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The TTG Plus version of the Allowables page
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One bad peach
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Site Index (this page)
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Making TTG Photographs
Making (index page with summaries)
Making choices about focus and bokeh
Making combined-exposure photos
Making light-related changes
Making long-exposure photos
Making photos depicting motion
Making photos using flash
Making TTG photos with panning or camera shake
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Publishing TTG Photographs
Publishing (index page)
Labeling TTG photos
Publishers’ rights and responsibilities
Publishing photos with a problematic UOI
Publishing photos with a questionable TTG label
What is expected of photographers submitting TTG photos
TTG-ready provider declaration
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Resources for photo publishers
Some publishers are TTG-ready already
Tempering viewers’ expectations
TTG changes are permitted
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FAQs
25 FAQs (Index page)
On FAQ numbering and linking
Welcome FAQ
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FAQ 1: Popular Questions
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FAQ 2: On TTG
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FAQ 3: Photography in the 21st Century
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FAQ 4: Questions Photographers Ask
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FAQ 5: Light
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FAQ 6: AI-GC
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FAQ 7: Subject Manipulation
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FAQ 8: Allowable Changes
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FAQ 9: Undoctored Photographs
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FAQ 10: TTG-IC Alerts
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FAQ 11: P1 of the Trust Test
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FAQ 12: P2 of the Trust Test
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FAQ 13: P3 of the Trust Test
FAQ 14: P4 of the Trust Test
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FAQ 15: P5 of the Trust Test
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FAQ 16: P6 of the Trust Test
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FAQ 17: P7 of the Trust Test
FAQ 18: P8 of the Trust Test
FAQ 19: P9 of the Trust Test
FAQ 20: Art
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FAQ 21: Fokeh
FAQ 22: Perspective Correction
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FAQ 23: Sasibe
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FAQ 24: Satode
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FAQ 25: Convincing the Viewer
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Viewpoints
Viewpoints (Index page)
Viewpoint #1: Records Are the Key
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Viewpoint #2: The Logic of TTG
Viewpoint #3: The Goals of TTG
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Viewpoint #4: Three Levels of Engagement
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Viewpoint #5: Using Light
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More on Viewpoint #5: Details
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Viewpoint #6: What People Know
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Viewpoint #7: Before vs. After
Viewpoint #8: Seen vs. Simulated
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Seen vs. Simulated Situations
Viewpoint #9: Characteristics of Trusted Photos
Viewpoint #10: Photography vs. AI-GC
Viewpoint #11: The Photographer's Choice
Viewpoint #12: Convincing the Viewer
Viewpoint #13: When to Disregard the TTG Label
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Viewpoint #14: Ineligible Photographs
Viewpoint #15: Common Rationales
Viewpoint #16: Common Wishes
Viewpoint #17: Popular Disqualifying Manipulations
Viewpoint #18: Why Not Allow My Favorite Manipulation?
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Viewpoint #19: Making a Less-Strict Standard
Viewpoint #20: Myths about Photography
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Viewpoint #21: Our Most Universal Language
Viewpoint #22: Attributes of Trusted Publishers
Viewpoint #23: Reveal More, Not Less
Viewpoint #24: A “Nonfiction” Label for Photographs
Viewpoint #25: The Technical Effects of Digital
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Viewpoint #26: A History of Photo Manipulation
Viewpoint #27: A Timeline of Public Awareness
Viewpoint #28: 100 Famous Photographers
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Viewpoint #29: Fulfilling a Universal Longing
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Viewpoint #30: The Decisive Moment Has Changed
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Key
abbreviations
accidents
accuracy
adding vs. deleting
adding vs. deleting examples
adding
AI creep
AI-GC (AI-generated content)
aigmented
aiueo (AI unless explained otherwise)
analog
animal-hide markings
animal photographs
arbiter
arbitrary
are not what they appear to be
art
artificial lighting and flash
artificial motion blur
aspects of depictions
atmospheric weather effects
background post-exposure blurring
background post-exposure removal
background replacement
banding
barrel and pincushion distortion
blemishes
blur
byjacking
camera
checking content
circumstances
compression (visual)
computational photography
context
contract vs. non-contract
contraswing and contratilt
correcting perspective
cutout backgrounds
dark-frame subtraction
darkroom vs. digital
darkroom vs. digital examples
digital dilemma
digital era
digital manipulation
digital photograph
doctored
drone photographs
drone photographs more
duplicating elements
exif data
exposure
fake
film era
film photograph
fireworks
flash
flashing
flopping
focal-length blending
focus maximization
focus stacking
fokeh
forms and shapes
fountains and waterfalls
ghost objects
graphics, words, and logos
HDR
highlight/shadow detail
image stabilization
ineligible photos
information-reportage standards
infrared
lens flare
light beams (visible)
light painting
light-related
lighting effects
lightning
limitations of the medium
lint removal
live images
making vs. taking
making vs. taking (more)
manipulation
minor vs. major
mirror images
misrepresentation
moment
monochrome (black-and-white)
monosite
monosite (more)
monosite (more still)
moon changes
motion blur
moving things around
negative film
neighboring frames
night photographs
non-light-related
nonfiction comparison
not construction
not construction more
not examples
not just about how it looks
objective (adjective)
online photo commentator
opt-in vs. opt-out
optically generated
optically plausible
panorama
perspective
perspective correction
photo illustration
photo-like image
photo publisher
photograph (noun)
photographer
photographic literacy
photoshop
photoshop myths
plaigi
plaigi (more)
portrayal
portrayal examples
posed vs. staged
post-exposure
pre-exposure
presentation
publish
real
realistic
reality
recognizable/unrecognizable
record
reshaping
respected international news agencies
rinairs
rinairs details
rise/shift
sasibe
sasibe workings
satode
satode-challenging-subjects
saturation
scene
scratch removal
selective resizing
self-facing camera
selfie
shutter
single exposure undoctored photographs
skin marks
sky replacement
SMP effects
social media
SOOC
SOOC details
source
standalone camera
star tracker
stitching
straight photography
stretching
strictest common denominator
studio photographs
subject manipulation
subject manipulation details
subjective
subjective more
surface flaws
swing/tilt
third-party photo publisher
tones and colors
transitioning from film era to digital era
trust chain
trust (definition)
trust-driven photo publisher
trust equation
trust exchange
trust test
trusted photographs
trusted photographs (more)
trusting the TTG label
TTG button
TTG challenge
TTG-IC label
TTG ineligible
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TTG-only zones (TOZ)
On TOZ creation
TTG photograph
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