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Digital Manipulation

Digital Manipulation. Jennifer Burrus Bryce Keogh. Carrie Wu Hannah Choe. The Technology Behind It All. How pictures are stored - Ones and Zeros Colors. Body Image and Self Esteem Issues. “Thinner is Better” Concept Unrealistic Beauty. Dove Commercial: Photo Manipulation Process.

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Digital Manipulation

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  1. Digital Manipulation Jennifer Burrus Bryce Keogh Carrie Wu Hannah Choe

  2. The Technology Behind It All • How pictures are stored - Ones and Zeros • Colors

  3. Body Image and Self Esteem Issues • “Thinner is Better” Concept • Unrealistic Beauty • Dove Commercial: Photo Manipulation Process

  4. Increases Public Slander • Most at Risk: Public Figures and Celebrities

  5. COSTLY • More time and labor costs goes into weeding out false information from factual information A new computer tool shows how it detects manipulation in photos

  6. Gives Misleading or False Messages • Causes people to question the authenticity of a photo • Credible sources may no longer be trusted

  7. Photo Editing Throughout History • Been around for a long time, why stop it now?

  8. Not Lincoln’s Hot Body

  9. Photo Editing • Photos are not pure reality • Code of ethics established by the National Press Photographers Association Please Now Take a Look at Your Handout

  10. Government Regulation • In 1996, the Child Pornography Prevention Act was extended to include virtual porn. In 2002, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned that. • Minimum regulation = government should only step in when an issue needs legal attention.

  11. Artistic Expression • Photographer “owns” the picture and can do what he/she wants

  12. Artistic Value

  13. Increase in Business • Aesthetically pleasing images will sell better • Digital manipulation allows magazines to do harmless editorial alterations • Sometimes photos are altered to seem more realistic (i.e. shading, lighting, contrast)

  14. What We Can Do…. • Icons or Symbols -Variance in levels of alteration • Digital Watermarks • Digital Fingerprints

  15. Water Mark

  16. Flaws in Marking Images • People may feel as though they no longer have freedom of expression • An icon may ruin an image’s artistic value • Watermark may become unreadable when converting image types

  17. Conclusion • Marking digitally altered images based on a standard scale • One of the most challenging issues that this policy will face is defining “art” in legal terms, and what types of digitally manipulated images will fall into this category.

  18. Discussion Should the Government have the power to regulate digitally manipulated images? Let’s apply the ethics we’ve learned to the 2 video skits we played.

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