

Joseph Stalin was reported to have retouched photos for propaganda purposes. On May 5, 1920 his predecessor Lenin held a speech for Soviet troops that Leon Trotsky attended. Stalin had Trotsky retouched out of a photograph showing Trotsky in attendance. Nikolai Yezhov, an NKVD leader photographed strolling with Stalin in at least one photograph, was shot in 1940 and subsequently edited out of the photograph.

Later creative uses of manipulation include the photomontage of John Heartfield and other 20th century artists.
Manipulated cover of Newsweek
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Manipulated cover of Newsweek

The pioneer among journalists distorting photographic images for news value was Bernarr Macfadden and his composograph in the mid-1920s. A notable case of a controversial photo manipulation was a 1982 National Geographic cover in which editors photographically moved two Egyptian pyramids closer together so that they would fit on a vertical cover. This case triggered a debate about the appropriateness of photo manipulation in journalism; the argument against manipulation was that the magazine depicted something that did not exist, and presented it as fact. There were several cases since the National Geographic case of questionable photo manipulation, including editing a photo of Cher on the cover of Redbook to change her smile and her dress. Another example occurred in early 2005, when Martha Stewart's release from prison was featured on the cover of Newsweek; her face was placed on a slimmer woman's body to suggest that she will have lost weight while in prison.
OJ Simpson magazine covers
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OJ Simpson magazine covers

Another famous instance of controversy over photo manipulation, this time concerning race, arose in the summer of 1994. After O.J. Simpson was arrested for allegedly murdering his wife and her friend, multiple publications carried his mugshot. Notably, Time published an edition featuring an altered mugshot, darkening his skin and reducing the size of the prisoner ID number. This appeared on newsstands right next to an unaltered picture by Newsweek. Outcry from minority rights groups followed. Time illustrator Matt Mahurin was the one to alter the image, saying later that he "wanted to make it more artful, more compelling."

Answer 2

what do you want to know? mainly there are a few things that can be done to an image like changing colours with hue, contrast, saturation, and then lighten and brighten it, then there is changing backgrounds, cutting a specific part of the image out and put it into different images. Then there is distorting, rotating, using filters supplied in photoshop, there are a lot of things that can be done, best to be specific about what you want or how you want it manipulated.

Answer 3

Blimey thats a pretty vague question! Image manipulation is a massive subject!

If you're interested in doing some yourself though I would highly recommend "adobe photoshop" as it is industry standard and by far the best manipulation tool available:

http://www.adobe.com

Otherwise I would suggest you go to your local college and ask them if they have a course in Digital Photographic Techniques - most do.

Answer 4

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