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Reader question:
How do I say "照片必須是原創且未經修改"in English? I'm not sure
if I can say "photos must be original and unedited"?
My comments:
Yes, you can say that. In fact, you've done a good job.
"Original" means a photo is made by the person
who's entering a photo contest ("Photos must be original and unedited"
sounds like a regulation of an amateur photo contest). It means the
contestant has taken the photo himself - instead of borrowing it from the
professional photographer who lives next door or downright stealing it
from a website over the Internet.
"Unedited" means the photo is in its original state without further
human interference, or putting it nicely, artificial treatment. With
Photoshop, ACDSee and other photo editing software, there are innumerous
ways to re-do a photo printout.
Open a picture with ACDSee 6.0, for instance, you'll see you can modify
a picture by re-sizing (cropping or cutting), adjusting image exposure
(making it look brighter or darker), changing color-depth (giving it a
reddish hue, for example), applying special effects (giving it an oil
painting look and such like).
By editing, you alter a picture by giving it another, usually prettier
look. To ensure authenticity and to create a level playing field, contest
organizers therefore often demand that photos submitted must be original,
previously unpublished (the public will be seeing it for the first time)
and not digitally enhanced (no photo editing is applied to make the
picture look smarter than it is). And most of the time, composite photos
are not allowed.
A composite photo is a picture made by arranging parts from two or more
pictures.
Here's a composite seen yesterday from a story (The Pentagon's
not-so-little secret) at Salon.com:
Caption: Composite photo of
George W. Bush and soldiers from the 1st Infantry at Fort Riley, Kan., who
will be deployed to Iraq as part of the troop surge.
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