Viewers of commercial and art photography now assume images have been manufactured, regardless of whether they've been retouched.

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She's eyeing a heavily retouched image of herself on a laptop, part of a shoot for a new Jordache campaign.

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As consumers have grown more aware of the practice, numerous sites and blogs featuring retouched ads and editorial spreads have emerged.

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For instance, men were 50% more likely to have retouched their photo than women, and 20% less likely to be smiling in it.

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As one awful year for the euro zone made way for another, the German television network ARD digitally retouched the original sketch to create a spoof of European Union summits.

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This does not prevent the image from being edited with software such as Photoshop, but it will tell authorised users whether the image is in its original state or has been retouched.

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He's joined on stage after each song to have his make up retouched and generally throws an entertaining paddy as he re-starts songs like Sweet Dreams after they come apart at the seems.

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