Template talk:RetouchedPicture

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[edit] Which pictures should be listed?

All pictures with modifications other than touch ups by the photographer, which only try to compensate for technical deficiencies of the capturing apparatus (camera, scanner).

Modifications exempt when sanctioned by the photographer include:

• whitebalance, contrast, saturation
• color curves (i.e. to lighten shadows)
• sharpening
• lens distortion, leaning, perspective correction
• cropping (as long as the main subject is not altered)

[edit] Discussion

I think a category is unnecessary and any relevant information should just be put on the picture's page. If there is a category, the wording should be "altered", not just "digitally altered" because you can make some major changes without a computer. Also, cropping should not be counted as a retouch unless something significant was removed. -- Kjkolb 13:12, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

Why no category, whats the harm? Also the discussion was aimed specifically at pictures digitally altered for wikipedia. For example a photo from the Stalin regime with Trotzky retouched out would be a document on its own and is not meant to be covered by this template. --Dschwen 13:53, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

Kjkolb clearly misunderstood your wording above. His comment that cropping should not be included means he read your list as the list of modifications that must be declared, which is the opposite of your intention. I've had a go at rewording it. ~ Veledan • Talk 18:38, 9 February 2006 (UTC)