How to calculate feykovye picture and not let yourself be fooled

Before you share a striking and frightening image on social networks, check to see if it is a fake. There are several ways by which you can distinguish a fake from the original.

find discrepancies

Often determine that the image is not real, it is possible with the naked eye. Missing limbs, extra head suspiciously hovering pictured objects - all this means that the job of the picture, and not very talented.

Unfortunately the content consumers, image editing tools are improving day by day, so get real-looking fake is now easier than ever. If no evidence does not catch the eye, look at the picture less visible details:

• shadows and lighting effects that are clearly out of place;
• different contrast, brightness, color photos on the sites;
• Mounting the border in the enlarged photos;
• poorly edited text.

Here is a photo made during the election campaign, Mitt Romney, who is running for US president in 2012. Children wearing T-shirts with the letters lined up so as to obtain his name. Yourselfers replaced Romney inscription on money - money.

Compare with other images

Try to find among the pictures on the internet counterparts suspicious photographs. You can do this in the Google, "Yandex" (open the tab "Images" and click on the camera icon) or special services like TinEye. Among similar photo search engine may offer the original, on which was placed a fake.

If there is a suspicion that the image is composed of several images, cut it into pieces and then look for matches. It is likely that a questionable piece can be taken with a different image.

So, it turned out false picture where the film crew runs away from the bear. Photos were taken of the animal stock.

Image search does not necessarily indicate a fake. If the image is found on the media website with a good reputation, it is likely that it is truthful.

Check the file data

If a photo is impossible to say for sure whether it is the original, Dig a little deeper and check the technical information file. Hidden metadata should be alerted. And not necessarily see information about the file by hand, it can make a special service, eg Izitru. However, this method does not give an absolute guarantee, as when loading the Net, most of metadata required to authenticate the file disappears.

To identify a fake, you can use filters and layers in an image editor. This may not be enough to identify a fake. This is what happened with image Singaporean photographer Chai Yu Wei, who won the competition in Nikon. The image of a flying plane I added in the editor.

Will help to identify fake and expertise in the field of photography. For example, to obtain high-quality photos at night only at slow shutter speeds. If the image contains fast-moving subjects that are not blurred, it is most likely a fake.

Rely on professionals

Many fake photos circulating on the Web for years, then surfacing on one, then on another resource. From fighting counterfeits sites like Snopes and Gizmodo.

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