: Determine whether photo was edited or not I'm trying to figure out the genuineness of a picture showing a ladies t-shirt at a web store --whether the color choices are actually different photos

@Nimeshi706

There are many different ways to figure if an image has been edited or not. Without having to even click the link I can tell you that they are edited due to the fact that you said it was exactly the same pose.

As others have mentioned, the one you linked to is very photoshopped which becomes more obvious the more experience you have at looking for these types of things.

Moving on to answer some of your questions:


Is it obvious what was done?


It's obvious enough that the color was changed, yes.


Is it image editing that changed the color? If yes, how?


Yes. There's a lot of different way of changing colors of things in photoshop. This is where simple tutorials may come in handy.


Is the exact shade matched using the editing tool or maybe a photo of
the article is taken & the color transported to the original photo?


I suspect the color is usually picked without using the actual article of clothing as reference (otherwise they might as well upload pictures of it). Instead they have some idea of what it will look like and mock it up in photoshop, which is what you get here.

I will also add that most of the time photos on clothing websites that offer multiple colors or various designs are photoshopped. Threadless for instance has a set number of models and poses and then they change the shirt color in photoshop and lay the design on top. This is by far cheaper than taking a real picture of every shirt that comes through, which involves paying models, photographers, and actually printing the shirt.

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@BetL875

That's definitely edited. Look at the artifacting on the lace at the bottom of the item. Your intuition is also correct: there's no way for her to be perfectly posed exactly the same way.

Changing the colour is easy enough with some photoshop magic. Easiest/simplest solution is shooting the image with a green-screen-like top and simply replacing it in PS. The next best option is to shoot a neutral (say a neutral grey), carefully creating a selection, and then just using a color overlay.

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