Popular Manipulations
that are disqualified by TTG
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Adding AI imaging
Adding even a single pixel of AI imaging is disqualified by P1...
. . . and by P2, P3, P4, P5, and P7.
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“Portrait” (added bokeh) mode
“Fokeh” and all other added blur is disqualified by P2 of the Trust Test.
It is usually easy to undo fokeh by moving the slider to the highest number on a smartphone. FAQ on fokeh
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Adding, deleting, replacing, resizing, moving, or blurring anything
Those fancy AI tools on your smartphone can’t be used for TTG photos.
(It’s in “C” of P2 of the Trust Test.)
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Post-exposure perspective correction
Reshaping things in a photo to correct perspective is disqualified by P2 of the Trust Test.
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Manually performed focus stacking
For a photograph to qualify as TTG, when manually combining exposures all combined exposures must commence within the same single second (P5).
That means that while manually performed focus stacking does not automatically disqualify photos from TTG, in many cases it would be difficult to execute it very effectively in the allotted space of time.
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Manually performed long-exposure HDR
For a photograph to qualify as TTG, when manually combining exposures all combined exposures must commence within the same single second (P5).
That means that while manually performed long-exposure HDR does not automatically disqualify photos from TTG, in many cases it would be difficult to execute it very effectively in the allotted space of time.
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“Pano” pictures
“Panoramas” are disqualified by P3 of the Trust Test because they combine multiple views taken over multiple moments.
1304. There is no way to extract a TTG-eligible photo from a Pano picture
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“Live” and “Motion” photos
This is a reference to images that move. For photographing subjects that move, see here.
What smartphone makers call “Live and “Motion” photos are disqualified by P6 of the Trust Test because they are not a single, fixed, “still” photograph that looks the same to all viewers.
However, it is very easy to save a single frame from a Live or Motion photo (or from a video), and that single frame is eligible to qualify as TTG.
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“Lighting effects”
Lighting effects (a popular feature on smartphones) are disqualified by both P2 and P7 of the Trust Test.
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A unique post-processing “look”
Any “look” that keeps a photo from meeting P7’s requirement for non-misrepresentation disqualifies the result from TTG. See FAQ #409-410
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Darkening the edges/corners of the image
Any edge/corner darkening (beyond the optical effects of a normally functioning lens) disqualify the result from P7.
This disqualifies:
• Accentuating or exaggerating lens-caused darkening
• Attaching to the camera a device that causes vignetting
• Adding any corner/edge darkening after the exposure, by any means
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Combining different people’s smiles from different exposures
Combining different people’s expressions from different exposures (when taking a group shot or any other time) is disqualified by P2, P4, and P5 of the Trust Test.
(P2 forbids adding anything, and P4 and P5 require the photo to depict a specific appearance that occurred during exposure.)
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Inserting the photographer into a photo that they took
Inserting anything into a photo, including an entire person, is disqualified by P2, P4, and P5 of the Trust Test.
(P2 forbids adding anything, and P4 and P5 require the photo to depict a specific appearance that occurred during exposure.)
This list expands on this page
“Why is my favorite manipulation disqualified?”
Suggestions of additions to this page are welcomed.