I took the portrait of Alvin and Chippy sitting on the sofa. I used AI tools to enhance the image. Chippy's blue eyes are real; they were not enhanced. Would this be considered an AI image or a photograph?

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I have a question. The two dogs were posed in this position, and I took them with my camera. Blue eyes are real. I used AI tools to fix the picture up. This be considered an AI-generated image.

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I took the portrait of Alvin and Chippy sitting on the sofa. I used AI tools to enhance the image. Chippy's blue eyes are real; they were not enhanced. Would this be considered an AI image or a photograph?

Correct answer Nancy OShea

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daniellei4510

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Color adjustments would generally not fall under the category of AI. However, I think the eye color change is too strong, distracting, and unrealistic compared to the rest of the image.

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Nancy OShea

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GenAI tools inject trackers into your image metadata.

Open the image in Adobe Bridge, Lightroom or Photoshop.

Go to File> File Info… to see the metadata.

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jodij28273193Author

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So. Is this a photograph or an AI image? I did process it in AI, but I don't see any trackers. So again, I'm asking: what do I put this up as? It is a heavily edited picture. The pose is real. The dogs are real. They are my dogs. And the blue eyes are very real. It is a mix of a photograph and AI. I looked at the metadata on this image, and it did not have any camera information. I looked at an image that was not edited at all, and it also did not have any camera information. I wouldn't have a problem putting it up as AI, but I do know that regular pictures sell better. This is a hybrid image.