Hands, seams, Forensically… lots of tools and details allow you to tell if a photograph is retouched or not.
There ” photogate ” by Kate Middleton
The media storm has once again descended on the British royal family. And all the winds were unleashed on a simple photo published this Sunday, March 10, where we see Kate Middleton all smiles on the porch of her house, surrounded by her three children. Failed communication move, and huge thunderclap 10 hours later, when the press agencies realized that the photograph had been retouched and faked.
Numerous inconsistencies are particularly visible in the children's clothing, notably an end of the left sleeve missing from Princess Charlotte's skirt, an end of Prince Louis' pants cut by the bottom of his sweater, or even an end missing zipper. As a result, Reuters claimed to have removed the photo following further review.
A tool for spotting retouching on photographs
Even if this photograph presents some crude retouching, to say the least, although it is particularly complicated to highlight if you don't look at it carefully, other photo editing software like Photoshop and other alternatives can complicate the task. and be used to spread fake news, divert the meaning of a photograph…
Many tips can help you sort out in case of doubt, and analyze a shot in case of doubt. In particular Forensically, a completely free tool, which detects numerous retouching techniques, including cloned areas, a visual noise analyzer, a metadata extractor, etc.
What about AI-generated photos?
There are other tips and instructions you should know to be able to detect an image generated by an AI. A trained eye will indeed be able to notice distortions, pixels, repetitions, symmetries, according to the codeur.com site. If in doubt, we can also ask ourselves questions about the coherence between the light and the shadows found within the shot.
When it comes to AI-generated photos, Paulo Ordoveza, a web developer and image verification expert who runs the Twitter account @picpedant, says seams are often tell-tale clues, like wrinkled sleeves blending into skin, cut strands of hair…
Hands are also the enemy of artificial intelligence engines, since they often have six fingers, the same length or in a strange position, like Pope Francis with a Balenciaga puffer jacket holding his coffee by the tab.
Source: National Geographic, BDM
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