Is Seeing Believing?
Why do people alter digital photos and videos?
OVERVIEW
The web is full of photos, and even videos, that are digitally altered. And it's often hard to tell the difference between what's real
and what's fake. Help your students ask critical questions about why someone might alter a photo or video in the first place.
Key Vocabulary:
advertising - messages or photos that are made to persuade someone to buy a certain product
alter - to change the way something looks, sometimes using a computer or other digital tools
persuade - to cause someone to believe something
photo retouching - digital alteration of a photo to enhance the way someone looks (removing of wrinkles, clearing of skin, changing their body, etc.)
OVERVIEW
The web is full of photos, and even videos, that are digitally altered. And it's often hard to tell the difference between what's real
and what's fake. Help your students ask critical questions about why someone might alter a photo or video in the first place.
Key Vocabulary:
advertising - messages or photos that are made to persuade someone to buy a certain product
alter - to change the way something looks, sometimes using a computer or other digital tools
persuade - to cause someone to believe something
photo retouching - digital alteration of a photo to enhance the way someone looks (removing of wrinkles, clearing of skin, changing their body, etc.)
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The Video above is for educational purposes in use with Common Sense Media to show how videos can be altered. DON'T TRY THIS ANYWHERE!
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Is Seeing Believing (Photoshop) - The web is full of photos, and even videos, that are digitally altered. And it's often hard to tell the difference between what's realand what's fake. Ask critical questions about why someone might alter a photo or video in the first place. Photoshop users make the impossible possible, and for that, we thank them for taking creativity to places we never could have dreamed. Some things are so amazing, we're not sure if they're Real or Photoshop. Can you tell?
Test your powers of observation below...
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